When you are dealing with what feels like pure hell
Couldn't you use something that lifted your spirits? At lease a little bit? I've been sharing some songs with you guys through these last couple of posts and I'm sure that some of you listen to something when you are all in your emotions. What do you listen to? Something I've been thinking about lately is that I don't just need a song to listen to, I need a verse to recite and take to heart. This is especially true when it comes down to temptaion, don't you think?
What the enemy does is try and pull us back into our old ways. Once we're saved it is a lot harder for him to try and trick us with things we aren't used to or things that didn't tempt us before. But he knows what we used to do and those are the things he brigns back to mind sometimes, especially when you are on the right track. The only time that the devil isn't on your back is when he knows he's already got you so if you're going through something never forget that. There's an old hymn that warns you not to let the devil ride. Don't let him ride in your car (your life) because if you do he's going to want to drive (take over).
Basically, you don't have to fall back into your old ways just because you don't think you can do it or you think "I'll do it one more time and then won't do it ever again" because that is how the enemy traps you. Any good fisherman or fisherwoman (woot woot) knows that once you have a fish on a hook good, you don't have to work hard to reel it in. Once the hook is in there, you've got that fish. The devil thinks the same way. Once he's got you, he doesn't have to work for it anymore. You've gotten yourself into a predicament and you can't get out of it without a whole lot of work. And this is the important thing: You were already hooked before. That hook is your weakness. So when you may fall into your old ways sometimes you need to just say something that encourages you. What is your battle song? What is your battle verse? One of mine is Isaiah 12:2.
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