Every born-again Christian man is fighting three wars at the same time

 3 Battles Every Christian Man Faces • The 3rd Will Shock You.

You Must Be Born Again in the Spirit of God. 

Brother, 

Every born-again Christian man is fighting three wars at the same time. Most do not realize it. They think they are just struggling with lust or doubt or discipline. 

But the truth is, you are not fighting one battle. You are fighting three battles, simultaneously. 

And if you do not know which battle you are in at any given moment, you will lose all three. 

Here are the three battles every born-again Christian man faces and the biblical strategy to win each one. 

Most men lose these battles because they are using the wrong weapons. 

¹ They are fighting a mental battle with physical discipline. 

² They are fighting a spiritual battle with human willpower. 

³ They are fighting a physical battle with prayer alone. 

   But scripture is clear. Different battles require different weapons. 

Ephesians  chapter 6 does not just say put on armour. It tells you exactly which piece of armour fights which attack. 

The helmet guards your mind. 

The sword strikes the enemy. 

The shield blocks the lies. 

So if you want to win, you need to know which battle you are in and which weapon to use.

Brother, Let us break it down. 

The first battle every born again Christian man faces is the battle for his mind. 

This is the war thoughts. The images that flash through your head. The fantasies that replay on loop. The lies that tell you, "you are not good enough." "You will never change." "You might as well give in." 

This battle may happens in the shower, at your desk, while scrolling your phone at 11 p.m. 

It is the war of intrusive thoughts, lustful imaginations, and mental spirals that pull you away from God and into shame. 

And here is what most men do not realize. You cannot stop these thoughts from showing up, but you can stop them from staying. 

The reason the mental battle feels impossible is because you think having a bad thought means you have already sinned. 

But that's not what Jesus said. In Matthew 4, the devil attacks Jesus with three temptations. And those were not just external offers. They were   mental suggestions, thoughts planted in Jesus' mind. 

"If you are really the son of God, prove it. Turn  these stones into bread. Jump off the temple. Worship me and l'll give you everything." 

Jesus did not sin by hearing those thoughts. He  sinned if he agreed with them. 

The temptation was not sin. Acting on it would have been. 

So when a lustful thought enters your mind, that's not sin. That is the enemy attacking. 

Sin happens when you invite the thought to stay. When you entertain it, replay it, feed it. 

The battlefield is not whether the thought shows up. The battlefield is what you do in the next 5 seconds. 

So, how do you win? 

Three weapons. 

First,  take every thought captive. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says,"We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." That means the moment a lustful, shameful, or lying thought enters your mind. You grab it. You do not let it wander. You do not follow it down the rabbit hole. You capture it. 

Practically this means you interrupt the thought, out loud if you have to. "No, that is not true. I reject that.!" 

You do not debate it. You do not negotiate. 

You capture it and throw it out. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

 Second,  replace the lie with truth. 

Philippians 4:8 says, "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, think about  such things. 

You cannot just remove the bad thoughts. you have to replace it with a true one. 

So when the thought says you will never be free, you immediately counter, "I am a new creation in Christ. The old has passed away." 

When the thought says you have failed too many times, you counter,  "God's mercies are new every morning. l am not defined by my past. "

Third, renew your mind daily. 

 Romans 12:2 says, "be transformed by the renewing of your mind." 

You do not win the mental battle once. You win it every single day. 

That means scripture memory, daily truth, speaking God's word over your thoughts before the lies even show up. 

The battle for your mind is won in  the first 5 seconds after a thought appears. 

Capture it,  replace it,  renew daily. 

That's how you guard your mind.

2. The second battle every born-again Christian man faces is the battle for his body. 

This is the war of desires, the physical urges, the flesh cravings, the tension in your chest when you are triggered, the pull towards something you know you should not do. 

This battle happens in your body before it ever reaches your mind. 

It is the rush of adrenaline when you see something you should not. The restlessness when you are alone at night, the physical drive that feels stronger than your willpower. 

And most men lose this battle because they think desire itself is sin. But desire is not sin. 

What you do with desire determines whether you sin. 

Apostle Paul talks about this in Romans 7. He says, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, that I do." 

He is describing the war between spirit and flesh. Between what you know is right and what your body craves. 

Your body was designed by God to feel desire. 

 Sexual desire is not evil. It is part of how God made you. 

The problem is we live in a fallen world where that desire gets hijacked, twisted, redirected toward things God never intended. 

So the battle is not to eliminate desire. The battle is to steward it, to direct it where God intended, to master your body instead of being mastered by it. 

1 Corinthians 9:27 says, "I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." 

Apostle Paul is not talking about self-hatred. He is talking about self-control, training your body to obey your spirit. 

So, how do you win? Three weapons. 

