Monday, 21 July 2008
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Spiritual Attack...the Devil's Trying to Bring You Down
At about 3:30 this morning, my neighbor's car was vandalized; yes, the same neighbor God blessed through me a week ago. A young man arbitrarily picked my neighbor's car out of all the others and proceeded to bash a hole in the windshield with a brick. I woke up to the noise, but before I could stumble out, another neighbor, armed with a knife, pulled a citizen's arrest on him. After the police came and went, I began wondering how T-- would respond to this. I'm concerned because he seems to think that every bad thing that happens to him is God's doing. I tried explaining to him last Sunday that this is a fallen world in the Devil's hands, but I know not everyone believes in Satan.
I was thinking of the various reasons this happened to my neighbor, and the most likeliest may be that this enemy doesn't want him to discover Jesus. In the parable of the seed, Jesus said that for those who don't understand the Word they hear, the enemy can come in and steal that which has been sown in them. I had spent an hour telling my neighbor how much God loves him...and then this happened.I didn't sugar-coat Christianity; I told T-- it is the hardest walk. I told him that when I began to turn back to Jesus, my life fell apart. Fortunately, I knew God well enough to know the source of the misfortune; I knew to look to Jesus and not to Satan and his machinations. But does T-- know that?
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. 1 Peter 5:6-8, NLT
I'm waiting for the opportunity to tell him that the Devil doesn't want people to wake up from their stupor and realize the magnitude of Christ's love for us. I know Satan's trying to get my neighbor to blame this on God too, to turn from the path he began looking down last week. I need to tell him that the Devil only attacks people when they begin looking for Jesus.
Have you ever witnessed someone undergo spiritual attack after they got to know/became closer to Jesus? When have you experienced attacks?
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It appears that his car got broken into rather than a spiritual attack. I would be more concerned about a knife-wielding neighbor trying to thwart criminals in the dark of night. What would have happened if the thief had a gun or a bigger knife? Your neighbor or others could have been seriously hurt..by Satan?
I agree that Satan does not want this person to become closer to Christ. God allows choice, and Satan also works within the parameters of human choice, but he is certainly capable of putting the thought in that young man's mind of messing with a particular person's vehicle. After all, if you are committing a crime, you are in Satan's territory. He certainly doesn't want your friend turning to Christ, so he will put every distraction in the way. Ultimately, you can tell your friend the truth, but it is his choice how he responds to this bad thing and how he responds to Christ.
Also, major kudos to your neighbor for doing a citizen's arrest! If more people did things like that, we might have less crime!
I have personally experienced the most obvious Satanic attacks on missions trips. I was in one city in California that felt so oppressed it was like you could sense it in the air. We had an outdoor service that was attended by five or less people, and it was like something invisible was pushing other people away. We spent most of the next day praying, and the next night we had a service that was attended by hundreds and had a huge altar response. I believe Satanic attack is real, but God's power is incomparably greater.
This world is lying in the power of the wicked one. No doubt about it. I hate when disasters happen and people blame them on God.
I think is good to see things that happen in terms of spiritual warfare. However, we also need to remember that Satan attacks those who are not seeking God, too - they are in his bondage, and he delights in making their lives miserable. We also need to remember that NOTHING Satan does is outside of God's control, and any attack we suffer is allowed by the hand of God. Ephesians, Colosians, Hebrews, and many other places that talk about the supremacy of Christ make that very clear - Satan only has the power to attack us as far as he is allowed to. What the person who tends therefore to blame everything on God needs to understand is that when God allows us to be attacked, it is to drive us into His arms, where He stands waiting to receive us, to hold us, to defend us and comfort us. Did God not allow us to be attacked, we would never know His tenderness, never fully experience His love.
@ocelot61@xanga - you hit the nail on the head!
This happens all the time to me and to other Christians I know. Though I would hesitate to call everything that goes wrong a spiritual attack, when several things go wrong all at once, it's likely. I tend to think about it in terms of being persecuted for His sake... it means that the demons are threatened by us getting closer to God, so they redouble the attack against us. The important thing is to hold true through it and know that it will pass.
I remember the seventies focus on how I gave everything up for Jesus and how tough it was. And what a screwed up mindset that was.
