Spiritual Warfare for the Hood: Seeing the Real Enemy

You’ve Been in a War You Didn’t Know About

Where we come from, “warfare” means:

• Street drama

• Family brokenness

• Poverty cycles

• Systemic pressure

Scripture says there’s something behind all of that.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood…”

— Eph’siym (Ephesians) 6:12

The real ops are not your ex, your job, your baby mama, or your boss. The real war is spiritual.

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The Real Enemy: Not People, But Principalities

Sha’ul lists your real opposition:

• Principalities

• Powers

• Rulers of the darkness of this world

• Spiritual wickedness in high places

These unseen powers:

• Push agendas

• Influence culture

• Keep neighborhoods in cycles

• Whisper lies into wounded hearts

Once you see this, you stop wasting ammo on the wrong targets.

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How the Enemy Attacks in Our Context

• Mind Games – “You’ll never change,” “You’re just like your dad,” “Trust nobody.”

• Temptation – Fast money, lust, retaliation, self-medication.

• Division – Families split, brothers falling out, communities cannibalizing themselves.

• Hopelessness – Numbness, depression, suicidal thoughts.

This is why you can “leave the streets” and still feel like you’re in a cage.

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YAHUSHA: The Chain-Breaker, Not a Church Brand

YAHUSHA didn’t come to make soft church people. He came to:

• Set captives free

• Break yokes

• Give sight to the blind

• Announce the Kingdom of YAHUAH

He steps into trauma, not away from it. He speaks to the hood, the broken, the overlooked.

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Basic Warfare Steps for the Remnant in the Trenches

1. Switch Sides for Real

• Repent. Renounce darkness. Call on the Name of YAHUSHA.

• This isn’t about joining a club — it’s changing kingdoms.

1. Close Demonic Doorways

• Sexual sin, occult stuff, unforgiveness, bitterness, revenge fantasies.

• Shut them through confession, repentance, and the blood of YAHUSHA.

1. Suit Up in the Armor of YAHUAH

• Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation, the Word (Ephesians 6).

• This is your gear now.

1. Change Your Atmosphere

• Music, media, conversations — they all feed something.

• Starve what’s killing you. Feed what’s healing you.

1. Walk With Other Soldiers, Not Lone Wolves

• The enemy loves isolated, gifted, wounded people.

• Find remnant community, not perfect people but real ones.

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You’re Not Weak for Needing Deliverance

Where we grow up, asking for help is seen as weakness. In the Kingdom, humility is how you get free.

• Deliverance is not weird — it’s war.

• Inner healing is not soft — it’s surgery.

The goal isn’t to be “churchy.” The goal is to be free and effective in YAHUSHA.

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Final Word to the Ones in the Fire

If you’ve survived what should’ve killed you:

• You’re not here by accident

• YAHUAH preserved you on purpose

• The war on your life is proof there’s a call on your life

Learn the real enemy. Use the real weapons. Fight the real war.

In YAHUSHA, you’re not just from the hood — You’re a soldier in the Kingdom, assigned to bring light right where darkness thought it had you.