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We hope you enjoy this week's message.

So today we're going to continue this series that Pastor Vlad has been preaching,

and my message today will be called pulling down strongholds,

or pulling down mental strongholds.

You can actually see the notes on U-Version app, or you can scan that sticky thing behind your

or in the front of your seat and find the notes that you can follow.

Can you go with me to 2 Corinthians 10.4, please. Paul is writing in this passage, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,

casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

So, in every... every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. So in ancient Corinth, there was a hill that was 1,857 feet approximately.

On top of it was a fortress.

Paul used the imagery to illustrate the spiritual

warfare he waged. He destroyed strongholds, cast down towers, and took captives. Above Corinth

stood a mighty fortress on a hill. So when Paul spoke about destroying mental strongholds and taking

our thoughts captives, the kind of imagery he used would have been very easy to grasp for people

that live there. It's the same thing if I would say Badger Mountain. Everybody knows Badger

Mountain so you can relate. Now, we cannot say for certain

that Paul was directly pointing to this fortress, but it does illustrate well the spiritual

battle he described. And before we're going to go forward with the message, I'm going to share a little bit of my story.

I was born in a Christian home, going back five generations on both sides of my parents.

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