 First, starve the flesh. Galatians 5:16 says, "Walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." 

You cannot feed your flesh and expect it to stay weak. Every lustful image you look at, every compromise you make, every boundary you cross, you are feeding the very thing you are trying to kill. 

Starving the flesh means cutting off access, deleting apps, installing filters, changing your routine, avoiding triggers. 

You do not negotiate with your flesh, you starve it. 

Second, discipline your body. 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Honour God with your bodies."

 That means physical discipline, exercise, sleep, eating well, taking care of your body so it is not ruling you. 

When your body is disciplined in one area, it becomes easier to discipline in others. 

The man who can wake up early and work out can also resist the urge to click that link at midnight. 

Physical discipline trains spiritual discipline. 

Third, redirect desire toward God. Do not just suppress desire, redirect it. 

When you feel that pull, that craving, that restlessness turn it into worship, turn it into prayer, turn it into hunger for God. Read the Bible, share the revelation. Pray for others. 

David did this. When he was overwhelmed with desire, he wrote in Psalm 42. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. He turned physical longing into spiritual thirst. 

The battle for your body is won through starvation,   discipline. and redirection. 

Master your body or your body will master you. 

The third battle every born-again Christian man faces is the battle for his spirit. 

This is the war of faith. 

The doubts that creep in after you fall. 

The shame that tells you God is done with you. 

The lies that say you are too far gone, too broken,  too dirty to be used by God. 

This battle happens in the quiet moments. 

When you are sitting in church feeling like a hypocrite. 

When you are praying but feeling like God is not listening. 

When you are wondering if you are even saved at all. 

This is the most dangerous battle because it does not just attack your behavior. It attacks your identity, your relationship with God, your assurance of salvation. 

The enemy doesn't just want you to sin. He wants you to believe God has given up on you because you sinned. That's the real attack. 

Revelation 12:10 calls devil the accuser of our brothers who accuses them before our God day and night. 

He does not just tempt you to fall. He accuses you after you fall. He whisper God cannot use you now. You have failed too many times. You are not really his." And if he can get you to believe that lie, he does not need to tempt you anymore because you will disqualify yourself. 

You will walk away from God. You will stop fighting. But here is the truth. 

Your faith is not based on your performance. It's based on Christ's finished work. 

Romans 8:1 says, "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 

Not no condemnation if you stop sinning." No condemnation. Period. 

The battle for your spirit is the battle to believe that truth when shame tells you otherwise. 

So how do you win? 

Three weapons. 

First, stand on your identity in Christ. When shame attacks, you do not defend yourself. You point to Jesus. "I am in Christ. My identity is secure. My salvation is finished. I am forgiven." 

Not because I deserve it, but because Jesus Christ paid for it. 

Colossians 3:3 says, "Your life is now hidden with Christ in God." 

That means when God looks at you, God the Father sees Christ's righteousness, not your sin. 

That's not an excuse to sin. It's the foundation that makes repentance possible. 

Second, repent quickly. 

Do not let shame keep you from God. Run to Him, not away from him. 

First John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us." 

Confess immediately. Do not wait until you feel ready. 

Do not try to clean yourself up first. Come as you are. 

The longer you wait, the stronger the lie becomes. 

Repent fast. Get back up fast. Do not let shame win. 

Third,  walk in the spirit. 

Galatians 5:25 says, "Since we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit." 

That means daily surrender, daily dependence,   daily asking God to fill you, guide you, empower you.

You cannot fight the spiritual battle in your own strength. 

You need the Holy Spirit and He is already living inside you. 

Ask Him to lead and follow. 

The battle for your spirit is won by standing on your identity, repenting quickly, and walking in the spirit. 

Do not let shame separate you from the only One who can save you. 

So here is the truth most born-again Christian men never realize. You are not a victim of these battles. 

You are a warrior in them. 

The mind, the body, the spirit. 

These are not battles you are losing. 

They are battles you are learning to win. 

And every time you capture a thought, discipline your body or reject shame and run to God, you are not just surviving, you are conquering. 

Ephesians 6:10 says, "Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Not your power, His." 

You are not fighting alone. You are fighting with the God who already won.

 So stop seeing yourself as the guy who keeps failing. You are the guy who keeps getting back up. That's what a warrior does. Warriors do not win by never falling. They win by refusing to stay down. 

You are in three battles right now. the mind, the body, the spirit. 

And you have three weapons: God's word, the Holy Spirit, and your identity in Christ. 

Use them. 

Fight. 

Win. 

Drop warrior in the comments, if you are done seeing yourself as a victim and ready to fight like the man God called you to be. 

Trust the Lord Jesus Christ with you to fight and win. 

You are not fighting for freedom, you are fighting from it. 

Now live like it.