Daily Inspiration

Daily Inspirational Thoughts

to bless your life.

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A Monday through Thursday devotional

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Written by Beth McLendon

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Last week: Here

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This week's topic:

The Devil's

lies

and

strategies

The devil is real.

The devil is also called Satan.

We are going to talk about

his lies & strategies.

If you want to know

who the devil is - check out our page:

Who is the devil?

Monday

Uncovering the Agenda

Let's compare

The devil vs. God

                                             Take Note

John 8:44 says -                                        The Bible says - 
The Devil is The Father of Lies              Jesus is THE TRUTH.                                                                        The Bible is TRUTH.

Jesus said:

The devil is called

The Father of Lies.

John 8:44
at the end of the verse

The devil wants to teach you

and your loved ones

to

lie.

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It takes courage to tell the truth.

You can face consequences.

You can be embarrassed or humbled.

Even so, God wants us to be truthful people.

I invite you to our page about lying

which is called -

The Belt of Truth

Tuesday

What does the devil want to do?

The devil has a will.

He seeks to carry out that will.

Below are specifics about that his will. 

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Below,

Paul Harvey

gives us

his thoughts

on what

the devil wants to do

and what he

would say

to us.

Here is

one of

Paul Harvey's

quotes:

The devil

would say to us,

"I would caution against

extremes

in

hard work,

patriotism,

and moral conduct."

Paul Harvey

in 1965

I hope you will watch

the following video

and see how

the words of

Paul Harvey

have been coming true

in the United States of America.

Below is a

1965

video.

Satan wants to:

Lower our inhibitions

and

Distort our perceptions

Satan has infiltrated

most

of the entertainment industry.

Take note that

Satan is - not -  interested in entertaining.

Satan is interested in

indoctrinating

people

to believe

and

to live out

his view of right and wrong.

When watching entertainment,

it is important to keep in mind

that whatever you are watching

a television show,

movie,

or

music video,

it has probably been designed

to secretly

move you closer

to Satan's way of thinking.

1 Peter 2:15 says,

Do not love the world or the things in the world.

If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Wednesday

Satan wants to take

as many people as possible

with him to eternal punishment.

Satan lies to us

by saying

that

if you are basically a good person

you go to heaven

when you die.

But the truth is

that only by

repenting of your sins

and

trusting Jesus and following Jesus

-  as your Savior and Lord - 

can you enter your place of blessing in heaven.

What is Salvation from Hell?

We repent of our sins and give our life to
Jesus Christ.
Then we sincerely seek to follow HIM.

Matthew 16:24-25

says that we must try to live for Jesus.

“Then Jesus said to His disciples,

'If anyone wishes to come after Me,

he must deny himself

and

take up his cross and follow ME.' ”

Consider our pages:

Explaining Salvation

Prayer for Salvation

Thursday

 What does the devil want?

He wants to ...

Get you to doubt God's word

Get you paralyzed with fear

Get you to not share the gospel

Get you to live in shame

Get you to worship an idol

Get you deceived.

From Crosswalk.com 

When the devil is trying to attack you - 

fight back

with the POWER of God!

What is God saying

to His human creation in our day and time?

In brief,

he is saying,

"Jesus Christ is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

Why is there rejection?

Why do men and women fail to listen?

Because

God's message in Jesus

is a moral pronouncement.

Men and Women

do not wish to be under the authority

of the moral

Word of God!

From: A Moral Pronouncement by A.W. Tozer

The message of Jesus is that

Jesus is

the only way to Father God and to heaven.

People get offended

with the message of Jesus.

People want the freedom to decide for themselves

the path they will take

to get to heaven. 

Next I present an excellent video

that describes

what is happening in the United States -

and it was first presented

50 years ago!!!

Note:

Myself and those who are

on this website team

are all Protestants.

We have a couple of

fundamental differences from  

Catholic doctrine such as praying to anyone other than God.

Nevertheless,

no matter what denomination you are

This video highlights what is happening in our day -

the two views that are competing for control

of our country.

The video below was 50 years ago.

We need this message more now than then.

Disclaimer:

I caution on mysticism and how it it plays out in the spiritual lives of people.

Consider our pages:

Belt of Truth prayers

Full Armor of God prayers

This page first posted in April 2021.