You Can Go into the Enemy’s Camp and Win

The LORD shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be defeated before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.  ~ Deuteronomy 28:7

God is powerful enough to allow you to go into your enemy’s territory and come out victorious.  For those who elect to have Jesus as their Lord and personal redeemer, you are granted God’s power and authority to defeat your enemy in his or her own terrain.  We often have to face our enemies in their territory.  You need to know that God has granted you the authority to defeat the Devil no matter where he attempts to try to come against you.  Your level of faith will determine whether you or the Devil wins.

God is Satan’s master.  At the command of God, Satan must follow His orders.  When Satan comes against you, you need to tag Jesus into the ring.  Let the Lord fight your battles and you will always come out the victor.  In Christ Jesus, we already have the victory!  Therefore, stop being scared to face the Enemy.  He has no dominion over your life.  God is the ruler of your life and all of your steps are ordered by Him. When Satan is battling you, you need to activate the Jesus in you.

God has not given us a spirit of fear.  He has given us power to defeat the Enemy in his territory and take that territory as our own and sanctify it.  Too many people look at the missiles the Devil launches against them with their natural eyes and fail to employ their spiritual eyes.  The battle you’re fighting against the Devil is not a natural battle—it’s a spiritual battle.  When you’re in spiritual warfare, you have to fight the Devil using the spirit of Jesus that dwells within you.

Jesus will give you a clear plan to conquer the Enemy.  He will provide you with the ability to execute the plan.  You must have enough faith in God that He can allow you to come out of your situation with the victory.  No matter what you may be going through God is able to do exactly what you need done.  Even when Satan has stacked the deck against you, Jesus can cause that deck to be destroyed.  He can cause your enemies to begin to work on your behalf.  Now, what a mighty God we serve!

You cannot win without Jesus being on your side.  I would encourage you to not go a day without having Jesus on your side.  You simply cannot afford to miss a day without Jesus being in your life.  The Enemy is always looking for a way to come into your life and attack you.  When you don’t have Jesus residing on the inside, you’re vulnerable to the power of Satan to destroy you.  Without a doubt, Satan is powerful.  If God is not in your life, Satan can steal from you, defeat you, and kill you.   

With God, no weapons the Enemy uses against you will prosper—not a single weapon will prosper!

Stop acting like you serve a weak God who is a wimp.  You serve a mighty God.  Tag him into the ring today to have Him to defeat the Devil on your behalf.  Praise God for the victory over the Enemy!

Deuces,

Tony

  

Sensitive Mean People

While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, their wrongdoing will be exposed in public. ~ Proverbs 26:26

It becomes frustrating when grown people will not act like adults AND when people constantly treat others in a demeaning and negative fashion, but are the most sensitive when those same actions are reciprocated. How do you play victim to those things that you have been on the offending end of!?  Recently, on my personal Facebook page I posted the following status:

“The worst thing that you can do to me is throw back into my face what you have done for me or hold over my head what I need you to do for me. All it does is express piss poor character. It DOES NOT stop me from progressing toward taking care of business. This is one reason why I dislike asking people for anything. #OhWell Next...pressing play on my playlist. :-)”

I had a long day and having someone throw into my face on THAT day what I needed, upset me and truly pissed me off.  I addressed the issue with that person via phone call and flew to my status to express as is asked “What’s on your mind?”  I can’t monitor every single moment of the day what an individual has to say about me.  If I am doing well or if I am doing poorly, someone will have something to say.  I will NOT, however, be responsible because someone has this nerve racking notion that the status was or is about them.  It only proves that those individuals ran out into traffic and were hit by a vehicle. *roof roof*

My discovery and learning experience in dealing with these types of people is that that they are mean spirited, but the most sensitive individuals that you will ever meet.  Sometimes it makes me feel bad and hardens my heart because these same folks have no idea of how their personality is reflected towards the people that love them and in public with complete strangers.  Here is what I do not like: 

 The 5 Acts

1.      When people make the assumption that my status is about them and fail to pick up a telephone to call me and inquire.

2.      When people take to their status in reply to my status, therefore, talking to me and about me in 3^rd person.  I don’t do 3^rd person talking about me.  You may want to ask close friends that have fallen victim to me addressing this.

3.      When people try to play off that everything is kosher and cool between them and I, when in all actuality they really can’t stand me…at all! LMBO!

4.      When people get upset and extremely defensive about me sharing their “ugly” truth with them to their face and not behind their back as others have done.

5.      When people ATTEMPT to be cheeky with me by being nice/nasty.  Newsflash: I speak nice/nasty fluently. *smirking*

The aforementioned 5 Acts are almost as bad a lying to me.  I love unconditionally and sometimes people need a kick in the old keister with tough love.  What will never happen is stopping me from progressing in what needs to be taken care of.  I may have a small delay, but there is always a detour sign somewhere.  Hence another one of my recent status updates to Facebook:

“Sometimes the intentional negative actions of others can turn out to not only work in your favor, but end in a greater result than what was expected. God said he would turn the bad meant for you into good. In this instance it was an academic issue that He handled almost immediately. God is awesome and always got my back. #BlessedandFavored”

Listen up and read people.  I am a Christian and very much candid in expressing all aspects of my life with no qualms about offending ‘mean spirited, sensitive people’.  I pray for them and love them just as He would. *batting eyes* If you find that you are guilty of being mean and vindictive to provoke harm, yet sensitive and against reaping that which you have sown, then read the following for wisdom, practice humility, put that hand mirror up to your face, pray, and drive away the very thing that contributes to your poor character:

Proverbs 26: 23-28

23 – Smooth* words may hide a wicked heart,

just as pretty clay covers a clay pot.

24 – People may cover their hatred with pleasant words,

but they’re deceiving you.

25 – They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them.

Their hearts are full of many evils.*

26 – While their hatred may be concealed by trickery,

their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.

27 – If you set a trap for others,

You will get caught in it yourself.

If you roll a boulder down on others,

it will crush you.

28 – A lying tongue hates its victims,

and flattering words can ruin.

What of the 5 acts mentioned above have people committed towards you or you towards them?  Do share!

Deuces,

San