@everydaygodswill

Satan is defeated. Jesus took all his power and gave it to believers (Matt. 28:18; Luke 10:19). He can no longer hurt us, take our lives, take our stuff, make us sick, or possess our bodies. He’s a shriveled up being.

The only thing Satan can do is what he did to Eve in the Garden of Eden. He can only provide thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. If we accept and act on those thoughts and suggestions, he’s not destroying our lives. We’re destroying our own lives.

EXAMPLE:
A husband disagrees with his wife about something. Satan will suggest that he become loud and argumentative to make his point. Since he chose to argue, Satan will suggest to the wife that she argue her point in order to be heard. While arguing, a demonic idea to break something of his enters her mind. She acts on the thought and breaks it. He, already upset, has the demonic thought to hit her. He acts on that thought. She calls the police. He goes to jail. He loses his job and possibly destroyed his family.

We can’t blame the devil. He only put the thoughts, ideas, and suggestions in his mind. He had the free will to act or not on Satan’s suggestions. At the same time Satan was suggesting something, God was suggesting something too. He was telling the husband to let it go, be quiet, leave the house, and don’t hit her. He chose to ignore God and accept Satan’s suggestions which destroyed part of his life.

Learn to replace the influences of Satan with the influences of God’s word. That way, we won’t allow Satan’s agenda to come to pass in this world.

‭‭2 Corinthians 2:10-11 NLT‬‬ When you forgive this man, I forgive him, too. And when I forgive whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ’s authority for your benefit, so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.

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