Good morning to everyone. Grace and Peace be with you.
We watched a movie some time ago about how Satan would pull people out of their time and put them in another timeline. To mess with their heads and to prove he was in control. If you fought back, he laughed at you and tortured you even more with different, more agony-driven timelines. For example: pulling you out of your current situation with your family and how they look at you and placing you in the same family, but they look at you in a completely different light. So in ‘your’ timeline, you are hated by your family because you systematically pushed everyone away and that is how you like it, but now your family loves you and is all over you with compliments and attention … the two elements that you loathe. Or the reverse of that. Or … he places you in the same town, but your family is no longer your family and you are looked at as a stranger who has lost his/her marbles. I wish I could remember the name of the movie; it is worth watching.
In the movie, the main character, who keeps getting bounced from timeline to timeline, finally, when the enemy pulls him back to their meeting place, calls Satan a liar. Hurt the poor enemy’s feelings. Called him that repeatedly, angering Satan. To the point that Satan lost his temper. Then after that, the main character began to pray. This made the devil laugh and mock him. BUT … when he did not cease praying, Satan fled. He ran away, like the coward that he is.
The main character was not a professing strong Christian. As a matter of fact, his praying caught me off guard because of his character line in the original timeline; he did not seem like the praying type. As he prayed, however, and remained focused on his conversation with God and not the mocking, ridicule, or attacks from the devil, the atmosphere shifted to the Lighter side of life. The devil became visibly uncomfortable and distraught. Eventually, causing him to flee.
The movie brought to light one very important lesson: prayer is powerful. Very powerful. The second lesson is this: the devil hates to be called a liar. Have you ever noticed how people react when you catch them in a lie … they go into instant self-defense mode, like there was good reason to lie, or that it was someone else’s fault, so they try to deflect the attention to them. I would surmise that if you call a solid Christian a liar, they will laugh at you because they know the truth and as long as they are in the Truth, false comments about their character do not create a reaction. NOW, that does not mean that it does not hurt, or that you do not say anything sarcastic; that is human nature…however, faith-filled, Spirit-led, Jesus loving to the core Christians who know that they are flawed and accept responsibility for their flaws in an attempt to correct them … we laugh at the enemy’s attempts to steal our peace.
The other side of that is that when we are lied to repeatedly, we have to fight hard the temptation to become hardened in our hearts. We have to fight spiritually the desire to become our old selves and put you in your place harshly for lying, especially when we have been nothing but truthful, loving, and honest with you. Loving liars is a very hard task. One that the Father knows is difficult but also knows that it is important to show unconditional love to those. In loving someone, though they lie, creates a conversation within themselves as to the ‘why’. Why would they love me when I did this or that? That plants the seed. Continued love creates the nourishment, then eventually they come to the harvest. In my little book, that is what I am here for.
I have had many who felt the need to lie to me. To bend the truth for their benefit. To cast blame elsewhere. Some I dealt with as Jesus had asked me; some I became the old me. I am not perfect. As I get older and deeper in the Word, I see all the areas I failed and work at catching the old me in those times when I am lied to and offering grace. I know that in God’s time, those who lie to me will be held accountable. I do not have to call them out. I just need to pray the enemy away … persistently.
Be blessed.
**As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”—1 Peter 1:14-16
We watched a movie some time ago about how Satan would pull people out of their time and put them in another timeline. To mess with their heads and to prove he was in control. If you fought back, he laughed at you and tortured you even more with different, more agony-driven timelines. For example: pulling you out of your current situation with your family and how they look at you and placing you in the same family, but they look at you in a completely different light. So in ‘your’ timeline, you are hated by your family because you systematically pushed everyone away and that is how you like it, but now your family loves you and is all over you with compliments and attention … the two elements that you loathe. Or the reverse of that. Or … he places you in the same town, but your family is no longer your family and you are looked at as a stranger who has lost his/her marbles. I wish I could remember the name of the movie; it is worth watching.
In the movie, the main character, who keeps getting bounced from timeline to timeline, finally, when the enemy pulls him back to their meeting place, calls Satan a liar. Hurt the poor enemy’s feelings. Called him that repeatedly, angering Satan. To the point that Satan lost his temper. Then after that, the main character began to pray. This made the devil laugh and mock him. BUT … when he did not cease praying, Satan fled. He ran away, like the coward that he is.
The main character was not a professing strong Christian. As a matter of fact, his praying caught me off guard because of his character line in the original timeline; he did not seem like the praying type. As he prayed, however, and remained focused on his conversation with God and not the mocking, ridicule, or attacks from the devil, the atmosphere shifted to the Lighter side of life. The devil became visibly uncomfortable and distraught. Eventually, causing him to flee.
