Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

 Jesus never told us to hold the fort. The Lord has already conquered the enemy and gained the victory. It’s time for us to seize what He has conquered.  We need that spirit of boldness.

A key to a victorious life is knowing and understanding the strategies of your enemy. A war will never be won by fighting a defensive battle. To defeat satan, we need an offensive strategy and learn to recognize his strategies, understand how he is operating and stop him:

Strategy #1 Lies = satan is feeding Christians lies about himself to keep them from knowing the truth about him. 

Our counterattack is to expose his lies about himself.  Satan is not in control of the earth, his power is limited, and he has no power over us but what we allow.

Strategy #2 – Disobedience – This is one of satan’s major strategies to weaken, divert and gain control of your will, ever since the garden satan has been lying, deceiving and tempting to cause us to use our will to disobey God. 

Our counterattack is to see that our entire relationship with God is based on obedience.  No obedience, no relationship.

Strategy #3-Rebellion = It cuts off communication and separates us from God. When we fail to act upon the Word we are rebelling against God.

Our counterattack is the Holy Spirit within you. Sin no longer has power over you. Satan can’t make you rebel, disobey, yield to temptation nor do anything. (Rom. 8:3-4)  You have to choose to obey the Lord.

Strategy #4- Deception = Satan is an impostor. An impostor is one who assumes an identity or title not his own for the purpose of deception.

Our counterattack is early detection, recognizing satan as an impostor. 

Strategy #5 -Temptation =  Satan is the tempter.  There is no trail too great-no temptation too strong that satan can use that will destroy you. Satan has the ability to place temptation before you. He can seduce, entice, lure, and deceive you, but, he cannot make you sin.

 Our counterattack is having a confident faith firmly fixed in God and His Word. 

Strategy #6-Apathy = (without feeling, lack of interest or concern, impassive).

Satan wants to keep you so busy that you are too exhausted to pray or read the Word.

Our counterattack is to be awake and on guard and take authority over satan. Don’t allow yourself to fall into a state of spiritual sleep.

Strategy #7-Stress = is a word used to refer to outside forces that place a demand upon us; (e.g., jobs, illness, people). This is one of satan’s deadliest strategies that will keep you in a cycle of defeat. Stress’s root is fear and fear keeps us from releasing faith.

Our counterattack is to recognize stress for what it is-a strategy of satan to destroy you physically, mentally and spiritually. Refuse to believe satan’s lie that you must learn to live with stress. Learn to recognize the areas in your life where satan is attacking with stress.

God can turn your life around.  You must look beyond your weaknesses, shortcomings and tradition until all you can see is God’s strength, power, will and revelation knowledge operating in your life.

Learn more about the strategies of your enemy and the weapons of warfare that God has given you.