{"id":637,"date":"2017-03-26T11:48:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T16:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=637"},"modified":"2017-03-27T16:17:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T21:17:32","slug":"three-battlefronts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"Supernatural: Three Battlefronts (The Flesh, The World and the Devil)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-637-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-26-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-26-17.mp3\">http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-26-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Three main battlefronts in the spiritual war.<br \/>\n<strong>Ephesians 2:1-3a<\/strong> And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the\u00a0<strong>course of\u00a0this world<\/strong>, following the\u00a0<strong>prince of the power of the air<\/strong>, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-among whom we all once lived in the\u00a0<strong>passions of our flesh<\/strong>, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 John 2:15-17<\/strong> Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world-the\u00a0<strong>desires of the flesh<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>desires of the eyes\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>pride of life<\/strong>-is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.<\/p>\n<p>THE FLESH (anything that _____________________________________________)<br \/>\nTHE WORLD (anything that ___________________________________________)<br \/>\nTHE DEVIL (anything that _____________________________________________)<br \/>\nEphesians 6:18<\/p>\n<p>P.S. You\u2019ll find __________________________________________ through ___________________________________________.<\/p>\n<p>Galatians 5:16-17<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 2:12<br \/>\n1 John 4:2-4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrayer is the mightiest of all weapons that created natures can wield.\u201d ~ Martin Luther<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONNECTION GROUP QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are getting to the end of the SUPERNATURAL series.\u00a0 As we wrap up this series on spiritual warfare, what questions do you have that you would still like answered?<\/p>\n<p><i>Leaders: please record these\u00a0 questions and send them to Pastor Eric immediately following your group session.\u00a0 You do not need to include the names of those who asked them.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>SCRIPTURE\/APPLICATION QUESTIONS<\/p>\n<p>The following scripture passages speak more extensively about the three battlefronts we face in the spiritual battle.\u00a0 Read through them individually.\u00a0 After you read it, ask:<\/p>\n<p>1) What more does this tell me about this particular battlefront?<\/p>\n<p>2) What does this passage say about the Holy Spirit\u2019s help with this battlefront?<\/p>\n<p>The Flesh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 13:14\u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8:4b-9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Galatians 5:16-25<\/p>\n<p>The World\u00a0\u00a0 Titus 2:11-12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John 14:16-17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Corinthians 2:12<\/p>\n<p>The Devil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 John 3:7-10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 John 4:1-6<\/p>\n<p>What specific prayer requests do you have in each battlefront area of your life?<\/p>\n<p>Ephesians 6:18\u00a0 How would you describe your prayer life?<\/p>\n<p>PRAYERS: Have you ever had \u2018wishes\u2019 that you offered to God, but ended up exchanging those \u2018wishes\u2019 because God had something else in mind?\u00a0 Explain.<\/p>\n<p>SUPPLICATIONS: What are the things you urgently need God\u2019s provision for in your life?<\/p>\n<p>Take time to pray on behalf of each other and the needs of the people in your group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three main battlefronts in the spiritual war. Ephesians 2:1-3a And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the\u00a0course of\u00a0this world, following the\u00a0prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-among whom we all once lived in the\u00a0passions of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=637\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Supernatural: Three Battlefronts (The Flesh, The World and the Devil)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supernatural","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":645,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions\/645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}