Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. It's time to be free. It's time to discern and then destroy demonic strongholds. I wanna look at the scripture to show you what a stronghold is. I'm gonna show you how to identify strongholds and then I wanna show you how to tear down strongholds using the truth that's given to you by the word of God in the power of the Holy Spirit. Now, the power of a stronghold could be wreaking havoc in your life right now. All spiritual bondage is rooted in spiritual deception. Jesus said, the truth shall set you free. You will know the truth and the truth shall set you free.  And so as you begin to expose the lies of the enemy, you begin to walk in the freedom for which Christ died to give to you. Now, believers often go their whole lives, not realizing how the lies that they believe are deeply affecting everything about them. I know that when the Lord set me free from anxiety and panic, that He revealed to me the root lie that was causing me to live in fear. And once I saw that lie for what it was, once it was exposed to me, I looked back on the timeline of my life and I realized, oh my goodness, it was that same lie that followed me all those years. Many different problems, many different manifestations of the deception, but it was all rooted in the same lie. And as you begin to see the truth, you're gonna begin to realize how many of the things that you do and say and think are because of a lie that you believe. So first, what is a stronghold? Second Corinthians 10, four through five says this.  We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. Second Corinthians 10, four through five. Now the context here is that Paul the apostle is defending his apostolic authority against jealous pretenders who are calling into question what God had given to Paul the apostle. In other words, they're saying Paul doesn't have power, he's weak, he's not like us, we're the ones with real authority, just very rebellious deceitful divisive lies that these pretenders, these jealous pretenders were spreading in the church. So Paul begins to defend his apostolic authority. Now context considered, we see a spiritual takeaway that has application for everyday life. While Paul the apostle is defending his apostolic authority, he refers to these deceptions, these false reasonings as strongholds. That's a great analogy because it reveals to us just how deception works in our lives. You see in the natural realm, a stronghold is like a fortress or a high tower or like a castle. Really any strong structure that's meant to keep dominion to help give you an advantage as you advance. So in the same way, the thoughts that we think become like strongholds in our lives. Now we thank God that when Jesus rose from the dead, he already bound to the strongman who is Satan and he plundered his goods. Now because of what Christ did on the cross and in that power of the resurrection, you and I live in freedom because of what Jesus has done. So Jesus has already bound the strongman. I'm not talking about the strongman. I'm talking about strongholds, thought patterns, deceptions, ways of thinking that cause us to live certain ways. So let's break this verse down here. Our weapons are not carnal. In other words, they're not fought by physical means nor by human effort alone. You cannot fight the devil with your fists. You cannot fight the devil with physical strength. You cannot fight the devil with emotion. He doesn't respond to these things. He responds only to our spiritual weapons given to us by God, primarily which is the truth. Mighty through God, meaning it's effective for the cause of God. To the pulling down of strongholds, this is referring to the utter destruction of and total removal of a barrier or obstacle. Now, if strongholds in your life are torn down in the way as being described here in the scripture, then that would mean that not one brick would be left upon another. It's absolute devastation to those strongholds to where when you're stepping into victory, you don't even have to worry about getting a pebble in your shoe. There is not a single obstacle once you've completely torn down strongholds in this way. So this is absolute freedom. Whom the sun sets free is free indeed. Absolutely, completely, holy. It is absolute freedom. That's what God has given to us. That is what you must aspire to. That's what's available to you. That's the standard. Casting down imaginations. These are reasonings, deceptive paradigms, mindsets. Bringing into captivity every thought and that is to take control of our thoughts. You cannot take control of the thought until you've learned to address the thought pattern or your ways of thinking. So here's how it works. A lie doesn't become deception until you believe the lie.  But only when you believe that lie are you now said to be living in deception.  But if I lie to you and you accept the lie, then now you're deceived. This is why the enemy works at making his lies believable. And he even uses your circumstances, your emotions, culture, worldly philosophies. He uses all of these things to make his lies more believable, to endorse those deceptions that he brings before you. And so once a lie has been believed, it produces feelings and actions. Those feelings and actions become habits. Those habits become cycles. This is why sometimes you'll experience freedom for a couple of weeks or maybe a couple of months. Some even experience freedom for a year or two and then they find themselves right back in the problem that they were in first and they get frustrated with this because now they're repeating cycles and those cycles are what we refer to as spiritual bondage. Now, most believers try to address the habits themselves while failing to address the deception behind those habits. I want you to write this in the comments section. Say, open my eyes. Let that be your public prayer. Make it your declaration. Open my eyes. You wanna begin to see the truth. You wanna begin to see in the light. You want to have these strongholds exposed because somewhere if you're bound, now I know it may not feel like it. I know it may not seem like it. I know sometimes we as believers seek for other explanations outside of scripture, but I promise you, if you are spiritually bound, that's because somewhere deep down you are believing a lie. Whether you're aware of that lie or unaware of that lie, it doesn't matter.  And so that lie becomes a deception once you believe it. Those deceptions become feelings and actions. Filling in actions turn to habits. Habits become cycles. Cycles are what we refer to as spiritual bondage. Again, most try to address the result and not the root. Now, how then do we go about identifying these? Well, first I wanna share with you different types of strongholds, and maybe this will help to identify some of the lies in your life. Now, there are thousands of lies that the enemy can use against you, but in terms of categories of lies, there are only a few. So I'll name some of the more common ones, and maybe as you're listening to these types of strongholds or these patterns of thought, you'll recognize somewhere in there a lie that you might be believing. And so I'm gonna talk to you about the stronghold of accusation, the stronghold of temptation, the stronghold of fear, the stronghold of depression, a little bit about the stronghold of distraction, a little bit about the stronghold of confusion, and we will probably maybe talk a lot about the stronghold of torment because this is the one that believers most often confuse for full-on demonic possession. And then once I show you these different types of strongholds, I wanna then take a look at a basic plan for identifying lies. So even if you don't necessarily hear a specific lie that I'm mentioning here that you can identify in your life, even if we don't necessarily cover that specifically right now, I wanna give you a principle or a set of principles that you can use as tools for identifying those lies for yourself. Let's take a look first at number one, the stronghold of accusation. Revelation chapter 12, verse 10 says, Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens. It has come at last salvation and power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to the earth, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. The scripture refers to the enemy as the accuser. Now we understand that Satan himself is not omnipresent. He cannot be everywhere at all times. So when we talk about attacks of Satan, we're not saying that the devil himself is attacking you as an individual. Rather, what we are saying is that Satan, who is in charge of the powers of darkness, there is a kingdom, there is a structure there who is in charge of the powers of darkness uses his minions to indirectly attack you. So they're under his jurisdiction. They're under orders from him. They're under his dark authority. And therefore we say when a believer is being attacked even by a minion of hell, even by a demonic force that's not Satan, we say generally that a believer is being attacked by Satan. It's a satanic attack. So it's of satanic nature. It's not necessarily Satan himself. So we understand that Satan's nature is that of the accuser, constantly bringing before you the memory of your past sins. Now, here's a challenge.  We believe that as Christians, don't we? You might even share that with people who you're ministering to, who come to you saying, well, God forgive this and you assure them, yes, God will forgive that. And they say, well, God forgive this particular thing, you say, yes, God will forgive that. And so you know intellectually, philosophically, theologically that God forgives sinners. First John 1.9, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. Now watch this. Even though we know intellectually that God forgives our sins once we've repented, some of us still bear the shame and guilt of our sins because deep down inside, whether we say it or not, whether we actually think it in these plain terms or not, whether we're aware of it or not, deep down inside, many of us still have trouble believing that God has forgiven us for our specific wrongdoing, especially those believers who tell themselves, I knew better and I still went ahead and did it anyway. Well, God forgives those even who knew better and that includes you. And so here's how this stronghold might take root in your life. Let's say you're going about your day, you're living happily, joyfully, undistracted, just living in the blessing of God when suddenly a thought comes to your mind and it's a memory of something you did years ago or even maybe months ago.  That's the enemy reminding you of your past.  