But one who prophesies is helping others grow in the Lord, encouraging and comforting them. - 1Corinthians 14:3 NLT

An important warfare strategy

Before we go in to a spiritual battle, we must first work through the outer circle of cleverly set devices to deter from the main focus.

Emotional attachments. We must come to a place of spiritual mindedness to see the situation clearly. That is the first layer. The enemy will target our emotions to keep us from the work. This is not the work itself, but preparation for the work. The emotional pull will keep us in the thing (bondage). You will see the situation clearly when you are able to remove the emotional pull. Satan wants to keep you from this at all costs.