Do you have a stronghold? Stronghold (Greek word ochyrōma) is anything on which one relies.

God can be our stronghold or we can rely on something other than God.

If you feel like you are in a battle in your mind, where you struggling with your thought life, then a stronghold may have taken hold of you.

Stronghold is anything we hold onto that holds onto us.

“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Cor 10:3-5

You need to understand the truth to demolish strongholds in your life. Look at areas in your life that you feel you are struggling with and start seeking the truth in God’s word. A common area for some people is fear.

Proclaim the truth of God’s word, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7

Remember, “Satan persists where a stronghold exists.”