The Devil Will Use Christians to Discourage You

This morning as I prayed in the Spirit I felt like my prayers were ones of warfare. I’m certain many people would agree that below the surface of the differing opinions on social media or the civil unrest around us, in the places we cannot see, a battle rages for our hearts and minds. It’s a spiritual battle, and as the enemy tries to wreak havoc, sending his demonic forces to whisper discouragement and deception, the prayers of God’s saints strengthen the angel armies who surround His children with protection. The thing is, Satan is pretty good at what he does. I mean, he’s not called the Great Deceiver for nothing! He knows exactly where to plant his troops, but he’s not inserting his soldiers where you might think.

No, it’s not on the streets or in the gutters where he plants the enemy’s whisper. It’s not in the strip clubs, bars, or prisons where you would see the greatest battle for good, if you could see in the spiritual realm. My husband is fond of saying, “if you’re looking for the devil, don’t try the home of sinners. Look in the church instead.”

That’s a hard pill for a lot of people to swallow, but the truth usually is. You see, if someone is a slave to sin already, the powers of darkness don’t have to work as hard to keep them down. But believers? Now those are the devil’s favorite people to blind and fool.

I can remember a couple of years ago deciding to unfriend a very pious, self-proclaimed “prophet for the Lord,” Facebook friend of mine. I had known her for over twenty years, and in fact, the first time we had met, in church, with me as a brand new believer, she had introduced herself not by name, but with a comment about how something I was wearing was “demonic.” Talk about speechless. I remember not knowing what to say back then. Did I leave? Did I say I’m sorry, I had no idea. In the end, thankfully, I let the hurt leave my mind as quickly as it entered. Instead I learned why my earrings could be seen as occult, and why as a believer I should stray from such things. I let her abrupt manner not harm me, but this first interaction wouldn’t be our last.

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Elizabeth Theus wrote:This morning as I prayed in the Spirit I felt like my prayers were ones of warfare. I’m certain many people would agree that below the surface of the differing opinions on social media or the civil unrest around us, in the places we cannot see, a battle rages for our hearts and minds. It’s a spiritual battle, and as the enemy tries to wreak havoc, sending his demonic forces to whisper discouragement and deception, the prayers of God’s saints strengthen the angel armies who surround His children with protection. The thing is, Satan is pretty good at what he does. I mean, he’s not called the Great Deceiver for nothing! He knows exactly where to plant his troops, but he’s not inserting his soldiers where you might think.

No, it’s not on the streets or in the gutters where he plants the enemy’s whisper. It’s not in the strip clubs, bars, or prisons where you would see the greatest battle for good, if you could see in the spiritual realm. My husband is fond of saying, “if you’re looking for the devil, don’t try the home of sinners. Look in the church instead.”

That’s a hard pill for a lot of people to swallow, but the truth usually is. You see, if someone is a slave to sin already, the powers of darkness don’t have to work as hard to keep them down. But believers? Now those are the devil’s favorite people to blind and fool.

I can remember a couple of years ago deciding to unfriend a very pious, self-proclaimed “prophet for the Lord,” Facebook friend of mine. I had known her for over twenty years, and in fact, the first time we had met, in church, with me as a brand new believer, she had introduced herself not by name, but with a comment about how something I was wearing was “demonic.” Talk about speechless. I remember not knowing what to say back then. Did I leave? Did I say I’m sorry, I had no idea. In the end, thankfully, I let the hurt leave my mind as quickly as it entered. Instead I learned why my earrings could be seen as occult, and why as a believer I should stray from such things. I let her abrupt manner not harm me, but this first interaction wouldn’t be our last.

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""This morning as I prayed in the Spirit""

JD's or Johnny Walker ?

' ......... Instead I learned why my earrings could be seen as occult, and why as a believer I should stray from such things. ....... '

Was he scared of his own shadow too?
That is black ...........

Yes, there are folks in the church who carry the devil around with them. They are not necessarily "Christians" though...

The words "Depart from me, I never knew you", come to mind.

RV wrote:Yes, there are folks in the church who carry the devil around with them. They are not necessarily "Christians" though...

The words "Depart from me, I never knew you", come to mind.

""Yes, there are folks in the church who carry the devil around with them.""

Wouldn't God point them out to you ?

RV wrote:Yes, there are folks in the church who carry the devil around with them. They are not necessarily "Christians" though...

The words "Depart from me, I never knew you", come to mind.

Could they be the pastor?

Hence, you are not meant to 'follow' the preacher.

"Wouldn't God point them out to you ?"--veg

yes he did. He told us what to look for.

RV wrote:Yes, there are folks in the church who carry the devil around with them. They are not necessarily "Christians" though...

The words "Depart from me, I never knew you", come to mind.

My mother was something like her. She and I got in arguments about it all the time. PLUS the arguments we had over her gossiping all the time with other women from the church.

something a little different.

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2022/february/being-gay-was-no-longer-who-i-was-the-supernatural-moment-this-hollywood-designer-met-jesus-christ

Calypso Jones wrote:something a little different.

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2022/february/being-gay-was-no-longer-who-i-was-the-supernatural-moment-this-hollywood-designer-met-jesus-christ

WOW!  Doesn't say much for LA.  Took him all those years before he even saw a Bible in LA? Sounds like someone/or some people weren't doing their job. It's sad, but I remember one Saturday a month our church would hold a go out in the community and talk to our church neighbors about Jesus. So, we'd go door-to-door and knock, explain that we were from the Baptist church, and could we talk to them a while. If they said no, or not interested, then we moved on. BUT, more often than not many people were glad to invite us in to chat... Can't do it these days probably cause they'd be calling the police.