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Bible Stories About Spiritual Battles
The Bible is honest that there’s more going on than we can see. Elisha’s servant saw an army against them until God opened his eyes. Daniel prayed for three weeks without knowing a battle was being fought over his answer.
These stories show who wins, and how God’s people stand in the meantime.
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
Ephesians 6:11 (KJV)- More Are With Us2 Kings 6:8–23 · Book 1, Day 12
The king of Syria kept setting ambushes for Israel, and every time, Israel’s king knew exactly where to avoid. The Syrian king was sure there was a spy…
- Aaron’s RodExodus 7:8–13 · Book 5, Day 3
Moses and Aaron stood before Pharaoh, the most powerful man in the world, with a message from God: let My people go. God had told them Pharaoh would…
- Face Down Before the Ark1 Samuel 5:1–12 · Book 5, Day 10
It was one of the darkest days in Israel’s history. The Philistines defeated Israel in battle and captured the ark of God, the sacred chest that…
- The God of the Hills and the Valleys1 Kings 20:13–30 · Book 5, Day 17
Ben-hadad, king of Syria, came against Israel with a huge army and thirty-two allied kings. He laid siege to Samaria and sent insulting demands to King…
- Twenty-One DaysDaniel 10:1–14 · Book 5, Day 20
Daniel was an old man now, still living in exile. He had received a troubling vision about a great conflict, and he set himself to understand it. For…
- The LORD Rebuke TheeZechariah 3:1–5 · Book 5, Day 21
The Jewish people had come home from exile in Babylon, and they were trying to rebuild their lives and their temple. It was hard, discouraging work…
- It Is WrittenMatthew 4:1–11 · Book 5, Day 22
Right after His baptism, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterward He was hungry…
- The Man Among the TombsMark 5:1–20 · Book 5, Day 24
Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee into the country of the Gadarenes. As soon as He stepped out of the boat, a man came running toward Him from the…
- The Seven Sons of ScevaActs 19:11–20 · Book 5, Day 27
In the city of Ephesus, God was doing extraordinary miracles through the apostle Paul. People were healed, and evil spirits were driven out. Some…
- The Whole Armour of GodEphesians 6:10–18; Acts 28:16, 30–31 · Book 5, Day 29
When Paul wrote his letter to the church in Ephesus, he was a prisoner in Rome. He lived in a rented house under guard, likely chained to a Roman…
- They OvercameRevelation 12:7–11 · Book 5, Day 30
Near the end of the Bible, the apostle John was given a vision of the great conflict behind all the others. “There was war in heaven,” he wrote…
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