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1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

We have all seen the nature shows with the lion stalking its prey in the tall grass. The lion does this to be camouflaged so the unexpecting prey will not know it is there.

The same thing happens with us, we will be minding our own business, maybe even praying or reading God's word or singing praise songs, when all of a sudden, whoosh, out of nowhere this thought comes into our minds. We don't know where it came from, but it stuns us.
After we have this thought we stop and wonder, "How in the world did that happen. I shouldn't be having these type of thoughts." Then we start to doubt or salvation and our relationship with the Lord.
We must realize that this is the devil trying to destroy us and if we allow these thoughts to consume us, then he may very well succeed.

But the bible teaches us what to do when these attacks come our way.

2 Cor 10:3-5 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

We cannot allow these thoughts to consume us, but as the scripture says: bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Don't allow an attack to destroy your faith in Jesus Christ and the work He completed on the cross, and don't try to fight them with your own wisdom, but let the Lord deal with it.

Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

If Michael the archangel knew this, shouldn't we do the same!

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