The Private War of a Saint | David Wilkerson

The Private War of a Saint | David Wilkerson

From World Challenge Sermons by World Challenge, Inc.

May 24, 2026 · 46 min · Episode 223

About this episode

David Wilkerson discusses the often unspoken private battles that believers face in their spiritual lives.

David Wilkerson steps off the battlefield of global spiritual warfare and into the one nobody talks about—the private war—where affliction piles on affliction, lust attacks the holiest saints, and the only voices left are lying spirits sent on assignment by the devil himself. Preached: July 29, 2007 Main Points: • Every believer has a private war that nobody else can reach, not a pastor, not a spouse, not a counselor. David Wilkerson watched his son Greg endure two and a half years of unbearable pain and could not touch it. His wife Gwen, who battled cancer, would look at him with pain etched in her face and say, "This is my silent war; I can't explain it." • God does not want you putting on a brave face in the pew, singing along when your soul is shattered. He has sympathy for where you are, but what needs to happen can only happen between you and him, and no amount of pumped-up meetings will substitute for that. • The lust that wars in your members is not reserved for the carnal and the backslidden. David was godly, righteous, and admired by his enemies before his world came crashing down. Sleepless nights, unbearable guilt, bones aching, God seemingly silent—that was the…

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Host: David Wilkerson

Topics covered

  • spiritual warfare
  • private struggles
  • faith
  • personal battles
  • Christianity
  • affliction

Keywords

  • private war
  • spiritual warfare
  • affliction
  • Christian faith
  • personal struggle
  • David Wilkerson

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