Look far back enough to see the sacrifice that Christ made to purchase the forgiveness for your sins. And so maybe this is you. You know this is you because you have trouble receiving blessing when someone tells you that they appreciate your leadership or that you're a good Christian. It makes you uncomfortable because there's still this overwhelming sense of shame and guilt because of your past. When you begin to enjoy your life a little too much, you feel guilt for that because the memory of that thing keeps coming back. Well, you can't do anything about the past, can you? I mean, what do you do when the divorce has already happened and the other one has moved on? What do you do when the abortion already happened? What do you do when you've done something for which there is no reconciliation in the natural realm? Many of us, many believers, say to themselves in a very subtle way, and it's in partnership with the lives of the enemy, they'll say, well, I'll enjoy my life. I receive the forgiveness of God, but deep down inside, I'm still gonna hold on to this shame just a little bit. Just hold on to this guilt just a little bit.  Now, let me rejoice or take that weight off of me. Restore unto me the joy of my salvation. So that restoration of joy is what was prayed for even after he knew that he was guilty. He repented, of course. He asked for God's forgiveness, of course, but then he said, now let me rejoice or restore unto me that joy of salvation. And some believers can't do that. Why? Because they're living in legalism. They think their salvation somewhat depends upon them. They think to themselves, well, God forgave me, but I'm still gonna hold myself responsible. And they're harder on themselves than God is at this point. This isn't to say that God isn't just. Of course God is just. Of course he punishes sin. Of course God has wrath. Of course he's holy and we should reverence him. But after he's extended to us forgiveness and grace and mercy and compassion, and that sin has been dealt with, why then do you add a standard that God didn't put there after you've sought forgiveness? And you still hold yourself under the contempt of that sin. You let it weigh on your conscience and you're constantly looking in the past worried about that thing coming back or worried about that thing disqualifying you or worried about the fact that maybe God still sees it or maybe others can see it on you in some way and you just can't get over it. And you're committing emotional religion where you are now trying to pay penance for your sin even though Christ already paid that price. And just as many in times pass of the legalistic world would pay their penance by whipping themselves on the back, you do that to yourself emotionally, constantly whipping yourself on the back. I deserve this. I can't enjoy the blessing of God too much. And you feel guilty when good things start to happen in your life or when good things start to happen you tell yourself, okay, well this has to be where everything falls apart now. And there's no peace, there's no joy, constantly questioning your salvation, constantly wondering if God's done with you. That is the stronghold of accusation. That is not how you're supposed to live. We as believers are to live in confidence in our salvation and with that confidence comes joy. You want to know why joy is lacking because you're not confident because you're trusting in yourself not in the finished work of the cross. So here's how this might look as a stronghold. The enemy might say you're not forgiven or the enemy might say God's forgiveness doesn't apply to your specific situation or the enemy might say your sin was so vile, your sin was so great that yes, God will forgive you, but it's like forgiveness light or forgiveness the free version. It's like a freeware where you have it but only in its smaller or lesser form. My friend, that is not how you're meant to live. God called you to live in peace and confidence in your salvation.  The feeling of shame, guilt, fear. So what's your action now? I'm gonna show you something and many of you as I say this right now you're gonna go, oh my gosh, that's me. I do that all the time. Not everybody, but many of you will. Now here's what happens. You're filled with shame, guilt, fear, uncertainty about your salvation. And so what is your action? This is what many believers do. They begin to seek affirmation through specific questions that have to do with their specific sins. So they'll ask, so like a believer will, let's say for example, this is just an example, I'm not using a real life one. I'm just gonna kind of make a composite of the various different messages I've received before. Let's say somebody says, you know, the power of God was moving in a church service and I was a little skeptical and I feel like I committed the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. And then I could give the material, a lesson, a video on the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, on how a true believer can't commit the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. And instead of just taking the general principles and having it apply to them, they'll watch the whole lesson, they'll read the whole article, and then they'll come back to me and they'll go, yeah, yeah, I heard what you said, but what about me? What about my specific situation? Because I was in that church service, it was God moving and I thought it was the enemy. David, does that apply for me too? They don't know how to take principles and so they need specifics. And that is an example of a legalistic mindset. Here's the problem. Just when you find emotional and mental relief in one area, the enemy is just gonna hit you with something else. So Christians messaged me again about the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. I was conversing with someone the other day and I said, you know, I'm gonna give you an answer, it's gonna help you get through this, but if you don't deal with the root of this problem, your mind is just gonna find something else to obsess about and be afraid of. Because the issue isn't you're worried about the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, the issue is you're living in the past, you're living in the memory of your sin. The issue is you haven't learned of that affirmation of the Father, you haven't learned of that assurance of salvation and because of that you live under the accusation of the enemy under that power and you can't break free from it. So they constantly repeat questions. Well, does it apply to me? What about this sin? What about that sin? What if I did this? Well, what if I did this knowing this at this time in a church building? And this gets more and more and more specific. Why?  God's forgiveness doesn't apply to your specific situation or it's God's forgiveness light.  You still have to bear some of the guilt. You still have to bear that weight on your conscience. No, when you come to Jesus, the blood of Jesus cleanses your conscience so that the guilt and the shame goes with it. Now I'm not saying that there aren't natural consequences of course. Like for example, if someone goes out and rebels against the Lord and they end up in an accident of some sort and they're injured and because of the lifestyle that they were living, not saying that that was God directly punishing them but maybe they were living a foolish lifestyle, drinking, partying and they ended up in an accident and affects them physically, God can heal them. But those physical realities now that they're living with are a result of the sin that they committed. Not again, always a direct punishment from God but just a naturally occurring result to foolish living that can't be undone or a man who commits a murder.  So there are natural consequences that occur. Of course, I'm talking about in the supernatural realm where there is absolute forgiveness and the guilt and the shame God wants to take from you too. And again, we don't feel we deserve this and that's part of the accusation. That's why, by the way, accusation works so powerfully precisely because it's so believable. Yes, it makes sense that we don't deserve forgiveness because we don't and so the enemy will take that truth and pair it with the lie that we're not forgiven and now he has you and that again repeats. And so that thought pattern, I'm not forgiven, I'm not forgiven leads to feelings of shame, guilt and fear. And now the action that you're living in is constantly seeking affirmation, constantly worrying about your salvation and then it actually pushes you further into sin because shame pushes you away from God. And now it pushes you further into sin and now that you're choosing to sin under the power of that stronghold, that stronghold gains more power because now there's more to accuse you of and then you get stuck in the cycle. And so you can break the power, of course, by coming out of this, walking in God's forgiveness, repenting of your sins but then addressing the root lie, which is accusation. That's number one accusation. If this is helping you, just type amen in the comment section or you can type in the comment section, that's me if you're identifying with this. Stronghold number two is temptation. First Thessalonians chapter three verses four through five says, even while we were with you, we warned you that troubles would soon come and they did, as you well know, that is when I could bear it no longer, that is why when I could bear it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out whether your faith was still strong. I was afraid that the tempter had gotten the best of you and that our work had been useless. If sin were a product, demons would be salesmen. Now let me be clear here and this is an unpopular truth. Nobody decides to sin for you, but you. No, the devil did not make you do it. No, it was not a spirit living in you that forced you to sin. When you have a sin problem, you have to address the desires of your heart because the scripture makes it clear that when we sin, it's because we were drawn away by our own desires. Now, demons can play to those desires by presenting tempting offers, but ultimately you're the one who decides to sin. However, this is how it works. All temptation is rooted in deception. Well, think back to the Garden of Eden. First, the serpent tells Eve, did God really say he questions God's word? And then once he questions God's word, then he can contradict it. So first he'll get you to question the word, then he'll contradict the word and then the lie begins to take form. Here's the lies that can add to the success of temptation. This sin will satisfy you. God won't punish this sin severely. God's presence can't satisfy you or this sin isn't that bad or this sin isn't affecting anyone. These are all lies that we believe about sin that ultimately cause us to yield to temptation. So all temptation is rooted in deception. The reason you're choosing to sin is because you believe somewhere deep in your heart that that's gonna satisfy you, otherwise you wouldn't do it. But the belief that it will satisfy is one of the lies that keeps you going back. It's not until you repent, that is bring your mind into agreement with God's mind about sin that you'll actually see breakthrough. You have to agree that the sin has to go. It has to go immediately in all forms and in all measures. So the lie, this sin will satisfy. God won't punish this. God's presence won't satisfy you or this sin isn't that bad or this sin isn't really hurting anybody. And then the feeling, watch this now, you start to think that way and now the feelings come with it. What are the feelings that come with temptation? You feel trapped.  