Our life is offensive, and it is not meant to be lived defensive. If satan gets you on the defense you have problems, big problems.
Go to Romans 12-the whole worldview has to change how you do view things. Our warfare is spiritual but our redemption is both spiritual and very much in the body. Otherwise Jesus Christ would not have had to come in person, but could have conquered Satan in spiritual warfare alone.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against us, which mean we are to be invading the gates of hell, not worried about the demons getting us.
The devil will come time after time to tempt us and tell us we're not really free. However, true freedom only comes in being a servant of the Lord!
We should recognize Satan's tactics and resist him to his face and he will flee - Martin Luther, the famous reformer, did this. One night he woke up and the devil was the the end of his bed. Martin Luther said,"Oh! It's only you!", and he went back to sleep.
It does seem that Satan attacks us when we are moving forward in our faith or when we first believe in Christ. But we must remember that God is in control. Satan must have his permission to act. Many times it is to grow our faith and to teach us, that these things happen. I hold on to the knowledge that God uses for good all things in regards to his saints. I am sorry about your neighbor and I hope you help him hold fast.
@MorningGloria@xanga - Right on the money!
Recently John Hagee was taken to task for saying that the Holocaust happened to make it possible for the Jews to have a state established in Israel.
Yesterday at my church, Jonathan Bernis pointed out that in the past when the Jews were about to return to the Promised Land (Genesis, Esther), there was violence against them that threatened their continued existence as a people. Bernis suggested that the Holocaust was Satan's rage against the Jews because he knew their return to the Promised Land was imminent.
hm.
Yea, I just actually came back from missions in Thailand, and I totally get what youre feeling. My best friend came back to Christ when we were in 7th grade. I helped her a lot through everything but it was so hard to explain to her why things happened such and such ways. But the only thing that worked was not just telling her but showing her. When she was raped that year, everyone rejected and they told her it was all her fault and they didnt want to forgive her for her wrong doings but at that moment though i was hurt, i knew she was hurting even more. So we prayed; we cried; we called out to God; and He was always there.
I was really upset about something a few weeks ago. I was staying at my Grandmother's house, and I decided to pray the rosary really late at night, the light was on in my room, and all the windows and my door were closed. About half-way through, this huge black moth came out of no-where, and was flying around the room, and makeing noises as it threw itself against the ceilieng. I was startled, but not scared. Usually I would have captured a bug and brought it outside, but it occured to me that this could be the devil, trying to distract me, So I continued. Within a minute or two, the black moth had disapeared.
Of course, this is the stragetic of the devils.
So, being happy is one of the way to keep the devil away!
Haha!
I wonder, are you implying that the Devil possessed these people? Because short of doing that, the people themselves vandalized your neighbor's car, not Satan. Not everything is a matter of powers and spirits. Quite simply, people do stupid things all the time, and they were a fine example of stupidity.
I was attacked while sleeping last night.Black Snakes in my bed in the form of a dream.
The devil will stop at nothing to stop Christians from going forward in Christ!
very interesting. I aggree with most of what is said,but:
i dont believe the boy who damaged the car was 'possessed'. I myself have egged cars and such a while back, but i have also done many good things to/for people as most here would have also.
I believe that it was a type of coincidence but the devil had some kind of involvement through indirect actions.
i must say that it really does make so much sence to think of the closer we get to God, the angrier the devil gets. i feel that my small input here might have just angered the devil- which makes me happy.
The devil no time is at hand,so he is trying to do all he can and what he can to people. My son is a very soft hearted person and its this man that is a good person on one hand and a devil on the other. My son acts up only when he comes around. Hes trying to bring the church down by trying to pull my son out. See he knows my son plays the music for his church and if he pull him out he knows the church will be out of order. But when the Pastor try to tell him its a spirit behind it he think he is picking at the man thats behind it. So please pray for David in Jesus Christ that he will seek him and turn to him before its to late.
