If this war we're in is real, and if our enemy is truly an unseen spiritual force, is it possible to have hope? For so many people we've given up on truly believing things can be better in this life, but the Bible shows us how hope is not only possible, but is inevitable.

As we finish up the message series "This Is War" we'll look at how a simple, common-sense truth as old as the universe holds the key to understanding and having hope in the battles we face.

Spiritual battle is tough for so many reasons, and one of the biggest is that, while it's easy to know how to fight in a physical battle, fighting an unseen enemy can feel impossible.

But what if the way we fight is more simple than we could possibly imagine? This week we'll explore how to fight in the spiritual as we continue "This Is War".

In a physical battle we need physical armor and physical weapons. And we have them it's easy to know we're protected. But what if the battle isn't physical at all? What if the battle, and the enemy, are spiritual? How can we know we're protected when we can't see what we're fighting with?

This week we continue "This Is War" by looking at the armor and weapons available to us. It's only by understanding how all these things work together that we can be certain we're fully protected and have confidence that the enemy won't win.

In any battle it's critical to know who the enemy is. Unfortunately for a lot of us, we're aiming at the wrong enemy day in and day out, and we're left wondering why we can't ever seem to win.

In part two of "This Is War" we'll look to the Bible to identify who our real enemy is in spiritual battle we're fighting. And perhaps more importantly, we'll learn who our enemy is not.

From the beginning of time humans have been trying to make sense of the chaos of the world. We’ve been trying to understand the age-old war between good and evil so obviously present all around us. And at the same time we’ve been trying to make sense of the war and conflict in our own lives.

It seems that no matter how hard we try, and no matter how closely we follow God the war never ends. It’s frustrating. It’s overwhelming. It’s hard to understand. It can be so, so defeating. But there is an answer. There is a reason the war exists. And that answer can bring us a lot of hope. 

This week we’ll explore those questions, look to the Bible for the answer to the question, “why is there war?”, and begin a journey to fight like God intended.