You feel double-minded. You feel like two different people. You're switching from one person to the next. And then that action becomes more and more sin. But what's the root lie? It's that it's gonna satisfy you or that it's not that big of a deal or that God won't punish it. And then the result is you form a habit, a secretive lifestyle, a guilty conscience. You begin to feel distant from God and what does all that do? It produces more deception and then you find yourself trapped again in that cycle which is what we call spiritual bondage. Now again, most believers will just address the habit and you should address the habit. You should implement willpower and discipline and accountability and all of the practical measures that are necessary for overcoming temptation. Of course, yes, do those things. Pray, read the word. Of course, do those things. But don't forget to address the root lie that's drawing you to that sin in the first place. So that's how temptation can work as a stronghold. Next is a stronghold of fear. Now we know of course the scripture tells us that God has not given us a spirit of fear but a power and love and a self-discipline or of a sound mind. Second Timothy one, five through seven, we can read that. We have fear of fulfilling the call of God or not fulfilling the call of God. Many have the fear of man, the fear of tragedy and calamity, the fear of death, the fear of sickness, the fear of loss, the fear of loneliness. The list goes on and on. There are multiple different fears that can agitate those weaknesses within us. But we have to recognize that ultimately, fear is based on the question, what if? What if? And then of course our mind goes to the worst case scenario. Fear says, or I should say fear asks, what if? But faith boldly declares even if. We have to get this right because I think many people have been led astray on this particular point, this particular issue I should say. Many have been led astray because they're not properly equipped to deal with their fears. I'll tell you what I mean. When someone comes to you and says, oh, I'm afraid of this happening or that happening, I'm afraid of this accident or that accident or this tragedy or that tragedy, I'm afraid of death, I'm afraid of sickness, I'm afraid of fulfilling the call of God, I'm afraid of not fulfilling the call of God. I'm afraid of what they'll think. What is our first instinct to do in comforting people like that? Well, we often reach right for consoling them by saying it's not gonna happen. I'm afraid I might get sick. Oh, that's not gonna happen, you're overthinking it. I'm afraid I might be in an accident. Oh, that would never happen. Come on, the odds are not there. That would never happen, you're okay. I'm afraid of my loved ones dying. Oh, that's never gonna happen. God wouldn't let that happen.  And so what we're doing is we're trying to address the fear by denying the fact that tragedy occurs. Here's the problem with that, tragedy does occur. And when tragedy occurs, the person who was told that nothing wrong will ever happen in their lives, that person feels lied to. They feel disillusioned, their faith is shaken. They feel betrayed by God. Why? Because they were told it's not gonna happen. God's not gonna let anything bad happen to me. Nope, no, sir, I'm a child of God. Nothing bad will ever happen. Well, that's not biblical. Jesus said in this world, you'll have tribulation. Think of Paul the Apostle's life, shipwrecked, abandoned, imprisoned, rejected, lied about, killed. Why? Because he was faithful to the call of God. But did he see himself as a victim in all of that? No, of course not. He knew that even if the worst should happen, he was still victorious. So that's not how you overcome fear. You don't overcome fear by denying that anything bad could ever happen to you.  And again, that bubble is burst quite quickly and devastatingly, when something actually happens, that's not necessarily the most ideal.  No, I'm just saying in life, that's a part of life. It doesn't mean the enemy has power over you. It doesn't mean you're cursed. It doesn't mean God's losing.  We are victorious even in these things. But to lie to people and tell them, that's never gonna happen. You'll be fine. Everything's gonna be okay. Well, that's not the way to live life because now you're just denying reality that bad things can happen. So how do you overcome fear then? Fear, again, asks what if? And you don't answer that question with, well, it's not gonna happen because then fear is just reinforced and it comes back twice as strong when tragedy hits. No, how do you deal with it? Bold faith, faith which says even if. Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, what did they say when they refused to bow? Our God is able to deliver us from this furnace, the fiery furnace. But even if he doesn't, we will not bow. What a statement. Even if he doesn't rescue us the way we know he can, we're not gonna bow to that idol.  And so fear is dealt with when we realize, okay, bad things do happen. And in this life, I will experience tragedy. I will experience betrayal. I will experience heartache and hurt. Oh, but I'm pressed, but not crushed, persecuted, not abandoned, struck down, but not destroyed. What can separate me from the love of God? God's love is that ultimate safety net. That ultimate safety net that rests there so that we can declare even if, even if the worst should happen, I'm loved by God. Even if I should lose it all, I'm loved by God. Even if everyone should turn on me, I'm loved by God. Heartache and tragedy, part of life, I'm loved. And it's that love of God that gives us that inner strength. Well, what does the Bible say? It says perfect love casts out all fear. And that if we're afraid, it's because we're afraid of punishment from God. That's ultimately what fear is based on. We don't recognize how protected we are by the love of God. Not from tragedy and pain or even death. All of us one day are gonna die, unless of course the rapture happens before then. But my goodness, what are we afraid of? If the worst should happen, aren't you still loved by God? If the worst should happen, doesn't that mean to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord? What are we afraid of in this life? What are we afraid of losing? What are we afraid of happening? Pain, pain is temporary. Heartache, heartache is temporary. Suffering, suffering is a part of the Christian life. And nothing can compare to the glory we'll experience then. The suffering we have now doesn't compare to the glory then. So what are we ultimately afraid of? We are ultimately afraid that God's love, that safety net isn't going to catch us. And when all is said and done, God will reject us. God will be angry with us. God will punish us. And that comes from not understanding his love. That comes from not understanding what happens when you place your faith in Christ Jesus. And the righteousness of God is imputed to you. So again, that lie, you're unsafe. You'll fail.     You're gonna fail as a friend. You're gonna fail in business.  Everyone's gonna turn on you. People will betray you. Everyone's gonna talk about you. Nobody likes you. Tragedy is coming. Calamity is around the corner. Sickness and disease await you. Loss is your portion. Loneliness is your portion. These are the enemies attacks. And the answer isn't to say, no, none of that could ever happen. No, the answer is to say, even if. Even if I still won't bow to fear. The perfect love of God cast out all fear. Isn't that wonderful? You see, the promise isn't a perfect life. Hear me please. The promise isn't a perfect life. It's his perfect love. It's his presence. It's him.  So these lies, you're unsafe. Well, maybe unsafe superficially, maybe physically unsafe in some situations. Or I know believers who are sick in body and it's severe. They still trust God. Why?   But see, he rescues the soul of the one who believes. So you're rescued. So you don't overcome fear by shrinking your world and saying, none of this could ever happen or I'm gonna prevent this from happening. It's in acknowledging that even if the worst should happen, and that's the truth that sets you free from that stronghold. So number one, accusation, two, temptation, three, fear. I won't have time to delve into the rest here, but I do wanna start giving you some keys on how to overcome them. So we'll give a brief survey over these and then we'll get right into how to identify and then tear them down. So depression is one, depression is rooted in lies.   