Jesus told him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him.'" Matthew 4:10

we have received Christ as our Savior, Satan is forced to work from the outside rather than the inside. Thus, he manipulates outside influences to affect the inside decision-makers of the heart and mind.

A stronghold is any way the devil tries to presume authority in our lives. If we belong to Christ, Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding Scripture to know it.

Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding scripture to know it.

Peter and John answered them, "Whether it's right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide." Acts 4:19

Oppression is hardball. Though the range can vary, oppression is the closest Satan or his demons can get to a believer.

Satan is a planner and a user. He seeks opportunities to use people to fulfill his plan.

One way the enemy of our souls deflects the shame he experienced at the Cross is to keep us too heaped in our own shame to notice his. The tragedy is that we play right along, as if he were more believable than Jesus.

The primary means Satan employs to put volume to his accusing voice is by using no small list of willing humans. We are by nature a merciless, condemning lot. Far more would burn in eternal flames under our judgment than under that of a holy and righteous God. Know the truth so thoroughly and respond to conviction so readily that when accusations come, you can resist the devil, no matter whose voice grants him volume.

Often a spirit seizes him … and it throws him into convulsions… . I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't. Luke 9:39—40

Satan is an opportunist.

Just keep telling God how much you want to give Him your whole heart and mind. The wayward, defeated mind and the willfully depraved mind are not the same thing. Left unchecked, however, the former can lead to the latter.