Goliath’s outlandish, arrogant, boastful and proud declarations of the Israelites’ demise were so effective that NOT ONE SOLDIER from the Hebrew camp was willing to stand up to this aggressor.  The Israelite army was rendered functionally paralyzed for 40 DAYS!  But then a courageous young man named David (nice name LOL) came along with the… Read More »

I want us to look at is one of the best biblical examples of the “wiles,” “devices,” and “deceptions” that the devil attempted to use.  It is found in the account of David and Goliath, where we can see ALL THREE of these negative forces at work.  The account of course is in First Samuel… Read More »

RECAP: “wiles” tells us that the devil operates with a road, or primarily with one avenue of attack.  “Devices,” reveals where that avenue is headed toward the mind.  Once paved into a person’s mind, the enemy begins to regularly travel in and out of that person’s mind and emotions to confuse and scramble his thoughts… Read More »

If we don’t take charge of our minds and begin to speak God’s Truth to ourselves to combat the devil’s lies, the complete process of deception will continue working in our lives.  Eventually that process will be complete, and your fears will become reality.  WHEN THAT OCCURS, WE WILL BE DECEIVED IN THAT AREA OF… Read More »

If we don’t take charge of our minds and begin to SPEAK GOD’S TRUTH to ourselves to combat the devil’s lies, the complete process of deception will continue working in your life.  Eventually that process will be complete, and your fears will become reality.  When this occurs, we will be deceived in that area of… Read More »

When these attacks first assaulted your mind, you resisted them and refused to believe what you were hearing.  Now, however, you have begun to 2wonder if these thoughts may have some validity.  If YOU DON’T STOP THIS PROCESS, it will only be a matter of time until you truly begin to feel physically sick in… Read More »

The enemy uses these lies and false perceptions to create HIS REALITY in the natural realm.  Maybe the enemy has been bombarding your mind with thoughts about sickness.  Perhaps his lying allegations have repeatedly told you that you are going to contract a terrible disease and die an early death. Yesterday’s trivia: A meal (Gen.… Read More »

What is the end result of the devil’s deception?  When believers falsely believe that their marriage is on the rocks and can’t be reconciled.  Or they will die of a terminal disease, or that they have no hope for the future they open the door for the enemy to move from the though realm into… Read More »

Once the process of confusion is set in, mind games are set in motion; and that believer’s perception of things becomes twisted and bent.  If this seducing, deceiving process is not stopped at this point, it is probably only a matter of time before the weary-minded believer begins to embrace these mental lies as though… Read More »

As these lying thoughts and insinuations continue, the person’s mind tired, weary and beaten from worrying begins to BELIEVE those false allegations.  That spouse’s faith in those lying emotions and suspicious may then empower the lies to become a reality in his or her marriage.   By mentally embracing these false insinuations, their spouse opens the… Read More »