Satan actively attacked the first marriage (Gen. 3:1). He knew the way to get both the man and the woman to sin was to attack marriage. Satan did not appear to the woman as an ugly monster with a pitch fork. He appeared in the disguise of a beautiful creature with a very beautiful voice. He didn't try to overpower the woman. He appealed to her intellect. Satan disguised himself as an angel of light. Satan knows what people want and offers them what they desire. However, he will exact his price when the person is helplessly enslaved.
The devil has worked for centuries to set up a world system that says a
strong woman must never submit to a man. It says, "Submission means
getting walked on." God clearly commands, "Wives, be subject--be
submissive and adapt yourselves--to your own husbands" (Eph. 5:22,
Amplified). The truth is that when you submit to your husband, you will
not be weak, you will be strong, for whoever obeys the Lord is strong.
Through the deeds of those who do the will of the enemy, Satan has created a culture where respect between men and women is hard to find. The world says to respect someone only if you think he or she is worthy of it. Many times we as Christians go along with that standard. This causes friction in our marriages, and we begin to view our partners through the lens of society, and not through loving eyes with spiritual understanding and discernment. This kind of mindset is divisive; a recipe for disaster and dissolution of marriages today.
Because Satan wants to bring down our marriages, and in essence, our ministries, know that Christian marriage is subject to attacks of the unthinkable. Atrocities such as adultery, abandonment and various addictions are very destructive. If the devil can cause one of these things to happen, he will.
Then he'll lie - and make us believe things are so bad that we might as well give up. Don't believe it! We must hold our position and keep praying and doing what God tells us to do.
The Psalmist, David, says, "Through and with God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries" (Psalm 108:13, Amplified).
We have an enemy, but he is already defeated. What we must do is walk together, in victory.
Through the deeds of those who do the will of the enemy, Satan has created a culture where respect between men and women is hard to find. The world says to respect someone only if you think he or she is worthy of it. Many times we as Christians go along with that standard. This causes friction in our marriages, and we begin to view our partners through the lens of society, and not through loving eyes with spiritual understanding and discernment. This kind of mindset is divisive; a recipe for disaster and dissolution of marriages today.
Because Satan wants to bring down our marriages, and in essence, our ministries, know that Christian marriage is subject to attacks of the unthinkable. Atrocities such as adultery, abandonment and various addictions are very destructive. If the devil can cause one of these things to happen, he will.
Then he'll lie - and make us believe things are so bad that we might as well give up. Don't believe it! We must hold our position and keep praying and doing what God tells us to do.
The Psalmist, David, says, "Through and with God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries" (Psalm 108:13, Amplified).
We have an enemy, but he is already defeated. What we must do is walk together, in victory.
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