The Lord reminded me this morning that the enemy
always attacks what he fears most in us, and He said this is what has been
happening in this most recent wave of attacks.
If you are suffering in this wave of
attacks, you can defeat them by discerning what he is attacking.
For Examples – Find Your Gifts Below
Gift: Witnessing/Your Testimony - If
you are anointed to witness for Christ, he will attack your credibility – by getting
you into sin.
Gift: Intercession - If you are
anointed to pray and intercede for others, he might try to distract you from
prayer, cause strife with family members so you can’t focus on praying, or
attack your faith in God to answer.
Gift: Teaching &/or Prophesying
- If you are anointed to teach His Word or prophesy, he might distract you with
financial difficulties, strife with family members, or family members getting
into trouble or going through crisis. He might try to distract you from
studying the Word and praying, or try to make you doubt what you hear from Him.
He will attack your faith for sure.
Gift: Helps - If you are anointed to
help others (the anointing of Helps), he might try to distract you by
highlighting the ways you yourself are in need, or place thoughts in your mind
that the people you are helping are somehow “unworthy” or helping. He might
attack the sources you receive funding or other helping resources from.
Healing - He will attack your body, again and again. He will attack your faith, because faith is the very basis of this gift, and he will attack your credibility, by luring you into sin.
Gift: Pastor - If you are a Pastor,
he will definitely attack your credibility by trying to entice you to sin. He will
try to distract you from prayer, study, and ministering to your congregants. He
will attack your funding sources and try to make you look bad to your
congregants by planting judgmental thoughts in their minds.
There are many ways he can attack
us, but Jesus has already defeated every single one of them. We need to find
out the reasons behind his attacks so we can cancel them. Example: Is he
attacking your gifts or your ministry? Is he attacking you personally, or
attacking your family? You need to determine what is being attacked so you can
cancel the attack itself and render it powerless by the mighty Name of Jesus.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: