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         Satan knows he cannot get you in the really big things such as doubting My Word through the voice of prophecy or loving Me as My intimate bride, because you have embraced these things and you know their worth. He knows you are not likely to fall for the obvious approach, so he is seeking to get you on more subtle and believable things. He hits you with multiplicity. If the muddled thoughts don't work, then he skips to loneliness battles. When you fight and struggle and begin to pull yourself up on that front, then he quickly switches to hitting you with negative thinking about yourself or about others, sensitivity, thinking everyone else is looking down on you, or can't stand to be around you. You can't stand yourself, so you don't see how others can possibly stand you either.
         He is hitting you with feeling stifled, impaired, and that you cannot do anything right, leaving you to wonder how you can possibly be of help or use to anyone. You go slow in your work and have a hard time sitting still as he attacks your concentration. You know the answer lies in seeking Me and resting in My arms, but when you do, he condemns you for this time. If he doesn't condemn you for taking the time, he'll throw the dart of cloudiness, wandering thoughts, or extreme tiredness and nagging annoyances of the flesh so that you are not able to receive My whispers clearly.
         Then comes comparing in various shapes and sizes, intertwined with jealousy twinges, feeling left out, and as if you are a general major muck. If hitting you in your waking hours does not work, then he attempts to get you in the night seasons from time to time in your dreams, and this, too, is subtle. He does not hit you with obvious nightmares, but busy dreams or bad vibes of others doing mean or unloving things to you. There are no new things under the sun, and he's firing his poisonous darts at you one by one in a steady stream.
         Yet in all these things, Satan knows in his heart that you are firm. He knows that deep down you know what is right and wrong. He sees that you recognize these things as his lies and attacks, so he attempts to hit you in a far more subtle way. He is hitting you with thinking that you are fighting, thinking you are taking a stand. This you do to a certain degree, yet you can do more. You can do more in humbling yourself and calling on others for help.
         Therefore expose his lies through honest confession of how you feel and what you get hit with. Do not be afraid to show yourself weak, for you are. You must call for the help of your prayer mates in order to call his bluff. Pull out the stops against these attacks and do not hold back. Call out to your brethren to help you fight this battle and simply rest in Me, knowing that what I have promised I will perform.



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