 Put very simply, Satan's power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates. There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan's writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one? Topics: Satan, Holy Spirit |
| Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work. Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons. Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him. Topics: Satan, Prayer, Overcoming |
| Satan frequently either unsettles the emotions of the physical bodies of spiritual believers, or he blocks the works of the spiritual ones, or he may disturb their environments. Topics: Satan |
| If the child of God has come to appreciate the wiles of his assailant, he will not surrender at any point but will instead resist; and his emotional soul is thereby protected. Resistance in the inner man forces the enemy to go on the defensive. Topics: Satan, Surrender |
| The need today is for a company of overcoming saints who know how to wage war for the release of those under the enemy's deception. Topics: Satan, Deception |
| The purpose of Satan is to engineer our fall through accusations: "Since we cannot be perfect," sighs the believer resignedly, "then what is the use?" Topics: Satan |
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| He must wholeheartedly oppose the work of the adversary in both his soul and body. Topics: Satan |
| The best thing for the saint to do is to claim the victorious name of the Lord Jesus over every onslaught of the enemy. Topics: Satan |
| Sometimes Satan provokes us to harden our spirit. It can become stiff, unyielding, narrow and selfish. Such a spirit cannot work with God nor can it do His will. Topics: Satan |
| Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God's work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers. Topics: Satan, Pride, Attitude |
| To assure victory we need to watch even the sound of our speech. Immediately the evil spirit touches our spirit, our voice loses its softness. A harsh, hard, and shrill utterance does not spring from the Holy Spirit; it simply exhibits the fact that the one who speaks has been poisoned already by Satan. Topics: Satan, Victory |
| The mind suffers the onslaughts of the powers of darkness more than any other organ of the whole man. Topics: Satan |
