Work of The Enemy

Well, today was a day that the enemy had it out for me, anything that could possibly upset me did and I recognized his tricks and as I went into town and to go check on my brother in laws house, the devil and I had it out. I was not putting up with it and told him he needs to leave and does NOT have authority over my life no more and that he needed to back off In the name of Jesus!!!! I felt so much better after and my day went a better, I was able to enjoy my day with my family. The kids and I played some hide and seek, the laughter seemed to come all the way from their toes. When you let the enemy get the best of you, you are letting him steal all your joy that you have. Now jumping to right now I know he has it out for me, when I opened my laptop to start writing this blog tonight, my screen just stayed black, I ended up resting it, the screen still stayed black until I started letting in to the enemy and telling him I know this is your tricks and that I will find one way or another to write tonight and that God will help me find a way. After that my screen turned on and now here I am writing.

This was the work of the devil. There are so many things that the enemy will do to discourage you from doing things that are right.

Work of the Enemy:
-Destruction
-Emotions( the enemy wants us to act on our emotions, Our emotions are our #1 enemy)
-Discouragement
-Fear(common way Satan attacks)
When we let fear control our lives it will destroy and make us miserable, it is one of the tools that the devil will us against us. Fear is the opposite of faith. God wants us to walk in faith but the devil wants to walk by fear. Fear will never stop coming against us, it will always be there but we can't submit to it. It is a spirit that produces physical and emotional symptoms. The way to conquer fear is to press on through it and get to the other side of it. The Word says "fear not".
-Temptation

These are some of the ways that the enemy uses. Satan works overtime.

For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 AMP

 Satan will take advantage and Satan is against us.
In life there is will always be times where we are sad and its normal but the longer we stay sad it leaves an open door for Satan to push himself further into our lives, bringing more serious problems that he brings with him. Your sadness will eventually lead to:
-Discouragement
-Despair
-Depression

At one point in my life, I stayed sad too long and I did have a lot of discouragement with my life, I got jealous of people that had lives that I dreamed of having, and I would get so angry with myself and beat myself up about it. I then started getting depressed and I always thought how come everyone around me could be so cheerful. Until one day I actually opened my eyes and noticed that this was all the works of the devil and I needed to stop it from happening. The devil will never go away but there are so many ways to defeat him and the #1 way is accepting the Lord!!!!

Know the enemy has many names but there are four that we know very well:
1)Enemy
2)Devil
3)Satan
4) Serpent (snake)

For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 AMP

These verses in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 indicate that we need to keep increasing our knowledge of the things God for us to stay ahead of the devil and win the war.

The devil will try to influence our minds, attack us with disappointment and strike at our points of weakness.
You must recognize the lies of Satan and stop believing him. Today was one of those days that I recognize what satan was doing and I put a stop to it real fast. When you stop believing him you we definitly notice a difference.

In Luke 4 satan tempted Jesus but Jesus repeatedly said to Satan "It is written" and quoted scriptures that directly addressed the enemy's lies and tempting schemes. Persistence is vital to victory in our lives. 

So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you
James 4:7 AMP

It's a twofold thing:
-Can't resist the devil without submitting to God but you can't submit to God without resisting the devil.

Satan is a thief and wants to steal everything that is good from us. He doesn't want us to be happy or have a good time, satan steals from us the opportunity to do good and be blessed. He wants destruction in our lives, Satan tempts us to live a low life but as long as we have God in our life, God tempts us to come up higher.
Through the Spirit of God, you can resist the devil and win the battle. 

But now since you have been set free from sin and have become the slaves of God, you have your present reward in holiness and its end is eternal life.
Romans 6:22 AMP 

Resisting the devil I will tell you is not easy, it is a battle you will fight and continue to fight. Just have to recognize the devil's tactics, as long as you keep that door open for the devil, he will get in and start destroying you and how he works is by working from the outside in, as with God he works from the inside out. If you are going to let anyone into your life, let God in.


Lord,
I will never stop thanking you for giving me the strength to overcome the devil and thanking you for being there for me. I ask that you help the ones that are struggling with these battles and give them comfort knowing that they have you they can come to you. Touch your people tonight Lord.

In Jesus' name
Amen