Thursday, December 12, 2013

When the Enemy Strikes by Charles Stanley

I'm finally getting back to one of my favorite Charles Stanley books. It's about spiritual warfare. It's a very thorough description and prescription on the subject. I thought I would give just a tidbit of it here. Charles talks about how everyone has a propensity or bent toward a certain type of sin. One is a lust of the flesh. This can be manifested in overheating, drug addiction, sex, etc. Another type is the lust of the eyes. You feel a need to have what you see. It can take the form of wanting material possessions, jealousy, covetousness, greed, etc. the third type is the pride of life. This person craves awards, fame, recognition, value and esteem. They pursue higher education, better jobs, political office, the arts just to get respectability and recognition. Charles goes on to discuss the importance of knowing your bent because the enemy will use that to convince yourself of your need and lack of God's supply in that area. Then he will convince you to do and think things that will destroy you. This is a great book for anyone who is interested in being aware of how the devil operates. We should all be this aware so we are not tripped up. What I touched on is 1/100th of the wealth of information in this book.