Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

You don't have to know how to ever since and but since we've got you left. Welcome to Susie

Larson Live. Always honored to get to spend this time with you. In fact, I look forward to bringing

you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your

understanding of God's word and that heightens your awareness of his very real

presence in your life. We're talking about spiritual warfare today. What a necessary topic with one of

my favorite guest, Chip Ingram. He'll be on in just a moment. Quick note, though, I want to tell you,

years ago, when really insomnia was more the norm for me than dreams, I'd been fasting and praying

for our nation and for the church, and I fell asleep

and had this very vivid dream of these different battalions or groups of soldiers that were stationed.

Most of them were stationed on the front lines, and they were fighting in hand-to-hand combat,

but one particular group that were stationed out in the woods, and it seemed like the gig of the

century because there was no fighting going on.

And what happened in the dream was that they started to get acquainted with the local village people, unbeknownst to them, were put there to lure them away from their military post.

In a due time, they were eating with them, playing games.

They traded their military equipment and uniforms for civilian clothes.

And before you knew it, they were bombed

and they were obliterated. This was a vivid dream. I woke up and I was amazed. And I just thought,

you know what? I mean, the enemy will do whatever he can to lure us away from our post, from who we are

in Christ. And he, sometimes it's just bold-faced spiritual warfare tactics and you know what it is but us other

times i would think oftentimes his attacks are more subtle and uh that's what i'm so excited to talk

to chip about today in fact he says the bible is clear if you are a christian you are at war but our

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