March 30, 2006

[Rev. Doc]

Satan's Deceptions

"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
Ephesians 6:11

In late September 1864 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was leading his troops north from Decatur, Alabama, toward Nashville. But to make it to Nashville, Forrest would have to defeat the Union army at Athens, Alabama. When the Union commander, Colonel Wallace Campbell, refused to surrender, Forrest asked for a personal meeting, and took Campbell on an inspection of his troops. But each time they left a detachment, the Confederate soldiers simply packed up and moved to another position, artillery and all. Forrest and Campbell would then arrive at the new encampment and continue to tally up the impressive number of Confederate soldiers and weaponry. By the time they returned to the fort, Campbell was convinced he couldn't win and surrendered unconditionally!

Satan would have you think he has a greater army or power than he actually has. He is the great deceiver and will use every weapon in his arsenal to cause your fall.

Prayer: Ask God for the strength to overcome Satan's attacks and deception.

"Satan dupes his victims. He stalks through the land, dabbing the pleasure of sin with a delusive sweetness, and soon after his victims, intoxicated with the poisoned draught and hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, lose all consciousness of their terrible danger."
~Anonymous