What's the action now? Action is low energy, not laziness, low energy, you're discouraged, you're sorrowful, suicidal ideation, isolation from other people because you don't trust them, that's depression. And then the result is no motivation for life or anything in life, and there's that weight on you. And you might think it's a demon on your body when it's a fact, it's a lie in your mind. That's depression. Now, there are some psychological and physiological aspects to depression, of course, but I'm showing you the spiritual aspects. Then there's distraction, the lie there. This needs your attention right now or this is important enough to focus on or this is more important than what you're doing. This is how we get arguing and bickering and it's sad in the body of Christ to see the state of the body of Christ now. I pray all the time, whenever I see preachers attacking other preachers for unfounded accusations, preachers attacking other preachers for differences in doctrines, preachers attacking other preachers for a misunderstanding of something they said and instead of allowing them to tell you what they meant in their words, what they in their pride and their arrogance and their ego stand by their criticisms because they don't wanna have been wrong. That's distraction or when we argue about genealogies and meaningless words, when we argue about certain feasts and Sabbath days and when we argue about how to pronounce certain words in scripture. I mean, that's how detailed some of these distractions get. Distraction also is entertainment, Netflix. Distractions, what's the lie? This needs your attention now. This is important enough to focus on. This is more important than what you're doing. Those are the lies that lead to distraction. And then, what's the feeling? You feel your ego is boosted. You're fired up, ambitious, rushed, pressured, right? Because your mind just is constantly on this and that and this, that and this, that and you're distracted. Your pace speeds up. Now what begins to happen? You do things that ultimately deter you or rob you of peace. You invest your time in things that won't matter. You waste your days. Why? Cause you're distracted. And the result is you become ineffective, tense, angry. I've seen it happen, guys. I've seen it happen to many in ministry. They become so focused on attacking other ministers in their arrogance and pride, not recognizing that maybe they got it wrong. Maybe they misinterpreted them and they double down on it. And then their whole ministries change because of the spirit that's now coming through. And that has more to do with just other ministers. This is people in local churches. This is people in families. This is mothers and fathers in their relationship with their kids. This divides families. This divides churches. This divides ministries. This breaks up businesses. This breaks up marriages. Why? Because they're so distracted on things that don't matter and the ego clings to these things. Not just distraction through entertainment. I think we all understand how that works and how that brings destruction but distraction also on meaningless arguments. Let's go now to number six, confusion. I'll say this. In 1 Corinthians 1433, God is not the author of confusion but of peace as in all churches of the saints. So God is the one who brings clarity. Now watch this, watch this, now watch this. I need you to understand this because this is very important in regards to how confusion works.  You're only confused when you try to force a lie and the truth together. So the lie can look like this and this is again another ego boosting stronghold. What I believe couldn't possibly be wrong. And so you cling to something that's not biblical and you're offended, you're unsure, you're uneasy and so what's the action now? You hold on to your beliefs instead of submitting to scripture. What's the result?  And this has more to do with, this has more to do than just with doctrine. This also has to do with life events. I mean, for example, if someone believes they need to be in a relationship with someone who's not born again, they can lie to themselves justifying why they're with that person when the scripture says be not unequally yoked. And so what's gonna happen? Deep down they're holding onto the lie. I should be with this person. This is an exception. God understands. I know what I'm doing, right? There's the lies they're believing and then they read in the scripture, be not unequally yoked with unbelievers and then they're conflicted internally and then they just go, I'm confused. I don't know what I should do.  The moment you let go of the lies, everything becomes clear. So that's another stronghold. There's this confusion that arises when you try to hold to the truth and to a lie at the same time. It's compromise. Number seven, torment. Now this one is severe and it can get very severe. We're talking torment that can produce mental anguish, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, night terrors, intrusive thoughts, suicidal ideation, paranoia, this heavy weight on you. That's torment. And it affects the mind very negatively. And so what happens is this lie is ultimately saying that Satan has more power over you than he actually does. And I find that the most tormented Christians are the ones who hyper focus on demonic power, minimize the Holy Spirit's power and maximize in their minds the power of the enemy. All the enemy cursed me. All the enemy possessed me. All there's something living inside of me. All the enemies wreaking havoc in my life. Everything's going wrong in my life because the enemy. Nevermind foolish decisions. Nevermind sinful mistakes. Nevermind poor choices. No, it's all the enemy in my business, in my finances, in my relationship. I'm single because Satan probably not. You're probably single because of decisions you're making. And so we have to grow out of this type of thinking where we're blaming everything on demonic powers. And torment is often linked with this type of thinking because we exaggerate the power of the enemy so much in our lives that we think he's able to do more than he actually can. And he takes advantage of that.  Of course he's gonna take advantage of that.  Well, of course you're just gonna be more vulnerable now to the attacks of the enemy. Often I find it's not necessarily the enemy trying to attack you that causes most problems. It's your response to the fact that the enemy is trying to attack you that causes a lot of problems because most Christians just panic. Oh, what am I doing wrong? What happened? How do I get out of it? Just walk in the spirit. Well, no, no, no, it has to be more like in the movies. No, no, no, just walk in the spirit. Jesus already bound to the strong man. Victory is yours if you just submit to God. Believer, it's so simple. Spiritual victory is yours if you just submit to God. Now some might say, well, wait a minute, I am submitted to God, but things are still going wrong in my life. Well, that's part of life.  That's his goal. And this is why some of us need deliverance from our deliverance doctrines because some of the things we believe actually partner with the lives of the enemy and strengthen this stronghold where we start to believe that the enemy actually has more power over us than he does. And we partner with that in our belief and our fear fuels that lie. So we live under the stronghold. Troubling thoughts, you get a troubling thought, you start to feel that torment from that troubling thought because you're so hyper focused on it because you're so believing it. The action, what's the action? You become more paranoid, isolated, neurotic. And what's the result? You now lack peace. There's the stronghold, my friend.  In that isolation, you lose rest. In that isolation, you lose all checks and balances. In that isolation, you get really weird. Now, I'm not saying that to make fun of anyone. That's a fact. You get very strange. And so it begins to work things in you that push people away and as people are pushed away, the torment is increased. And so this is why the enemy works so hard at getting you to believe that he has more power over you than he actually does. Now, I cover in detail these strongholds and more. In my book, Holy Spirit, The Bondage Breaker available at bondagebreaker.com, experience permanent deliverance from mental, emotional, and demonic strongholds. I'm gonna tell you in a moment, right here in this message, how to identify them in principle and then also how to break the power of the strongholds. We go over these strongholds and more. I talk about also in this book, The Attack of Sickness. I talk about addiction. We go into great detail on how to combat these lies, how to discipline the mind to combat these lies. We show the limitations of demonic power, the origins of Satan, the battle for dominion and how to avoid certain protocols that actually just make the problem worse. So again, you get this book, Holy Spirit, The Bondage Breaker, experience permanent deliverance. That's God's will, permanent deliverance, not from deliverance to deliverance, but from glory to glory, from mental, emotional, and demonic strongholds. And you can get that at bondagebreaker.com. So let's look at how to identify these strongholds. It's very important to remember that you cannot systemize discernment. In other words, many believers just want this long list. Tell me all the lies the enemy can tell me. Tell me all the things that can make me vulnerable to these lies. And I'll walk around with that list. My friend, if I gave you that list, there would be thousands and thousands and thousands of things on that list. Then you'd have to walk around with a book this thick with fonts that was too small to read. And every day you would try to be remembering, okay, what's in the book? What's the lie? What's the thing that causes the lie? What makes me vulnerable to lies? And you live in a paranoia and you live under the weight of religious burden. And that's not what God called you to live in. So, rather than address every single lie that the enemy can tell you, why not just learn the truth? And in learning the truth, you now have a measure against which you can hold all thoughts. The word of God, the Holy Spirit, sound teachers, this becomes a filter for your mind. And so instead of focusing on the darkness, freaking out about the darkness, talking about the darkness, philosophizing about the darkness, you look at the light. And when you live in the light, darkness by its very own nature must dissolve in the power of that light. So the best way to deal with darkness is to simply turn on the light. Not to scream at the darkness, not to punch the darkness. You couldn't do that if you tried. But to just turn on the light. So how do you turn on the light in your life? Number one, you know the truth by God's word. Psalm 119, 105 says, your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. Second Timothy 3, 16, all scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. So there the scripture is making it very clear that the Bible is our light. So don't tell me you're desperate for freedom when you're not in the word on a daily basis. Don't tell me you're trying everything you can to live in victory and you're not even in the word. Because many times we wanna neglect the spiritual basics because the spiritual basics require discipline. It's easier to say, lay hands on me preacher, pray a special prayer over me preacher, just blow a shofar over me preacher so that I don't have to implement the discipline but you can't make up for with superstitious ritual which you lack in spiritual routine. Now I'm not saying that laying hands on people and praying over them isn't biblical. It absolutely is. But what good does it do to get set free if you're not staying free?    You're not in the word for yourself, guess what now?  