How have you experienced attacks by the evil forces around us? For me, there have been dark times when I’ve sensed an oppressive presence that could drive me to despair. Other times I’ve been prompted by God to take in a risky conversation or visit with an acquaintance, but sensed opposition to not take the risk. I’m convinced these premonitions are real and active, not made up mind games. Each time I’ve been driven to prayer, Deanne’s to re-read Ephesians 6. Surrender to the Holy Spirit and the power of God’s word has been life giving. God has promised to NEVER leave us or abandon us.
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors and hail a materialist or a magician with the same delight.”
“There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them.” - C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“First John 5:18 gives the answer: Jesus Christ keeps the believer so that the enemy cannot get his hands on him. “He [Christ] who was born of God keeps him [the believer], and the evil one does not touch him” (NASB). The Authorized Version “gives the impression that a believer keeps himself from sin, but this is not what the verse says. Of course, it is true that a Christian must keep himself in the love of God (Jude 21), but it is not true that a Christian must depend on himself to overcome Satan.” - Excerpt, Be Real (1 John) by Warren W. Wiersbe
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