You can pull down that stronghold - All The Word for Today Daily Devotionals for 2026

The Word for Today - Thursday, June 11, 2026
by Bob and Debby Gass

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You can pull down that stronghold

2 Corinthians 10:4 NKJV

Just as Jericho was a stronghold in Canaan, we have strongholds in our lives. Paul wrote: "The weapons of our warfare are... mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God" (vv. 4-5 NKJV).

A stronghold is an "argument" or a "high thing" that "exalts itself against the knowledge of God." It is a conviction, outlook, or belief that attempts to interfere with the truth. A stronghold is a false premise that denies God's promise. It "sets itself up against the knowledge of God" (v. 5 NIV). It attempts to magnify the problem and minimize God's ability to solve it.

Does a stronghold have a strong hold on you? Do you speak the language of impossibility? God could never forgive me (the stronghold of guilt). I could never forgive that person (the stronghold of resentment). Bad things always happen to me (the stronghold of self-pity). I have to be in charge (the stronghold of pride). I don't deserve to be loved (the stronghold of rejection). I'll never recover (the stronghold of defeat). I must be good, or God will reject me (the stronghold of performance). I'm only as good as I look (the stronghold of appearance). My value equals my possessions (the stronghold of materialism).

Many Christians don't even recognize the strongholds in their lives. But you don't have to be among them. God has given you the weapons of prayer, Scripture, the Name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, fellowship, etc. And collectively, they have "divine power to demolish strongholds" (v. 4 NIV).

Soul food: Eze 24:1-27:24; Matt 18:1-9; Ps 143; Prov 15:8-10

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