i have always been very aware of spiritual warfare. and many of my friends and family have not. which is fine, but the older i get, i wonder what it will take to make them realize how REAL and ACTIVE the spiritual world is.
here are a few points that blew me away in the class. pretty sure i yelled out "YES! so true!". to have these as bullet points made me so excited. here they are:
- This is a God-created world. God stustained world. If we do things God's way in God's world, God will be responsible for the results. If we do things our way, we have to be responsible for the results.
- People may not live what they say they believe; they will always live what they really believe. Therefore, if you want to change the way a person lives, you have to change what they believe.
- Satan's primary tactic is deception. He tries to cause us to believe lies--especially about God and who we are as the children of God.
- People are not the victim of their circumstances, but they may be the victim of their perception of their circumstances.
- In order to chang the way a person feels about his/her circumstances, lies must be replaced with truth, and that truth is most effectively communicated by God Himself. It is the TRUTH that sets us free.
- The Christian life is the exciting adventure of trying to keep your balance. (submitting to God, resisting satan- James 4:7-8)
the scary thing is, is that over the next 10 weeks i'm going to be realizing the lies that i am believing. is my life balanced? am i resisting the devil as much as much as i can? what lies are holding me back?
i was reminded that satan likes extremes. he likes to distort the middle/happy/GOOD stuff. some people i know make God out to be the "evil" one. that scares me.
even as Christians, we can give satan permission to do his work in our lives. which is making me extra cautious from here on out.
what lies are satan telling us? and what are we believing?
how much work is satan doing in our lives?
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