![]() Dodge the blow, block it with a stubborn refusal, slash back with what is true. When we are under attack, we’ve got to hang on to the truth. Only it takes place, initially, at the level of our thoughts. That’s exactly what is going on in the unseen around us. In any hand-to-hand combat, there’s a constant back-and-forth of blows, dodges, blocks, counterattacks, and so forth. All the while we believe that it’s us, we are blowing it, we’re to blame, and the Enemy is laughing because we’ve swallowed the lie “I’m not here, it’s just you.” We’ve got to be a lot more cunning than that. Simple misunderstandings become grounds for divorce. The flames leap up into a raging inferno and we are suddenly overwhelmed with what we’re feeling. But those issues are like a campfire that the Enemy throws gasoline all over and turns into a bonfire. Every man has his struggles every marriage has its rough spots every ministry has personal conflicts. ![]() In almost every situation there are human issues involved. This can make a good man feel so awful because he thinks he’s a lustful man when he’s not it’s an attack through and through. Let that go on for years and you’ve given him a stronghold. If the traitor says, Yes, I do, then the lust really begins to take hold. That’s the Evil One appealing to the traitor within. You’ll see a beautiful woman and something in you will say, You want her. If we make an agreement, if something in our heart says, Yeah, you’re right, then he pours it on. Knowing that my heart is good allowed me to block it, right then and there. If I thought this was all me, my heart, I’d be very discouraged. Just this morning in my prayer time it was pride, then worry, then adultery, then greed, then gluttony. He knows your story, knows what works with you, and so the line is tailor-made to your situation.
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