For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6: 12)
The more you seek Almighty God, the more you seek to know more of God, and the more you seek to know more of Christ and more of the Word of God, and the more you pray, you will be in the midst of spiritual warfare.
This war is invisible to human eyes, and it is a war that has been raging ever since Lucifer's revolt in heaven. And after Lucifer was evicted from heaven, the devil brought his war to earth, along with his demons, to terrorize people, whom God created, and thereby to influence people to turn against Almighty God, but also that people will turn against people and fight among themselves for human power and control over people, and even to kill one another.
Therefore, as you seek more of God, more of the Bible, and more of Christ, you will experience the pain of this spiritual warfare. As you seek to be a witness for Christ, as you seek to do a work for God---no matter if your work is to speak for Him, to sing for Him, to preach or teach for Him, or even to write of Him---your mind will be engaged in a war with demons.
For Satan does not want you to know Christ for your salvation. Satan does not want you to know more of Christ, more of the Bible; nor does he want you to pray to Almighty God. And for certainty the devil does not want you to tell others about God, about Christ, or about the Bible. Neither does the devil want you to do a work for God, such as singing for the Lord, preaching or teaching, or even writing about Him.
Consequently, to silence your voice, Satan dispatches his demons to rattle your mind, to discourage your prayer life, your study of God's Word, and your stand for truth. Satan and his demons will inflict your mind with distress, but also with depression in order to defeat you, to keep you down on the floor, and to keep you silent.
Neither does the devil want his evil and deceptive ways revealed to others. When you accepted Christ, the devil lost his grip on you. The devil lost you from being one of his children in hell. Now he will work doubletime in order to confuse you and to have you thinking that your work for Christ is foolishness.
Beyond this, Satan wants you to give up. He wants you to come back to your old religion. He wants you to return to your old way of worship and praying to idols. He wants you to see nothing wrong with believing that dead people can answer prayers. He wants you to believe that your good friends and relatives will also go to heaven even though their faith is in their religion and not in Christ. Satan wants you to quit. He wants you to be nothing more than a gelding: unable to help produce Christ in others.
This warfare of Satan is intense. It is a war of the spirit, but also a war of the mind. It is a dreadful war, a battle within the mind every day. And it is a war that will never end. Satan will attack you personally---one on one---but he will also attack you by operating through other people, even by your closest friends and family members; for they will see you as too radical, too serious, as one of those "born-again Christians" or as a "Bible thumper".
Knowing this, you must trust in God, more and more each day. You must pray more and more each day. You must therefore stand up in God and allow God to fight these spiritual battles, these demons of hell: for we are incapable of defeating Satan and his host of demons, but God is greater than all of these enemies. You must develop a daily discipline of dedication, or a cloud of darkness will overtake your mind. Keep your hands on the plow. Keep moving and looking forward and not turning back. Do not give up, do not give in, and do not quit. Keep the Light of Christ burning in your heart. Not of this is easy, but it is necessary. This war will not get easier, but it will become more difficult as we continue to move through time.
Please remember that this spiritual war that we are experiencing today is the same war that Jesus faced before His crucifixion, and Satan's tactics for us are the same as they were for the Lord.
Above all else, take time to pray: every day, several times a day, and often moment by moment.
The more you seek Almighty God, the more you seek to know more of God, and the more you seek to know more of Christ and more of the Word of God, and the more you pray, you will be in the midst of spiritual warfare.
This war is invisible to human eyes, and it is a war that has been raging ever since Lucifer's revolt in heaven. And after Lucifer was evicted from heaven, the devil brought his war to earth, along with his demons, to terrorize people, whom God created, and thereby to influence people to turn against Almighty God, but also that people will turn against people and fight among themselves for human power and control over people, and even to kill one another.
Therefore, as you seek more of God, more of the Bible, and more of Christ, you will experience the pain of this spiritual warfare. As you seek to be a witness for Christ, as you seek to do a work for God---no matter if your work is to speak for Him, to sing for Him, to preach or teach for Him, or even to write of Him---your mind will be engaged in a war with demons.
For Satan does not want you to know Christ for your salvation. Satan does not want you to know more of Christ, more of the Bible; nor does he want you to pray to Almighty God. And for certainty the devil does not want you to tell others about God, about Christ, or about the Bible. Neither does the devil want you to do a work for God, such as singing for the Lord, preaching or teaching, or even writing about Him.
Consequently, to silence your voice, Satan dispatches his demons to rattle your mind, to discourage your prayer life, your study of God's Word, and your stand for truth. Satan and his demons will inflict your mind with distress, but also with depression in order to defeat you, to keep you down on the floor, and to keep you silent.
Neither does the devil want his evil and deceptive ways revealed to others. When you accepted Christ, the devil lost his grip on you. The devil lost you from being one of his children in hell. Now he will work doubletime in order to confuse you and to have you thinking that your work for Christ is foolishness.
Beyond this, Satan wants you to give up. He wants you to come back to your old religion. He wants you to return to your old way of worship and praying to idols. He wants you to see nothing wrong with believing that dead people can answer prayers. He wants you to believe that your good friends and relatives will also go to heaven even though their faith is in their religion and not in Christ. Satan wants you to quit. He wants you to be nothing more than a gelding: unable to help produce Christ in others.
This warfare of Satan is intense. It is a war of the spirit, but also a war of the mind. It is a dreadful war, a battle within the mind every day. And it is a war that will never end. Satan will attack you personally---one on one---but he will also attack you by operating through other people, even by your closest friends and family members; for they will see you as too radical, too serious, as one of those "born-again Christians" or as a "Bible thumper".
Knowing this, you must trust in God, more and more each day. You must pray more and more each day. You must therefore stand up in God and allow God to fight these spiritual battles, these demons of hell: for we are incapable of defeating Satan and his host of demons, but God is greater than all of these enemies. You must develop a daily discipline of dedication, or a cloud of darkness will overtake your mind. Keep your hands on the plow. Keep moving and looking forward and not turning back. Do not give up, do not give in, and do not quit. Keep the Light of Christ burning in your heart. Not of this is easy, but it is necessary. This war will not get easier, but it will become more difficult as we continue to move through time.
Please remember that this spiritual war that we are experiencing today is the same war that Jesus faced before His crucifixion, and Satan's tactics for us are the same as they were for the Lord.
Above all else, take time to pray: every day, several times a day, and often moment by moment.
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