منتديات حوامل |
الولادة الطبيعية |
الولادة القيصرية |
الحمل والولادة |
دردشة حوامل |
اطفال الانابيب |
اعراض الحمل |
علامات الولادة |
علامات الحمل |
الاجهاض |
ملابس اطفال |
مراحل الجنين |
الوحم |
حساب موعد الولادة |
حساب الحمل |
طرق الحمل |
علامات الحمل بولد |
علامات الحمل بتوأم |
بعد الاجهاض |
اسباب الاجهاض |
الحمل بعد الاجهاض |
اعراض الاجهاض |
حكم الاجهاض |
حبوب الاجهاض |
الاجهاض المنزلي |
الاجهاض بالاعشاب |
تنظيف الرحم |
الدورة بعد الاجهاض |
الرحم بعد الاجهاض |
نمو الجنين |
مراحل نمو الجنين |
مراحل الحمل بالصور |
ولادة طبيعية يوتيوب |
الاجهاض المتكرر |
الوحم اثناء الحمل |
علاج الوحم |
اعراض الوحم |
متى يبدا الوحم |
تحديد موعد الولادة |
جدول الحمل |
طريقه الحمل |
حبوب ياسمين |
حبوب جينيرا |
حبوب مارفيلون |
ايام التبويض |
فترة التبويض |
ايام الحمل |
التبويض عند المرأة |
التبويض بالصور |
علاج تكيس المبايض |
تكيس المبايض وعلاجه |
منع الحمل |
ولادة طبيعية |
ولادة فيديو |
ولادة قيصرية فيديو |
اسماء بنات مواليد |
اسماء بنات |
اسماء مواليد جديدة |
حبوب منع الحمل |
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فساتين حوامل |
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مراحل الحمل |
حبوب الحمل |
اللولب |
موانع الحمل |
اشهر الحمل |
سكر الحمل |
هرمون الحمل |
هرمونات الحمل |
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لمنع الحمل |
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اختبار الحمل |
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تحليل الحمل |
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صور ولادة |
فيديو ولادة |
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ازياء اطفال |
صور حوامل |
علاج العقم |
ازياء حوامل |
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حركة الجنين |
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مستشفى الولادة والاطفال |
مستشفى الولادة |
الرضاعة الطبيعية |
الرضاعة الصناعية |
ملابس حوامل |
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حبوب الكلوميد |
الكلوميد |
حمض الفوليك |
حبوب الفوليك |
دخول في الشهر العاشر |
نزول المشيمة |
نزول الدم اثناء الحمل |
غذاء الحامل |
الجماع اثناء الحمل |
الجنس والحمل |
الأزياء |
علاج الغثيان |
علاج الإمساك |
الختان |
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الرشاقة |
الرشاقة والصحة |
العروس |
السوق التجاري |
الوظائف النسائية |
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ديكور المنزل |
ديكور المطبخ |
الطب البديل |
الصحة الغذائية |
الحمل الكاذب |
الحمل خارج الرحم |
حساب الوزن |
التحويل الهجري الى الميلادي |
حساب العمر |
التجارة الالكترونية |
بوابة التجارة |
منتدى التجارة |
منتديات التجارة |
منتديات تجارية |
أمازون |
بيدز |
بايز |
منتجات أبل |
آي فون |
البلاك بيري |
بنوتات |
منتديات بنوتات |
منتديات نسائية |
العلوم الطبيعية |
منتديات تعليمية |
منتدى التعليم |
منتدى التربية والتعليم |
دم الحمل |
تحليل الحمل المنزلي |
اسباب تاخر الحمل |
تنظيم الحمل |
الحمل الطبيعي |
بعد الحمل |
حساب الحمل والولادة |
صور الحمل |
المواد التعليمية |
العلوم الطبيعية |
تحاضير العلوم الطبيعية |
المواد العملية |
تحاضير المواد العملية |
اللغة الانجليزية |
تحاضير اللغة الانجليزية |
العلوم الدينية |
تحاضير العلوم الدينية |
اللغة العربية |
تحاضير اللغة العربية |
التربية الخاصة |
الاجتماعيات و التربية الوطنية |
تحاضير مواد الاجتماعيات |
المواد العملية |
تحاضير المواد العملية |
محو الأمية |
رياض الاطفال |
مجموعة اتفاق |
إتفاق |
تاخر الحمل |
@ProvokingThought@xanga - I recently had a dream that a tall man in a red satin suit kicked me in my stomach, he looked very angry, I woke up yelling. I have been focusing on the word and praying more, to get closer with our father God. Do you think that was an attack, I really do. What do you all think?