Summary

Have you ever wondered how to do spiritual warfare the right way? As Christian women and mothers, we often fall into the trap of spiritual perfectionism. When we try to fight invisible battles using our own human muscle, we end up feeling frantic, exhausted, and burned out. If you are striving to protect your home but constantly worrying that you are doing it all wrong, this episode is for you!

In this episode of the Arise Women of God podcast, host Tamara K. Anderson is joined by ministry leader Amy Johnson to unpack what it truly means to put on the armor of God. Amy shares her powerful revelation from Ephesians 6:13—how learning to just "be still" and stand is actually our greatest preparation for battle. We explore the profound truth found in Zechariah 4:6, reminding us that we fight not by our own might, but by God's Spirit.

You will also discover the critical importance of humble surrender and how to properly invoke the legal, authoritative name of Jesus Christ to command the darkness to depart. Tune in to learn how to let go of your perfectionism, trade human strategy for divine intervention, and step into God's ultimate strength today! Stop striving in your own power and start thriving with God as your general.

Episode Takeaways

• Release Spiritual Perfectionism: The phrase "doing it the right way" often triggers our human pride and perfectionism. We must stop striving to perform or control the battle and move into humble surrender.
• The Power of Stillness (Ephesians 6:13): Having done all, we must simply stand. Sometimes the most powerful preparation for spiritual warfare is taking five minutes to just "be" still, away from distractions, and feel God's presence.
• Not By Might (Zechariah 4:6): When facing an impossible mountain of opposition, we cannot outmaneuver the adversary with human strategy. We must rely completely on the Spirit of God.
• Invoke the Name of Jesus Christ: We cannot command the enemy to depart on our own authority. As James 4:7 teaches, we must first submit to God, and then actively resist the devil using the legal, authoritative name of the Savior.

Free Resource: A Woman's Guide to Spiritual Warfare

Get our free A Mother's Spiritual Defense Guide: 6 Empowering Steps to Fortify Home & Family downloadable pdf here: https://www.womenwarriorsoflight.com/A-Mothers-Spiritual-Defense-Guide

Reflection Questions

• Are you currently caught in the trap of "spiritual perfectionism," trying to fight your family's battles using your own human muscle and strategy?
• How can you carve out just five minutes today to stop striving, lie still, and simply "stand" in the presence of God?
• When you face opposition, do you try to fix it yourself first, or do you immediately submit to God and invoke the name of Jesus Christ?

Host & Guest

Tamara K. Anderson @tamarakanderson

Amy Johnson @amyajohnson5

Transcript

https://www.womenwarriorsoflight.com/blog/how-to-do-spiritual-warfare-the-right-way

Hey, my friend, have you ever wondered, how do you do spiritual warfare the right way?

Because maybe you are trying so hard to protect your home, but you're getting caught in the trap of perfectionism, feeling frantic, exhausted and wondering if you're doing it all wrong. This can feel so overwhelming, right? Well, take heart, my friend. You are in the right place.

And by the end of today's episode, you'll know how to stop striving and learn to thrive, how to invoke the legal name of Jesus Christ, and how to fight with God powerfully on your side. Stay tuned. Ordinary women, extraordinary faith. When God calls, we say yes. Hello and welcome to the Arise Women of God podcast.

I'm your host, Tamara K. Anderson, and joining me today is the wonderful Amy Johnson. Amy is an amazing woman's ministry leader and a busy mom and grandma with a whirlwind of warmth and laughter.

And she's here to share her battle tested wisdom with us today as we tackle and how to do spiritual warfare the right way. All right, my friend, here's what we're covering in today's episode.

First, releasing perfectionism, how to overcome the human trap of trying to do everything right and perfectly and moving into humble surrender. Next, we're going to talk about not by might, but by my spirit, and how to rely on God's power rather than human strategy.

Then we're going to talk about invoking the name of Jesus Christ, the legal authority we need to command darkness to depart. But first, let's start by addressing a trap so many of us Christian women fall into. Spiritual perfectionism.

When we hear the phrase doing spiritual warfare the right way. Our natural instinct is to try to perform, control and do more.

But let's listen to Amy share why that mindset cringed her spirit and what it means to take unto you the armor of God.

