How does satan attack a Christian?

[Meg]

Satan also attacks the Charismatic spiritually, and these attacks can be extremely credible. Now credible and genuine are two very different things, a lie can be very credible, but it is still a lie. Unfortunately, the Charismatic/Pentecostal church at large didn't, and largely still doesn't understand this fact well enough to deal with it calmly and critically, and many innocent people are being greatly harmed.

[Elijah's Mantle]

finally found it again
I remembered reading some of this thread
real glad I come back to this and found it

[Meg]

Hey EM, if you look at the top of the screen with this thread open, you will see a bar with these on the right hand side:

LinkBack; Thread Tools; Search; Thread Rate This Thread

Choose Thread Tools, and you'll get a drop menu. Choose Subscribe To This Thread, and that will stash a link to the thread you want to keep track of in your profile under Subscribed Threads. If I managed to confuse you, let me know and I'll try to explain better. And if you have any questions or perceptions on this matter, post them, of course, and if one of us doesn't know for sure, someone probably does. Ain't livin' in this world fun...

[Elijah's Mantle]

Thank you so much meg
that helps me out tremendously
I did not know I could do those things
that is cool

[Zeblade]

An important satanic attack strategy to be aware of is distraction. Entertainment is one of the most effective forms of distraction he uses to dull the mind and the spirit as well. When people are having such a good time indulging in various pleasures, they have little time, and more importantly, little (or no) desire to consider the things of God. Now lets take this concept a little farther; when satan identifies an effective temptation to use against a Christian, this becomes a very effective to pry the Christian away from serving and obeying the Lord, and into serving and obeying unclean appetites for adultery, fornication, various forms of idolatry etc. Temptation becomes obsession, and obsession fills every spare moment and all spare energy as it chokes out everything but the object of the obsession(s) -- it can be two or three things. This is why things that cannot possibly be chemical addictions are now referred to as addictions anyway, such as gambling, computer games, junk collecting, even pornography. These are not "addictions" they are actually obsessions.

Amen Meg.. "distraction"..its so smooth at times we miss it. Thanks..

[Meg]

Thank you so much meg
that helps me out tremendously
I did not know I could do those things
that is cool

Oh you're welcome! Chris chose a very cool setup for this forum.