Spoils are plunder, goods, or loot won in battle. We all face battles and testings in our lives. God wants to give us something out of all our battles and tests. His interest is not just to give us victory but to cause us to come out of the battle with spoils — to make us more than conquerors. God builds resources in us through the battles — resources of spiritual power and authority that we can give to others when they face a battle.

Anguish is extreme pain, distress, or sorrow. Whatever happened to anguish in the house of God? You don’t hear about it in this pampered age. More of the world is coming into, and taking over, the church than the church is impacting the world. So many times we say to God, "This time you’ve touched me for life. I’ll never be the same." It’s just all fireworks, a loud band and a lot of noise, and then it dies. All true passion is born out of anguish.