When I first heard this, how to do spiritual warfare the right way, everything inside of me cringed. Everything like my whole spirit was like, no. Because we have this challenge in humanity, mortality. We have to do everything the right way.

We have this perfectionism, right? And so we get caught up in that and then we get caught up in the pride mess because we, we have to do it the right way.

We have to do it the right way. We have, we have to stop that because.

And, and then, and then later, you know, you mentioned with God on our side and we need to actually move forward and prepare ourselves to receive. Or as it says in Ephesians 6, 13, wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that ye May be able to withstand in the evil day.

And Covid hit I had actively raised five teenagers for the the previous six years while my husband was traveling. Covid hit I couldn't go anywhere, and I didn't have kids at all, and I didn't have a husband.

He was traveling, doing his thing, and they were keeping him out of town for two months at a time because they didn't want to have to re quarantine him to get him ready to go out to work and stuff. So I was alone and I was like, this is new. And I started to learn how to stand. And this scripture of receiving so that we can stand is what we miss.

We get really frenetic in doing, doing, doing, doing, doing. I just cannot tell you how clearly I have learned that. It is in the stillness we prepare. I'm going all the time. I live in Idaho. I now work full time.

I'm going home once a month at least to take care of my widowed mother and my children. And I work and then I come home at night and I take care of the women in my congregation, and I'm tired.

And the other day my husband came home and I had to go to a meeting. And I was just laying on the floor on my back in our bedroom, looking at the ceiling. And he came in, he was like, are you okay?

I was like, yep, I'm good. And he was like, what are you doing? Just being. He was like, okay, I'm going to go start dinner. Okay. I wasn't on my phone.

I wasn't thinking about all the laundry. I just took five minutes, probably maybe 10 to myself to just stand on my back. I was just being.

And it was during COVID that the Lord taught me that being is really important.

And so I just really, really know that if you really want to take God, which is the only way to do spiritual warfare, as your partner, as your general, you need to be still five minutes a day. Just be still and imagine what it would be like if God was sitting next to you. You don't even have to talk to him. I don't. I just sit there and feel.

And I promise, in the stillness is where we find our Father in heaven. And that is what we need.

I love how Amy pointed out that we have to let go of perfectionism. Doesn't that feel when we try to fight spiritual battles using our own human muscle? We will burn out every single time.

As Paul reminds us in Ephesians 6:10. Finally, my brethren and my sisters, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

It is only through the power of Jesus Christ and as we rely on him that we can conquer the enemy of righteousness. We see this exact lesson in Zechariah 4:1:7.

When Zerubbabel was tasked with rebuilding the temple, he faced an impossible mountain of opposition and enemy threats. He was completely overwhelmed. Sound familiar? And trying to outmaneuver the adversary with human strategy.

But the Lord sent the prophet Zechariah with the ultimate key of engagement not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

God declared that those opposing building the temple, although they seemed like they were as big as a mountain, would become flattened like a plane, not by a physical force, but by divine intervention. So, my friends, how do we ensure we are tapping into the strength of our Savior?

Doing spiritual Warfare the right way starts with a submissive and humble heart. As James4.7 tells us, Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Did you notice that first, we need to submit to God and second, invoke the authoritative name of Jesus Christ as your master, Lord and Savior. We cannot command the enemy to depart on our own authority. We do it solely in the name of Jesus Christ.

When the seven sons of Sceva tried to cast out evil spirits in Acts 19 without a true personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the evil spirit answered Jesus, I know and Paul I know. But who are ye? We must turn to Jesus, use His name and rely on his grace. We for he alone is mighty to save.

If you are ready to stop striving on your own strength and learn how to do spiritual warfare with God on your side, we at Women warriors of Light have an amazing gift for you. A practical blueprint.

It's our digital Guidebook, A Mother's Spiritual Defense Guide six Empowering Steps to Fortify Home and Family and Believe it or not, you can access this download completely free by clicking on the link in the show notes below. When you download your copy, check out Step Number one where it talks about the divine partnership.

And here you'll learn how to trade human control for God's guidance and influence.

Also, take a peek at step Number four, Cast out and Calm down, featuring our word for Word, Cast out the Adversary Prayer Script, where you command darkness to depart in the name of Jesus Christ. Grab your free copy today and step into God's strength. You, my friend, are a God, strong warrior of light. Yoke yourself to Jesus and lean on him.

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