The Most Intimidating Thing About You

The Most Intimidating Thing About You

August 27, 2026 · 11 min

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Graham Cooke discusses how intimidation is the enemy's most effective weapon and the power of worship in overcoming it.

What if the enemy's most effective weapon isn't power at all — it's intimidation, and your worship is the very thing that takes all the heat out of him? Graham opens the Standing Firm arc of The Overcoming Life with Paul's charge to be strong in the Lord, sharing an unforgettable warfare dream where the Holy Spirit says "put your shields down" and starts singing — because "he's lost every major battle he's ever fought against us." Discover why the enemy only wins the battles where he can intimidate, and why "your intimacy is the most intimidating thing about you." Graham lands on majesty: if you're in Christ, you're in all the majesty He projects, and your inheritance includes the surpassing greatness of His power. Key Scriptures: - Ephesians 6:10-13. "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full…

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Books & works: The Overcoming Life, Ephesians, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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