Out truth the Devil!

SOOOO.....Good morning brothers and sisters in Christ. I want to just jump right in. During my devotional reading this morning, right at the end was a quote that stuck with me! The writer said "When it comes to the enemy, we don't have to OUTFIGHT him, we just have to OUT TRUTH him!" That line right there put so many things into perspective for me. The Devil is the father of lies and confusion, he knows everything about us. He knows where we are weak, and where we are strong. He knows what buttons to push and when to push them. Sounds like he is ahead of us right, like he can lay traps ahead of us, hoping that we will run right into them! DON'T give him that kind of power, he is not as smart as he thinks he is. He cannot stop or take away what God has for us and our lives, the only thing he can do is try to delay it. The only thing he can do is insert doubt and LIES!! That's why we have to OUT TRUTH him, and we can do that by KNOWING the truth about ourselves, and what God has said in His word. If you trust, believe, and know Gods word, then you can combat the lies of the devil with those truths. So when the devil tries to tell you your weak, your response should be, "Where I am weak, God is stronger! I a MORE than a conqueror!" When the devil says that you can't do or succeed in anything, you say "I can do ALL things through Christ that strengthens me! Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world!" When the devil rewinds and replays your past sins, hurts, shames, and guilt, I want you to remember that in Christ there is NO CONDEMNATION! Meaning, when you give your life to Christ and make that commitment, God doesn't make you feel bad about what you've done! His memory is WIPED clean of all you mistakes! God doesn't hold your nastiness over you head! Remember that you are free from shame and guilt! You have to recognize the lies of the enemy, so that you can counter with the truth! The devil cannot change what God has ordained to be, but he will try to distract you, knock you off course, and create separation between you and God! DO NOT allow any kind of separation from God, once there is the slightest separation, the devil will attack stronger and more often! Stand strong with the truth, let the devil know that you are a child of God, and not just someone he can beat up on! Let that devil know that he is a liar DAILY! "THE DEVIL IS A LIAR" is not just a popular quote to be thrown around! IT IS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH!! Remember who you are, AND WHOSE YOU ARE!

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17

"If any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATURE! OLD THINGS are passed away, behold ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW!"

You are not the same person, you are not who you used to be, you are not your past sins and mistakes!