So you have to know the word. And as you read the word, you go through the scripture, you begin to see that light reflected back at you and you begin to notice things in you that contradict the nature of God and this is where you see transformation. Number two, we know the truth by the Holy Spirit. He is the spirit of truth. John 14, 26 says, but when the Father sends the advocate as my representative, that is the Holy Spirit, he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. John 16, 13, when the spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own, but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. Again, that's John 16, 13. So here the scripture is making it clear that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth. But if you're not in the word, what can the Holy Spirit remind you of? If he's not able to entrust you with the revelations written in the word, how is he then supposed to build upon your understanding to give you further revelation? He can't if you haven't given him a foundation. So we know the truth by God's word, we know the truth by the Holy Spirit and we know the truth by sound teachers. Ephesians 4, 11 and 12 says this, now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church, the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. So here we see that Christ has given to the church gifts in the form of teachers, preachers, apostles. And so God has given to us sound teachers. Now, unless you know the word and the spirit, you're not gonna be able to find sound teachers. I'm just gonna challenge you to do something here. You need to stop listening to teachings that agitate your fears.  Just be discerning. What is this doing in me? Is this lifting burdens or placing burdens? Is this producing peace and a clear path forward? Or is this just making me bite my nails and go, oh my goodness, I don't know what to do now. I feel so overwhelmed that I could be under the power of darkness. This is why you have to be very careful with what you intake. And so you identify the truth by knowing the word, knowing the Holy Spirit and knowing sound teachers. You have these three things now that light begins to shine. And that light shining in your life will make it very, very difficult. Not necessarily impossible because all of us are flawed, but it will make it very difficult for the enemy to gain a foothold to build another stronghold in your thinking. Now, once you've identified this lie, whatever it is that's working in your life, how do you tear this down? I'll give you four keys very briefly here. They're simple and practical. Watch this now. The lies you believe affect you in more ways than you know. And especially the lies you don't know you believe affect you in more ways than you know.  I just talked to someone the other day who said, I'm just now realizing, that's what they told me. They said, I'm just now realizing how anxiety had affected me all this time. How many things I think, how many things I do, how many things I don't do because of anxiety, but I didn't even realize it because I never identified it as the issue. That's the issue with many believers. And they're under the power of these lies and they don't even know it. Remember this, the only power the enemy can have over you is the power he deceives you into giving to him. So you wanna tear down strongholds. There's two elements to a stronghold. Number one, there's the demonic element. Number two, there's a mental and emotional element. How does this work? Demonic powers do the lying. Again, this is different than possession or a curse. Talking to believers now, talking to how a demonic power attacks a Christian. And in fact, I have more on this. We're probably gonna leave it up on the channel. I did a seminar a little more in depth in this, it's free on YouTube. You can watch that where I go into a little more detail in exactly how the enemy can attack Christians. I also have different teachings on the channel that can help you see this. But primarily speaking, the enemy attacks the believer through what he says. You might have a question about a physical attack. Yes, the enemy can send sickness into your body through an attack. The enemy can use a demonized person to attack you physically. Those are primarily the ways that the enemy attacks us physically.  These are the things he says to us. So that's the demonic element of a stronghold. They're the liars, they feed you the lies. The emotional and mental element of the stronghold is that your flesh becomes trained under the lies of the enemy. So the enemy lies to you and lies to you and lies to you and the eventual result of living under demonic, please hear this right now. This is gonna be so eye-opening for someone. The eventual result of living under demonic deception is always self-deception. The eventual result of living under demonic deception is always self-deception. What do I mean by that?  And then you believe it, you believe it, you believe it, you believe it, you believe it. Eventually, you start to think according to the lie he gave you. Here's the scary part. Someone could rebuke that demon. If you're a believer, you don't have to have it cast out of you, but you do have to resist so he flees. So someone rebukes that demon, you rebuked that demon, you get breakthrough, the stronghold's broken, right? That lie's exposed, the enemy flees. Now he can't lie to you at that point anymore. Watch this now. There are still lies lingering because it's gone from being demonic deception to self-deception. Why?  Why would the enemy need to lie to you any longer if you're already lying to yourself? Demonic deception always eventually becomes self-deception. If it's not dealt with at the beginning stages. So here's the problem. Many Christians rid themselves of the demonic aspect. They rebuked the enemy. They resist the enemy, I'm gonna show you that in a moment. They rebuked, they resist. Demonic being is silenced, he flees. And then they go on wondering, wait, why don't I feel free if I already rebuked the enemy? Why don't I feel free if I already experienced deliverance from that stronghold? Why don't I feel free if someone already prayed over me? What happened here? Well, it's because you're now no longer dealing with the demon. Yes, you should deal with the demonic aspect. I'm not saying that demons aren't involved. Of course demons attack Christians. They're very involved in their attacks against us. But I'm saying once you've dealt with the demonic aspect, don't mistake the flesh for lingering demons.  You're just, how do I get rid of this? And you are mistaking the flesh for a lingering demon. When you've already dealt with the demonic aspect, the Bible gives us very straightforward answers to dealing with demons. They're like pests, you rebuke them, they go. They have to, they have to. Now if it's a really tough situation and your faith is low, you fast and pray, but then you go deal with them and they have to go. That's it, there's no wrestling match. You tell them, if they don't obey, go back and fast and pray, come back, say it again, they need to go that time. If they don't, it's not a demon you're dealing with, it's a flesh problem. And many Christians get so obsessed here because they're thinking, no, it has to be a demon because of the way it feels. It has to be a demon because of how intense this is. It has to be a demon because I'm not sleeping, I'm depressed, I feel this heaviness, I'm not realizing that's what deception does. That's how effective those strongholds in our lives. That's how strong and potent they can be. And now they mistake their flesh for a lingering demon. So number one, you rebuke the enemy, take authority. Look at Matthew 8.16, that evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. Watch this now, and he cast out the evil spirits with the simple command and he healed all the sick. Now, this particular verse is specifically about demonic possession, but though we're not talking about demonic possession because we're talking about the believer, there's still a very powerful takeaway here. If Jesus could rid someone of demonic possession with just a simple command, imagine what he can do in the life of the believer who's dealing with just deception. Demonic possession is an extreme, intense, heightened influence of demonic power. It is probably demonic possession, which is also called demonization, is the most intense form of demonic influence. Now, if Jesus could vanquish that with just a simple command, how much more power will he have when he speaks against a simple deception in your life? Now, some might say, well, that was Jesus. We're not Jesus. Jesus was the son of God.  God gave you that same authority because Christ is in power, you are in Christ. Christ is seated in heavenly places. You are seated in Christ. Now, think about the ego we reveal when we say such things. Well, that was Jesus who was able to drive out demons instantly. We're talking about us now. Wait a minute, ego has been exposed.  So then why would it be your own strength when it comes to simple strongholds? So this scripture shows us the absolute authority, absolute authority that the believer has over demonic beings, absolute, absolute. There's no debate. There's no fighting. And if there is fighting, it's not that they're resisting God's authority. It's that you're not using God's authority, which is precisely why Jesus told us to fast and pray. Think about this. There's only two things that could take you out of alignment with divine authority. That's compromise, number one, and a lack of faith. That's it. All the Bible shows us. And so if you are compromising, repent.  Say, again, as a believer, you don't have to say, come out of me. You say, stop talking to me. I'm resisting you now, flee. It's not casting out. It's resisting is how the New Testament describes it for the believer. Now, of course, we understand that possession is real. I have a whole bunch of other teachings on demonic possession, but we're talking right now just about strongholds. And so this is the simplest part. Then you resist the enemy. James 4, 7, submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee. Write it in the comment section. Resist the devil and he will what? Write that in the comment section. He will flee. Does it say resist the devil and he'll put up a fight until you could figure out the name of the demon he sent? Does it say resist the devil and he'll put up a fight until you unlock some hidden mystery? Does it say resist the devil until you uncover some demonic secret that's been hidden in your family? No, resist the devil and he will flee. Does it say here cast it out? No, it says resist him. Why? Because he's not coming into you. He's coming against you. Very different for the believer. So resist the devil and what does he do? Flee. Why? Because the devil fears nothing more than the believer who understands who they are in Christ. And once he sees that you're resisting him, he takes note, they know who they are in Christ. And so there's nothing he can do. But first you have to submit to God. So the key to freedom and breaking the demonic aspect of a stronghold is submission to God. Again, I said to you, Christ already bound the strongholds the strong man. That's what he was talking about in that parable. He is the, yes, the devil is the strong man. Jesus is the stronger man. Read the parable very carefully. He's talking about himself. He's the one who goes in, binds the strong man and plunders the kingdom of darkness. And so Jesus bound the strong man. He did the work. He defeated the enemy. He delivered us from the powers of darkness. And now in order to walk in Christ, you submit to God.  