I Declare War Bible Study Guide: Four Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself
By Levi Lusko
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Learn how to win the war in your mind by filling your heart with the truth of the Holy Spirit and defending yourself against harmful thought patterns.
Whether you recognize it or not, you're at war with yourself. Anxiety--Selfishness--Self-sabotaging tendencies--Narcissism--The black dog of depression...
But whatever your battle may be, all is not lost. You can win...if you choose to engage.
In this five-session video Bible study (DVD sold separately), Levi Lusko explains how you can fight this battle by declaring war on your thoughts, your words, and your actions. Levi candidly shares about his struggles with moodiness, bullying, suicidal thoughts, and night terrors to show how you--with the help of the Holy Spirit--can achieve victory by learning to think right so you can live right. So that you can claim the victory God has for you.
The I Declare War Study Guide includes:
- Video teaching notes
- Discussion questions
- Bible exploration
- Weekly personal study
- Reflection materials
Sessions include:
- It's Time to Declare War
- Declaring War on Your Thoughts
- Declaring War on Your Words
- Declaring War on Your Actions
- Your Secret Weapon in the Battle
It's time to stop being your own worst enemy. It's time to declare war and become the person, the spouse, the parent, the leader God intended you to be.
Designed for use with I Declare War Video Study (9780310094913), sold separately.
Levi Lusko
El pastor Levi Lusko revela su lucha personal con la ansiedad, los pensamientos negativos y la duda de sí mismo, y ofrece ayuda bíblica a los lectores que libran sus propias batallas internas.
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I Declare War Bible Study Guide - Levi Lusko
INTRODUCTION
Ideclare war. What images does that phrase stir up in your mind? Maybe you picture armed troops moving into position on a battlefield. Or perhaps it brings up scenes of fighter jets flying into formation for a dogfight. Or you might envision leaders of nations announcing their intention to go to war against another power—much like Franklin D. Roosevelt did after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when he said to the American people:
Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. . . . Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God.¹
Today, whether you realize it or not, you are also at war. Hostilities exist between you and your adversary. I have no doubt in my own life that the devil sends his demons to mess with me. But beyond this, I also know that I cause more than enough problems to keep myself occupied. I am my biggest enemy, and I desperately want and need to get out of my own way.
I am guessing that you can relate. I imagine that you, like me, have encountered struggles with your thoughts . . . or with your words . . . or with your actions. Left unchecked, these struggles will break you down—day by day—and fill your life with pain and suffering.
I was recently reminded of this truth while watching a segment on a news program about the Millennium Tower in San Francisco. Constructed in the early 2000s at a cost of $350 million, and standing at a height of 645 feet, its 58 stories boast every amenity possible to attract the tech moguls and venture capitalists of Silicon Valley. There is only one problem . . . and it is a major one: the building is sinking.
So far, it has sunk by seventeen inches, and it is tilting fourteen inches to the northwest. Slowly but surely, it is being swallowed up by the earth at the rate of one-and-a-half to two inches per year. The reason? Engineers failed to anchor the foundation in bedrock. The entire structure is built on concrete friction piles embedded eighty feet down into sand. But to get to the more secure layer of bedrock, workers would have had to have gone down to 200 feet.²
The moral of the story? If you want to go up high and withstand the stresses of this modern life, you need to build your foundation on something solid. This is exactly what Jesus said in one of his more famous parables:
These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock. But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards (Matthew 7:24–27
MSG
).
To be fair, our lives often sway more than the Millennium Tower. We aren’t confident in who we are, so we hide behind masks. We embrace wrong thoughts that lead to hurtful words, which then lead to actions we wish we could undo. We’re wobbly from bad decisions. Worse, we’re sinking. The answer to such a crisis isn’t a new paint job. It’s a new foundation.
Today, you need to get serious about your thoughts, words, and actions that are keeping you down. You need to name those behaviors and declare war against them if you want to overcome them. And just as in the card game War—which you probably played with your friends as a kid—your victory will be determined by laying down the right cards.
You have an enemy who wants to keep you locked into the same patterns of negative and destructive behaviors. There is no blinking at the fact that you, your territory, and your interests are in grave danger from his attacks. Your only recourse is to declare war against him and all that is holding you back—on all the darkness, the demons, the anxieties, the narcissism, the selfishness, and all your self-sabotaging ways.
It is time to rise up and fight for what matters most—winning the war within yourself.
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
The I Declare War video study is designed to be experienced in a group setting such as a Bible study, Sunday school class, or any small group gathering. Each session begins with a brief welcome section and several opening questions to get you thinking about the topic. You will then watch a video with Levi Lusko and jump into some directed small-group discussion. You will close each session with a time of personal reflection and prayer as a group.
Each person in the group should have his or her own copy of this study guide. You are also encouraged to have a copy of the I Declare War book, as reading the book alongside the curriculum will provide you with deeper insights and make the journey more meaningful. See the For Next Week
section at the end of each between-studies section for the chapters in the book that correspond to material you and your group are discussing.
To get the most out of your group experience, keep the following points in mind. First, the real growth in this study will happen during your small-group time. This is where you will process the content of the teaching for the week, ask questions, and learn from others as you hear what God is doing in their lives. For this reason, it is important for you to be fully committed to the group and attend each session so you can build trust and rapport with the other members. If you choose to only go through the motions,
or if you refrain from participating, there is a lesser chance you will find what you’re looking for during this study.
Second, remember the goal of your small group is to serve as a place where people can share, learn