The movie brought to light one very important lesson: prayer is powerful. Very powerful. The second lesson is this: the devil hates to be called a liar. Have you ever noticed how people react when you catch them in a lie … they go into instant self-defense mode, like there was good reason to lie, or that it was someone else’s fault, so they try to deflect the attention to them. I would surmise that if you call a solid Christian a liar, they will laugh at you because they know the truth and as long as they are in the Truth, false comments about their character do not create a reaction. NOW, that does not mean that it does not hurt, or that you do not say anything sarcastic; that is human nature…however, faith-filled, Spirit-led, Jesus loving to the core Christians who know that they are flawed and accept responsibility for their flaws in an attempt to correct them … we laugh at the enemy’s attempts to steal our peace.
The other side of that is that when we are lied to repeatedly, we have to fight hard the temptation to become hardened in our hearts. We have to fight spiritually the desire to become our old selves and put you in your place harshly for lying, especially when we have been nothing but truthful, loving, and honest with you. Loving liars is a very hard task. One that the Father knows is difficult but also knows that it is important to show unconditional love to those. In loving someone, though they lie, creates a conversation within themselves as to the ‘why’. Why would they love me when I did this or that? That plants the seed. Continued love creates the nourishment, then eventually they come to the harvest. In my little book, that is what I am here for.
I have had many who felt the need to lie to me. To bend the truth for their benefit. To cast blame elsewhere. Some I dealt with as Jesus had asked me; some I became the old me. I am not perfect. As I get older and deeper in the Word, I see all the areas I failed and work at catching the old me in those times when I am lied to and offering grace. I know that in God’s time, those who lie to me will be held accountable. I do not have to call them out. I just need to pray the enemy away … persistently.
Be blessed.
**As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”—1 Peter 1:14-16
Good morning to everyone. Grace and Peace be with you.
We watched a movie some time ago about how Satan would pull people out of their time and put them in another timeline. To mess with their heads and to prove he was in control. If you fought back, he laughed at you and tortured you even more with different, more agony-driven timelines. For example: pulling you out of your current situation with your family and how they look at you and placing you in the same family, but they look at you in a completely different light. So in ‘your’ timeline, you are hated by your family because you systematically pushed everyone away and that is how you like it, but now your family loves you and is all over you with compliments and attention … the two elements that you loathe. Or the reverse of that. Or … he places you in the same town, but your family is no longer your family and you are looked at as a stranger who has lost his/her marbles. I wish I could remember the name of the movie; it is worth watching.
In the movie, the main character, who keeps getting bounced from timeline to timeline, finally, when the enemy pulls him back to their meeting place, calls Satan a liar. Hurt the poor enemy’s feelings. Called him that repeatedly, angering Satan. To the point that Satan lost his temper. Then after that, the main character began to pray. This made the devil laugh and mock him. BUT … when he did not cease praying, Satan fled. He ran away, like the coward that he is.
The main character was not a professing strong Christian. As a matter of fact, his praying caught me off guard because of his character line in the original timeline; he did not seem like the praying type. As he prayed, however, and remained focused on his conversation with God and not the mocking, ridicule, or attacks from the devil, the atmosphere shifted to the Lighter side of life. The devil became visibly uncomfortable and distraught. Eventually, causing him to flee.
The movie brought to light one very important lesson: prayer is powerful. Very powerful. The second lesson is this: the devil hates to be called a liar. Have you ever noticed how people react when you catch them in a lie … they go into instant self-defense mode, like there was good reason to lie, or that it was someone else’s fault, so they try to deflect the attention to them. I would surmise that if you call a solid Christian a liar, they will laugh at you because they know the truth and as long as they are in the Truth, false comments about their character do not create a reaction. NOW, that does not mean that it does not hurt, or that you do not say anything sarcastic; that is human nature…however, faith-filled, Spirit-led, Jesus loving to the core Christians who know that they are flawed and accept responsibility for their flaws in an attempt to correct them … we laugh at the enemy’s attempts to steal our peace.
The other side of that is that when we are lied to repeatedly, we have to fight hard the temptation to become hardened in our hearts. We have to fight spiritually the desire to become our old selves and put you in your place harshly for lying, especially when we have been nothing but truthful, loving, and honest with you. Loving liars is a very hard task. One that the Father knows is difficult but also knows that it is important to show unconditional love to those. In loving someone, though they lie, creates a conversation within themselves as to the ‘why’. Why would they love me when I did this or that? That plants the seed. Continued love creates the nourishment, then eventually they come to the harvest. In my little book, that is what I am here for.
I have had many who felt the need to lie to me. To bend the truth for their benefit. To cast blame elsewhere. Some I dealt with as Jesus had asked me; some I became the old me. I am not perfect. As I get older and deeper in the Word, I see all the areas I failed and work at catching the old me in those times when I am lied to and offering grace. I know that in God’s time, those who lie to me will be held accountable. I do not have to call them out. I just need to pray the enemy away … persistently.
Be blessed.
**As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”—1 Peter 1:14-16
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