How to Defeat Satan in the Battle for Your Mind - Michael Edwards
Lies, negative thoughts, fear, and worry, are Satan’s goal in the battle for our minds. If your mind is constantly churning with fear and worry, and your nights are restless, he is winning the battle. There is only one thing that allows him to win. One thing that he encourages in every believer that gives him control in their minds.
Doubting God’s word.
Satan desires to keep us double-minded between faith and doubt, unable to receive anything from the Lord.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:5-8 ESV
Just believe
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:7-8 ESV
The Greek word used for submit means: Definition: I place under, subject to; mid, pass: I submit, put myself into subjection.
To submit ourselves to God means to listen to and believe God, even if what we see in our flesh in the mirror, appears contrary to God’s word. This is faith in God’s word. This is how we walk by the spirit and not the flesh. This is how we walk from faith to faith as God desires. This is how we win the battle for our minds.
God’s word is the truth that sets us free.
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