Period. Period. And anything that's been told you otherwise is a contradicting to scripture and it's fear mongering.  The enemy has kept so many believers bound because they have so much belief in his power. Now I'm not saying he has no power. I've talked in the past before about two different extremes that we must avoid. We mustn't be apathetic toward the spiritual realm. Of course we understand we're engaged in spiritual warfare. That's what the scripture clearly tells us. And if we remain ignorant of those things, then we remain vulnerable to those things. So no, don't be apathetic, but neither be paranoid. Be spiritually vigilant. Be aware of the attacks of the enemy, but not paranoid with it. Think about a doctor's visit. If I went to my physician and I wasn't eating, sleeping, drinking or exercising and I said to him, doc, I don't feel so good. What are the first questions he's going to ask me? He's going to ask me about my diet. He's going to ask me about my exercise. He's going to ask me about my water intake. He's going to ask me about my sleep patterns. Why? Because he knows that if he can just get me to do the basics, it will cover most of the problems. That's Christianity. Submit to God, do the basics. Pray, read the word, worship, renew the mind. Think on these things and you'll start to see the power of demonic deception broken. Then you speak against, you resist, they flee. So that's the first aspect. Those are the first two keys to dealing with the stronghold. Rebuke the enemy and resist the enemy. So by doing these two things, you've just dealt with the demonic aspect. Now there will still be lingering issues but you've at least identified and eliminated the source. Again, do not mistake the flesh for a lingering demon. Once you've gone through the biblical protocols of resisting and rebuking and if it's necessary, fasting and praying, now you are dealing with the flesh. Anything more is going to create religious effort, superstitious protocol that ultimately keeps you in further bondage. You renew the mind. Romans 12, 2 says, don't copy the behavior and customs of this world but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you which is good and pleasing and perfect. Deliverance is already yours. Colossians 1, 13 and 14 who hath delivered us from the powers of darkness. In other words, it's already done. I think many believers mistakenly believe that deliverance is like a substance, like a bottle of water where I, okay, you know, pour a little bit of my glass. I got some deliverance. I need some more. I had a little bit of deliverance on Sunday. I'm coming back for a little more deliverance on Tuesday. Now, if you're talking about sanctification, that's a process. You're talking about overcoming the flesh over a period of time as the character of Christ is developed in you. Okay, of course, that's gonna be a progress, a progressive journey, I should say. So there are some things that do take time, deliverance from the flesh, deliverance from sickness, which can sometimes be a long-term healing, deliverance from deception, which can sometimes be the renewing of a thought pattern. But in terms of the deliverance from the powers of darkness, that's done. Now, why don't we always experience that? Well, because we're not accessing what Christ gave to us. So if I hand you this bottle of water, I say, here it is, it's all yours. If you don't open it and drink it, you're just gonna say, oh, well, I'm still thirsty. Well, here's your bottle of water. Well, thanks for the bottle, but I'm still thirsty. You have to open it and drink it. In the same way, Christ has already given to us deliverance. You were delivered when you were saved. You wanna walk in the benefits and the reality of that deliverance, renew your mind. Submit to God. Don't copy the behaviors and customs of this world. Let God transform you. Be ye transformed, how? By the renewing of your mind. So you renew the mind by stubbornly refusing to believe the lies and clinging to the truth. You renew the mind through meditation of the word, the meditation of the truth. What's meditation? Well, I know these days it's kind of been given a bad rap, but meditation is a biblical concept actually. You meditate by repeating something in your thought. Meditation is repetition and thought. So meditating on the word is to repeat the word again and again, the truths of the word again and again in your mind. So that's number three, renew your mind. Number four, finally, is an encounter with God. I mean, as simple as it may be, it's an encounter with God. The Holy Spirit can do more in a millisecond and you and I could accomplish with a hundred years of striving and human effort. So yes, do the practical. Rebuke the enemy, resist the enemy, renew the mind, but live in his presence, my friend. You live in that presence and there's freedom. I'm telling you there's some experience. Living in his presence brings absolute freedom, authority and power. You live in the beauty of that glory. Remember this, demons cannot swim in the depths of God's glory. So Father, I pray that you would help your people to do it. Give them the courage and the strength. Help them to identify and eliminate, to discern and to destroy strongholds of the enemy. I rebuke them now. We come against every demonic attack in the mighty name of Jesus. And Lord, as we rebuke every demonic attack, I pray you would also give them the grace to walk in the spirit and overcome the flesh. We submit to you, say that out loud right now. Say, I submit to you. 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In my last video, I talked about a few products that I really regretted buying this past year, but today I wanted to switch it up and share with you the top five type products that I am legitimately obsessed with. And the first one to start off with, which should be no surprise, is my Aura Ring. I love this guy. I pretty much wear it every single day. It is by far one of my favorite fitness trackers to wear on a daily basis because of its low profile design, but it still packs a punch in regards to tracking your health and fitness metrics. It provides a full breakdown of your sleep activity and it does so in a way that's just easy for me to understand, while also still giving me insights on areas of my health that I can improve. The specific feature that I love the most and what I think is a huge selling point is the readiness score, which I check every single morning to understand how recovered my body is. It takes into account my sleep history and activity during the week and it provides a score out of 100, giving me a good idea of how much stress I can take on for the day or if I maybe need to take it a little bit easy and need to rest. The only thing that does bug me about the Aura Ring is its cost, specifically the subscription cost, which is around $6 a month. This gives you access to basically all the premium insights and health data I mentioned earlier, but if you decide not to use the membership, you only get the three health scores on the main page and you get limited access to the library of educational content. And if you think about it, it's already a pretty expensive device around four to 500 bucks and then you factor in paying that monthly subscription to get the most out of the device. Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of that either. However, even with that minor frustration of having to deal with the subscription fee, the Aura Ring is typically the tracker I recommend people look into, especially if they're just getting started into looking into the fitness tracking game or they're looking for something that won't be too distracting or obvious on their body or wrist. My second favorite product that I bought this year were actually the second generation AirPods Pro. I knew the original first generation AirPods Pro were great and in my opinion, they changed the game for noise cancellation earbuds and these Gen 2's even better. The sound quality is great, especially with the spatial audio. The noise cancellation levels are even better. They have a longer battery life up to 30 hours with the new case and the two features that I really love about this are the fact that you can actually now finally adjust the medium volume by simply swiping up or down on the stem and I love how the AirPods Pro Gen 2 case can now be found through the Find My app by activating the new integrated speaker, which is actually pretty loud. The mic has also been upgraded when making calls but I still feel like the background noise comes through on the other end when speaking to somebody on the phone but that is very minor in the grand scheme of things and I definitely would rank these as some of the top Bluetooth headphones to have. In fact, I'm thinking about making a video sharing my favorite workout headphones. Let me know in the comments below if that's something that you're interested in. My third favorite piece of tech was my Peloton. Man, do I love that bike. I never thought I would be an indoor cycling type of person but I am definitely one now. It was exactly what I needed in terms of having some sort of way to stay active and get some cardio in during these cold New York City winters. It's a high quality, well made piece of equipment. It doesn't take up too much space in my room and the classes are honestly great. Usually I stick to my two favorite instructors, Ali Love or my guy Alex Toussaint and I'll choose anywhere between a 15 to 30 minute ride three to four times a week. Now a feature I like that not many people talk about is the fact that you can connect your Apple Watch or your WUK to the bike to use as a live heart rate monitor to see which cardio zones you hit throughout your workout. Now it does suck that you can't connect an Android based watch to the bike as I've tried it with my Pixel Watch and my previous Galaxy Watch. So hopefully there will be some sort of update for that in the coming months. Now the biggest elephant in the room is the price. The Peloton bike will definitely cost you some bread running anywhere between 1500 to 2500 for the bike itself and then you would have to pay around 44 bucks a month for the all access membership to the workout classes. And I know that might be too expensive for some and there are plenty of alternative exercise bike options out there but the Peloton bike definitely was worth the investment for me as I literally use it all the time. And you know what? I actually think I recently passed my 100th workout. The 4th tech product that I would consider one of my favorite purchases