The false ideologies of the culture (obsession with
appearance, perceptions of worth, the redefinition of the family,
all of it) have not been developed by chance. Don’t believe it
for a second. The temptations that appeal to your specific
desires (and the fact that they appear at your weakest, most
vulnerable moments) are not accidental. The disharmony and
dysfunction that either blow up or simmer beneath your most
valuable relationships are not coincidental. None of these
things is a matter of happenstance. They are his deceptive
tactics (and that of his evil entourage), being stirred up in the
heavenly realm and then manifesting themselves in the spiritual
realm.
And I say if he wants to keep pulling this stuff, then we’re
pulling the gloves off. And putting the armor on.
And focusing it all on him.The apostle Paul, in Ephesians 6:10–11, wrote words that
are worth memorizing and regularly reciting to ourselves: “Be
strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might” by putting
on the “full armor of God” and thereby becoming “able to
stand firm against the schemes of the devil.” And here they are
—the needed weapons and protection for actively defeating