What The Devil Does Not Want You To Do

As I observed day by day my life on this earth, trying to live a life for Christ, there are few things that seemed to become patterns and I consider some of them as the Enemy's work trying to trip us off in moments we are most prone and off guard.

So, I call this blog - "What the Devil does not want you to do".

1. The Devil does not want you to sing, praise, or glorify the Name of Jesus. Your praise and worship in Jesus, is painful to his ears. He will do anything to distract you, or put you in a situation to turn your joy into sadness, worry, or even anger. He can ring your phone while you're praying, create commotion or any emergency while you're reading your Bible, and anything he can manipulate to wade you off from your fellowship with Jesus. And then your response will be, to stop singing for Jesus, stop praying, stop going to fellowships, or even stop going to church!

2. The Devil does not want you to trust God. He will keep you busy watching and reading all the bad news on the TV, on the newspapers, and other things - such that you will be filled with worry and anxiety. Instead of you, talking to God, thanking Him that He has given you yet another day to live, given you new mercies and grace every morning, given you health, given you air to breath, given you food and sustained you. Your response will be now to start scampering around trying to find solutions to secure yourself, your family, and your future. You will forget that God is the One who should be in control of your life.

3. The Devil does not want you to mature and grow in your Christian life. He will deceive you, that once you get your life and hell-fire insurance from Jesus, you can go back and live your stinking, old lifestyle. Instead of keeping yourself near to the watering hole of the Word of God, the Devil will keep you dry and lifeless, without nourishment, and never growing. He can also let you go to church, but still keeping your old, bad attitudes with you to stumble other Christians, instead of building them up and encouraging other believers.

4. The Devil does not want you to realize that Christian life is active, fun, and exciting. He will present you seemingly much more interesting things of the world. He will give you the notion that being a Christian is boring and lifeless, when in fact just the opposite of what he is offering you. He will get you deep down into the pit of worldly entertainment, get you addicted, get you stoned that it would be very heavy for you to lift and get out. Then, when you're hooked into it, he will take it out and find yourself in desperation, emptiness, and disillusioned. He will let you opt for any type of disorder you like, and much worse to become suicidal. That way, he can take your soul to the pit of hell.