would be my TheraBody wave solo massage ball. It's almost like my personal Tony Stark Ironman lacrosse ball. My nano ball? I don't want to play with your ball. I take this guy everywhere. I take it to work and use it at my desk. I use it on the plane when I'm going on a long flight. And I love taking it to the gym if I'm feeling a little bit tight in certain areas before heading into a workout. It's better than the wave duo that I mentioned in my other video as it's super portable and the form factor is actually perfect for getting into those super tough areas like the glutes, traps and low back. You can also control the wave solo in the TheraBody active Bluetooth and follow along with different routines based on what your focus is for that day. TheraBody designed this in a way that it absorbs and mutes the vibrations it gives off once it makes contact with a hard surface and the price is fairly affordable being under $100, which is a pretty good deal that you can't be. Definitely recommend getting this or maybe the HyperSphere Mini from Hyperize if you're interested in getting a vibration massage ball. Just keep in mind that the HyperSphere Mini is a bit louder and you can't control it with Bluetooth. My last and favorite tech purchase of this year was actually the iPad Mini 6. I bought it for myself as a gift earlier in the year and honestly I didn't know how beneficial it would be in addition to my 2021 iPad Pro and wow was I really shocked at how I've been able to use this thing for a variety of tasks. Of course I use it as my on-the-go travel media and content consumption device but I also use it as a teleprompter for these YouTube videos. I write notes in this thing as if it was a notepad and I even use it as my portable workout class device where I can pull up fitness apps like Apple Fitness Plus or the Peloton app and use it to follow along with a quick yoga session or core workout on a screen that is bigger than one of my phones. It's small size in combination with the Apple Pencil truly make this iPad Mini a very versatile device. Yes, it doesn't have that 120 Hertz display or the M1 chip and it doesn't have the face unlock but those are very minor drawbacks that honestly don't bother me. I definitely plan on making a video soon talking about all the different ways I use the iPad Mini 6 throughout the year so make sure you are subscribed to stay tuned for when that comes out. If you haven't seen my video on the tech products I regretted purchasing this past year check this video out right here and if you're interested in other cool tech videos I've made, click right here. As always, stay healthy, be happy and embrace the hype. Woo!


Hello friends, I am Sanjay Gupta. I welcome you on Sanjay Gupta Tech School. In this video, I am going to explain how you can print reverse of a number in C programming. So first I am going to tell you how you can build the logic and then I am going to tell you how you can convert that logic into a C program. So starting with it, so let's say we have a number 123 and we need to print its reverse. So its reverse will be 321. So now I am going to tell you how you can build the logic and then I will be converting that logic into a program. So to implement this logic, I need to separate all three values. So 1, 2 and 3. I am going to separate them and then I will calculate the reverse. So first of all I want this 3 from 123. So for that I am using this statement and modulus 10. So this is modulus operator which calculates remainder value. So it always calculates the remainder value and whenever you use this with a number and you divide that number with 10. So remainder will be always the last digit of the number. So this is a mathematical rule. So I am assigning that number into it. So whenever you want last digit of a number then you can simply divide that number using this modulus operator along with 10. So this a will receive the value 3. So right now value of a is 3 and 10 was 123. Now we have 3. So in next step I am going to calculate s equals to s into 10 plus 8. Why so? Because every time whenever I will be having the values. So I need to put it like this. So first it will be 3 then I will convert it into 32. Then I am going to convert 32 into 321. So every time I need to multiply the outcome with 10 and need to add the calculated remainder into that value. So first time I only want 3. So initially I am assigning 0 into s. So 0 into 10, 0 then we are adding a. So a current value is 3. So final outcome of s will be 3. So I am repeating it. Initially s is 0. 0 into 10 is 0 plus a. So a is 3. So 3 will be added to this expression. And the outcome of s will be 3 till here. Now we calculated 3. So if we remove this 3 from this number. If we remove this 3 from this number. So we received 12 only and we want this because 3 we already calculated. So now again very simple logic. Whenever you want to remove a number that is available on the last of that number then you can simply divide that number with 10 and store that into that variable. So here n was 123. I divided it with 10. So it will become 12.3 and all the variables are of integer type. So this point 3 will be removed and new value of n will become 12. Right. So whenever you divide any number with 10. So its last digit will be removed and number will be. So in our case number will be 12 because 3 is removed. Now after these 3 statements I am going to implement first statement again. So here you can see I am again dividing n with 10 so that I can calculate the integer value. So current value of n is 12. So 12 modulus 10. So again that rule whenever we use modulus operator. So if we divide a number with 10. So inventory will be always last digit. So this time a will receive 2 or here value of n was 12. So 12 modulus 10 a will be receiving 2. Now we can implement this. So this time you will get to know why I wrote this statement. So again I am using it here. So now you need to find out the current value of n. So if we go above. So here s was 3. So we need to use 3 here. Then we need to multiply it with 10. So 3 into 10 is 30. Then we need to add a. So a's current value is 2. So the outcome of this will be 32 and that will be assigned into s. So right now we are calculating these steps in one go. So the previous value of variable you can use in the next expression and calculate the result. So let's say s is now 32. So if we use s afterwards from this statement. So value of s will be used as 32 not 3. So I hope till here you have understood. So now again we can remove 2 from that number because 2 we already calculated. So this time it will be n equals to n by 10. So if we divide 12 by 10, so it will become 1.2. So 0.2 will be removed automatically because number is off time. So n will be having the value 1. Now again you need to repeat all these 3 steps. So a equals to n modulus 10. So right now value of n is 1. So this 2 is removed because of this statement. So value of n is 1 and we are applying modulus. So here you need to remember some rule if we are using modulus operator and numerator value is less than denominator. So in our case we are doing this 1 modulus 10 numerator is 1 and denominator is 10. So thumb rule says result will be always numerator value. So a will be decision 1. Now again operator statement s equals to s into 10 plus a. So now we need to identify value of s. So here you can see if we go above. So current value of s is 32. So we need to multiply 32 into 10. So result will be 320. Then we need to add a. So last value of a is 1. So 320 plus 1. So outcome will be 321. And lastly I need to implement this statement again. That is n equals to n by 10. So current value of n is 1. So 1 by 10 if we divide any number with 10 and number is less than 10. So in case of division result will be always 0. Result will be always 0 because if we use integers so its value will be 0 or something. But in case of integer we only consider the value which is before decimal point not after decimal point. Result will be now 0. So if n is having 0 so we cannot calculate it further. So this is the logic that I explained right now to calculate reverse of this number 123. So you are thinking like where is the reverse. So here you can see. Here is the reverse. 321 which is stored inside s. Now you will say what if number is this 1, 2, 3, 4. So now you can see carefully. If I group these statements. So I wrote these statements 3 times only because my number was 120. So if number is 120 or you can say number is 3 digits. I mean 3 digits. So you need to write these 3 statements 3 times. If you have 4 digit number you need to write these statements 4 times. If you have 5 digit number you need to write these 3 statements 5 times. Now you will say if we have 10 digit number so do we need to write these statements 5 times. No. Now comes loop. So we don't need to write these statements again and again. We will pick only this block and we will repeat this block with the help of loop so that we can calculate the reverse. So I think you now got to know how we can create a logic so that we can print reverse of a number. So now I am going to convert this logic with the state program so that you can implement the program in your compiler and you can read the number from user and you can print its output in reverse form. So I am erasing these statements and I am going to implement a key program. So now I am going to implement a program. So starting with name I need variable n to read a number from user then variable a to store the modules value and variable s which will be having the reverse of the number. Then printf which will receive a number from user then scanf or send the n percent n. So the input will be stored inside this n variable. Now if we recall that logic that we implemented. So three steps we calculated that logic. Why so? Because finally n became zero. So now we need to implement three statements for loop. Those are initial value, condition and increment or increment. Like these three things we need to implement. So now you can identify the condition. We need to repeat the loop till n is greater than zero. If n is zero then we need to stop the loop. So here I am going to use value and I am writing the condition as n greater than zero. So if n is greater than zero then only this loop will repeat otherwise it will be permanent. Now you will say where is initialization. So here you can see this scanf. Canf is reading value from user into n. So this will be treated as initialization. So knowingly I am not using for loop here because in for loop we need to write initialization, condition and increment decrement in a single line. But here you can see initial value is received through scanf which is written before the loop. Then inside loop we just want to mention the condition and decrement will be if you remember the logic we used n equals to n by 10. So we