Satan and his minions are still here, continuing their war against God and His creation - man. The world is in a mess today because the bad seeds sown by the devil have taken over the field.
But Satan serves God's purposes. Because Satan can only deceive those who reject the truth, that is why God permits him to operate. As Satan deceives people, the condition of their heart is made apparent. God will know exactly who loves Him and who hates Him.
The enemy is at work sowing seeds of discord in churches, seeds of unfaithfulness in marriages and seeds of discontentment in many people's hearts. Yet some people have never figured out that their troubles began as tiny seeds sown by a spiritual enemy while they were sleeping.
Because this world is so ignorant of God, Satan can tell them virtually anything, and they will believe it. But the Bible makes it very clear that demons are our major, major enemies, and deception that leads us into sin is their game.
We are not puppets on a string, and he cannot influence us unless we give him the opportunity. If we are spiritually aware - and not sleeping - we can see him at work, we do not have to submit to him.
Persistence means refusing to quit....We must keep going when everyone else has quit....We must keep being faithful to God even we it seems you aren't making progress....We must keep getting up after we've been knocked down....We must keep praying and don't give up....We can't do it in our own power, but we can get out of any rut through the power of the Holy Spirit.
We must remember that Satan's lies produce death through sin, and they are deliberate attempts to wipe us out. Satan is a cold-blooded life destroyer, and so are his low-level minions that help him.
God will not accommodate our doubt by bending His promises. Our disbelief doesn't affect God, it affects us. The promises are already ours, we just have to claim them.
Because I have put my faith and trust in Jesus, and He lives in me, then I know that GREATER is HE who is in me than he who is in the world trying to discourage me and defeat me. Jesus is our healer....emotionally, spiritually and physically.
Blessings,
Dalinda
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