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2016 by Leighann McCoy
Published by Bethany House Publishers
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ISBN 978-1-4412-2996-0
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com.
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Endorsements
Leighann is a seasoned warrior in the fight against the forces of darkness. Shes also a gifted communicator. That combination makes this a powerful book. Its full of biblical insight and provides practical applications you will use in every season of your childrens lives.
Dr. Joe Beam, author, Seeing the Unseen: Preparing Yourself for Spiritual Warfare
Leighann McCoy is one of those writers who combine solid scriptural insight and practical truths worked out in the crucible of real-life experience. She opens her life to us, exposing her lived-out pain and struggle with no candy coating. But she lets God tell His story through her story. And she offers His hope and His assurance of victory.
Jennifer Kennedy Dean, author, Live a Praying Life
This is a life-changing book, whether you are a new or battle-focused warrior! It has clear, biblical, spiritual truths that are critical. God will reveal areas of urgent need for your family. It is a tool to read, highlight, and go back to time and time again.
Teri Froman, executive director, Pharaohs Daughters
Spiritual Warfare for Your Family is a game-changer. With a solid scriptural foundation and depth of insight and personal experience, Leighann gives us the tools we need to do battle for our families. She writes as if our lives depend on it, and I believe they do.
Kaye Hurta, crisis counselor
I heartily recommend Spiritual Warfare for Your Family . From its overall message of victory in Jesus to addressing specific life battles, it will help believers fight. I have witnessed Leighann McCoys great faith in our great God. Readers will be grateful she chose to share her battlefield knowledge and wisdom.
Lisa Parnell
Dedication
Dedicated to my husband, Tom
You were wise enough to know that having children might be harder than either of us could ever imagine and patient enough to battle with me through infertility to conceive them.
Youve been steadfast, passionate, compassionate, and strong as both a godly father and husband.
We cry, we laugh, we bow down, and we rise up... together.
Mikel, Kaleigh, and TJ are Gods best idea for us!
And were His best idea for them.
Gods got some strange ideas.
Heres to His thoughts and not ours, His ways and not ours.
Heres to three for three for the glory of God!
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory.
Matthew 12:20
Epigraph
Home is
Where you can be silent and still be heard
Where you can ask and find out who you are
Where people laugh with you about yourself
Where sorrows are divided and joys are multiplied
Where we share and love and grow
My mother-in-law, Sterline McCoy, gave me a cross-stitched wall hanging with this poem on it. May God grant us homes like this.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Endorsements
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
Part 1: The Battle Is Real
1. Youre Not Crazy; There Really Is a Battle Waging
2. Did God Create the Devil?
3. When and How Was the War Won, and Why Do We Fight Today?
Part 2: Never Lose a Battle Again
4. Three Reasons Youre Losing Your Battles
5. The Battle Really Is All in Your Head
6. You Are a Child of God!
7. What on Earth Is Spiritual Authority?
8. How Do We Exercise Spiritual Authority?
9. Whats So Glorious About Those Spiritual Riches?
10. How Do I Access the Glorious Riches of God?
11. The Devil Doesnt Want You to Know the Power of Love
12. The Devil Doesnt Want You to Know the Power of Forgiveness
13. The Devil Doesnt Want You to Know the Power of the Holy Spirit
Part 4: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
14. Tear Down the High Places
15. Train Your Brain to Embrace the Mind of Christ
16. Divine Power to Destroy Strongholds
17. The Divine Weapon of Acceptance
18. The Divine Weapon of Praise and Thanksgiving
19. The Divine Weapon of Intercession
Part 5: Protecting Your Children
20. You Are Responsible for Your Family
21. You Are Responsible for Your Preschoolers
22. You Are Responsible for Your School-Age Children
23. Be Responsible for Your Preteens
24. Be Responsible for Your Teenagers
25. Stay Alert for Your Adult Children
Part 6: Common Issues Families Are Facing and What You Can Do About Them
26. Busyness
27. Loneliness
28. Single Parenting
29. Blended Families
31. Divorce
32. Lack of Communication
33. Substance Abuse and Addictions
34. Crisis Pregnancy and Abortion
35. Cancer, Death, and Chronic Illness
36. The Prodigal Child
37. Financial Stress and Debt
38. Dealing with Extended Family... In-Laws
39. Grandparenting