Be IN Courage!

I wanted to share with you an inspirational message from my CD, 'Be IN Courage.'

Sunday, July 8, 2012

12 Things Satan Does to Get Victory Over Christians - YOU ARE AN OVERCOMER, SO OVERCOME & OPERATE IN VICTORY

I heard Dr. David Jeremiah* share this during one of his teachings on his Turning Point Boardcast and was reminded of the things we must do to be empowered and live in the power that God has equipped us with in Him. Take time to assess your life against this list and make the needed adjustment to move further into that place of power and strength and victory made available to us through Christ Jesus. 

I echo the encouragement of Paul and say "...By  no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward - to Jesus. I'm off and running and I'm not turning back. So let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision - you'll see it yet! Now that we're on the right track, let's stay on it." Philippians 3:13-16 The Message


12 THINGS SATAN DOES TO GET VICTORY OVER CHRISTIANS
Satan said to a convention of Demons, “As long as Christians stay close to God, we have no power over them.  So here are 12 things you can do to get victory over Christians.”
1)  Keep them busy with non essentials.
2)  Tempt them to overspend and go into debt.
3)  Make them work long hours to maintain empty life styles.
4)  Discourage them from spending family time together, for when their homes disintegrate there is no refuge from work.
5)  Over stimulate their minds with television and computers, so they can’t hear God speaking to them.
6)  Fill their coffee tables and nightstands with newspapers and magazines so they have no time to read the Bible.
7)  Flood their mailboxes with sweepstakes promotions and get rich quick schemes to keep them chasing material things.
8)  Put glamour models on TV  and on magazine covers to keep them focused on outward appearances.  That way they will be dissatisfied with themselves and dissatisfied with their mates.
9)  Make sure couples are too exhausted for physical intimacy so they will be tempted to look elsewhere.
10)  Make Santa and the easter bunny bigger than Jesus to divert them from remembering the real meaning of the holiday.
11)  Involve them in good causes so they won’t have time for eternal ones.
12)  Make them self  satisfied. Keep them busy working in their own strength so they’ll never know the joy of God’s power working through them.
Remember my demons, keep them busy!  Busy!  Busy!  Because we know what it stands for:
*  B=BEING
*  U=UNDER
*  S=SATANS
*  Y=YOKE
(Note: original author of this list is unknown)

* Dr David Jeremiah is the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San Diego. For more information go to www.davidjeremiah.org.  You can watch Dr. Jeremiah free online at www.lightsource.com/Turning-Point


Be IN Courage,
Linda Michelle

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