remove each digit from the last of n through dividing it by 10. So that is decrement. So here I need to write it. So this will be the decrement. And above that I am writing this and this. So now these three statements will repeat till n is greater than zero and if n is equals to zero then this loop will be terminated. And just after this you can print reverse equals to for sending ns. So reverse will be stored inside s variable and that will be the reverse. Now remember that if you have taken this number, so reverse will be 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. So remember that if you are using n so its output will be garbage because range of n is 3, 2, 7, 6, 7. So if you exceed that limit then number will automatically convert into garbage. So instead of n what you can use? Long n. So remember this thing. Now I am going to iterate this quickly so that you can understand how this logic will calculate the outcome. So this time I am taking number as this 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 digit number and you will see this logic will calculate some of 4 digit as well as any number of digit that is having in a number. So if we took 2 digit number then also it will work. If we take 3, 4, 5, 6, any digits it will always work properly. So here you can see variable n is having 1, 2, 3, 4 and s is initially zero. Now we go to check this condition and greater than zero. So right now it is true. So we need to calculate this. So a will be having limiter that is last digit because we are dividing in fact n and using modernness. So it will give us 4 last digit which will be stored inside a. Now calculate this s is initially 0, 0 into 10, 0 plus a. So what is the current value okay? That is 4. So s will also be 4 because 0 into 10, 0 and plus 4 will be 4. Now we need to divide n by 10. So n initial value is 1, 2, 3, 4. So it will be now 1, 2, 3. Now again we need to check the condition. It is true. Then take modulus of n. So n's current value is 1, 2, 3. So we need to divide it by 10 and we need to take the limiter value. So now you can see limiter will be 3 because last digit is 3. So current value of a is 3. Then a current value of s is 4. So 4 into 10, 40 plus a is 3. So it will become 43. So current value of s is 43 and now we need to calculate this. So n will be having 12 because we are dividing it by 10. So limiter will be 12. Again check the condition. It is true. Calculate value okay. So it will be 2 because we need to take the limiter. Current value of s is 43. So 43 into 10, 430 plus a. So it will become 432. Now n equals to n by 10. So 12 by 10 it will be 1. Again check the condition. It is true. Then 1 modulus 10. So I told you if numerator is less as compared to denominator if you are using modulus operator. So limiter will be numerator. So it is 1. Current value of s is 432. So 432 into 10. That will be 4320 plus a. So it will become 4321. And n by 10. So it will become 0. Now if you check the condition it will be false. And we have reverse into s variable after completion of this loop that will be written on output screen. So this way I told you how we can calculate, sorry, how we can build the logic to calculate reverse of a particular number. No matter how many digits it contains. And then I told you how we can convert that logic into a C program. So I hope you understood how we implemented this program with f of C language. And you understood how we can print reverse of a number in C programming. So I hope you understood whatever I explained in this video. If you want to watch more programming related videos you can open my channel and go to playlists. So I uploaded more than 1000 videos on C, C++, Java, Salesforce, Python, data structure. So do follow my channel, subscribe it and keep learning programming because it is very easy. So thank you for watching this video.


Hi, my name is Brian Tannis, and I'm with a Red Hat Cloud Platforms business unit. In this video, we'll focus on Knative running within OpenShift. We'll be able to see what Knative has to offer, like building our application through Knative's build component, then running that image through Knative's serving, and then finally, we'll use Knative eventing to be able to emit IoT events through the serving service. We'll roll out canary releases, as well as being able to show how the application is able to scale down to zero. Our first step is to set up certain rights to the default service account in our namespace. We have a YAML file that has three rolls and three roll bindings configured. These configurations allow Knative to perform the actions that it needs. We'll push this configuration to the cluster. Next, we'll define a build template using Knative builds, which defines a blueprint for our build. The build component in Knative is not so much utility to build images itself, it rather provides a primitive to be able to string together the tools that we want to be able to do our own build. In our case, the most prominent example is OpenShift's own build capacity. So, in this demo, we'll implement a Knative build by the means of an OpenShift build. Now that we have a build template, we could run our own build using the YAML shown. Instead, it's more interesting to see how the build is stringed together using the serving component of Knative. The current version of Knative serving does not automatically configure the routes within OpenShift, so we'll need to perform a workaround. The YAML for this workaround is very simple, and in later releases, this won't be needed. Next, we'll build and deploy our application using the Knative serving component. As you could see, the spec run latest configuration build section is a one-to-one copy of the build manifest that we could have deployed earlier. Once we apply this configuration, Knative will go ahead and deploy a revision or a configuration of the application at a specific point in time. Now Knative will kick off the build for our app. We could see this happening by heading to the OpenShift console, going to our project, and clicking on builds. We could watch the build taking place by watching the output in the logs. Once the build is successful, we could head to the image streams in the OpenShift console and see that the image has been pushed to the internal registry. We then could go to deployments and see one-of-one pod is available, running our application. We could test the app by curling the route and OpenShift, which we created earlier using the workaround. So far, we have used two of three components of Knative. Knative build, which allows us to build our application, and then Knative serving, which allows us to run those applications based on HTTP requests. The third component of Knative is Knative eventing. Eventing allows us to invoke the application in response to other events that we've received, from something like maybe a message broker or an external application. For the rest of the video, we're going to show how to receive Kubernetes platform events and route those into our Knative serving application. To begin with Knative eventing, we will deploy the three primitives that are required. The first is a channel. In our example, we're just going to use an in-memory channel, but in production we probably would want to use something like Apache Kafka or another message platform. The second component is called the event source. And this is where things are starting to get a bit more interesting. In our example, the event source is a container source, which is running a container image. In this case, the container happens to be in heartbeat application that generates events at a configurable rate. These events are forwarded to the sync. The sync is the channel that we created earlier. The final piece wires everything together, and it's called the subscription. The subscription references our channel as well as the service that we deployed earlier in the Knative serving example. Once our subscription has been deployed, we could see what's happening by checking out the output from one of the containers. We'll head to one of the Knative serving pods and check out the logs for that particular pod in here. We could see the heartbeats coming through. We are able to visualize exactly what's happening using Kiali. The graph visualizes how the app we've deployed is connected with various components of Knative. We could see how the events flow through each component of Knative, as well as roughly seeing how Knative serving works underneath. One of the other things that we'll notice is that our application has a problem. This is indicated by the error rate being 100 percent and all requests being a 500 type HTTP error. Since our application contains a bug, we'll need to fix this quickly and safely. To do so, we'll rely on a concept called a Canary release. A Canary release allows us to deploy a new version of our application and gradually shift more and more traffic to that version. This allows us to validate the fixes in place. In our case, there's already a fixed version of our application available as v2. We just need to update our service to reference that version. We'll start by updating the service with a rollout percentage of zero, allowing Knative's build system to build our new release. We'll also issue a second update, which just simply changes the rollout percentage to 50 percent for now. We'll validate that Knative build is building the new release and once the push is successful, we'll go and check Keali and see the traffic flow. One of the interesting things that we're able to see in Keali is the activator, which is a component of Knative serving. The activator allows requests to come in while the Knative serving service is scaled to zero or just initially coming up. The activator will hold those requests while the Knative serving service is coming up and send them to the service once it's ready. We're able to see that 50 percent of the events that are being pushed are successful. Our canary release works. Now we will finalize the canary release by updating our service, changing the references of the rollout percentage and the versioning to only use the new version two. We'll validate that all of our events are now working as intended in Keali. We could see that all the traffic now goes to version two and the error rate is now zero. A promise of serverless allows the application to scale down to zero in the event of no traffic. If for some reason traffic came back to the service, the activator would hold that traffic until the container is back up. We're able to seize traffic from getting to our case service by removing our subscription. Traffic will slow down and we're able to see this in Keali. Finally, we could see OpenShift scaling our case service down to zero. Thank you for watching. Please be on the lookout for future videos on functionality with OpenShift 4.