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Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)

“Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

Matthew 12:26 (NIV) “If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?”

1 John 5:19b (ESV) “The whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”

Ephesians 5:16 (NLT) “Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.”

Colossians 1:13 (ESV) “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom

• f his beloved Son.”

Ephesians 2:1-2 (NIV)

“As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.”

Samuel Dickey Gordon

Author and Evangelical Lay Minister

Samuel Dickey Gordon

Author and Evangelical Lay Minister

“First, he refuses to acknowledge his

• defeat. Second, he refuses to surrender

his dominion until he must. Third, he is supported in his ambitions by man. He has man’s consent to his control. The majority of men on the earth today, and in every day, have assented to his

• control. Fourth, he hopes yet to make

his possession of the earth permanent.”

John 17:15 (NIV) “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”

John 8:44 (NIV)

“He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

Luke 4:43 (NIV) “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God…for that is why I was sent.” Matthew 4:23 (NIV) “Jesus went throughout Galilee…preaching the good news of the kingdom.”

Matthew 4:17 (NIV) “From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

John 18:36-37 (NIV)

“My kingdom is not of this world…my kingdom is from another place…You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV)

“Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy

• name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in

earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily

• bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
• debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver

us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.”

1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)

“You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”