I do believe that the devil was winning yesterday. The battlefield was in my mind. I was thinking that the evil which has been planned against me was successful in its intent.

I know how to fight the devil. I have fought him all of my life. The only weapon that is effective is God’s word. It is what Jesus used when He enduring temptation. What an amazing treasure and gift from God!

So what verses do I use to sharpen my sword of truth? 2 Timothy 1:7 states “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

Yesterday I had stepped out of my fellowship with my sweet Father in heaven. I became hopeless, despondent and I was cast down in my Spirit. I walked around the house crying and thinking horrible self-defeating thoughts.

Then this morning I realized that spirit that was inside was not the right spirit.It was a spirit of fear. It was not welcome in my home any longer. I have a spirit of power, love and a sound mind. I have a God who says he will not allow me to be tempted more than what I am able to bear and will provide a way of escape for me in that temptation.

Death is never an escape. Suicide is a way to harm every single person who has ever loved you and it would have been the most selfish thing for me to do. 

Another verse in the Bible states that I am to subject my mind to Christ. In that effort I am starting to intercede for those who are trying to destroy me. Praying for their salvation, pleading with God to grab their hearts and souls for His kingdom. 

I would rejoice if both of those people would open their hearts to the love of God and experience His forgiveness. I really want both of them in heaven.

I praise God for his Holy word which brings me comfort and I thank Him that it is the only book which sustains me when I am in battle. 

Without God’s word I don’t know if I would still be alive. With God’s word I just stuck a sword right through the heart of the devil.