THAT WAS STUPID!

Sometimes something looks so good you will do something so stupid. This past Saturday I was fixing fudge and a new chocolate cookie recipe from one of my new books 300 Chocolate Recipes. I was going along and had finished up and was putting stuff in the sink and there was a knife with some cookie icing on it and it looked so good I licked the knife. Sometimes something can look so good that you do something so stupid. I cut my tongue. STUPID!! My first words were, "That was stupid!" 


That is Satan's job. Take a person and put something in front of them that looks so good that they will do something so stupid. 


Just realize you are just one decision away from being stupid. 

$4 FOR $10

I just saw a commercial that has a $2 bill on sale for $10. It has a special picture on it. Also, a great deal was offered. If I were to order NOW I could get another $2 bill free. So, I could send them $10 (plus shipping and handling) and get $4 dollars in return. There is someone out their that made the call I'm sure. They might have really gotten aggressive and sent them $100 (plus shipping and handling) and got $40 in return.


Isn't that how Satan works? He offers a "deal" and if you decide NOW he will make it even better and we get used and abused. He makes some stupid deal look good (Adam and Eve, David and Bathsheba, etc.) and it is a deal (plus shipping and handling to KILL, STEAL AND DESTROY John 10:10)  if you act NOW.

Why do we make such stupid purchases?

JUST SAY NO!

Decisions and the Devil

Just yesterday I had a person come up to me and say they had finally been able to forgive a person for something they had done. This person had been offended personally without a doubt. It was a huge step forward in life to be able to come to this point. My last word to this person was to remember that the devil would do everything possible to bring it back up in his mind. I saw this same person just a couple of hours later and it was amazing how quickly the devil acted. When this person got home they received a call. The person on the other end of the phone was unknown but wanted to let this person know that they knew who had offended and that it really did happen. Now, how does a person who does not even know a person call and bring something like this up in a conversation? The adversary is at work. Scripture tells us “for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Eph 6:12, ESV). The devil wants to but barriers in your way when you make a decision for Christ. This decision can be for salvation, restoration, reconciliation, forgiveness or any direction God leads you. You must know that you will be faced with opposition in these areas of your life. We must remember “in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” (Rom 8:37, ESV).

Warren Wiersbe gave a great study of the Strategies of Satan in his book by the same title. The devil is going to:

1. Lie to you to make you ignorant of God’s will (Eve).

2. Attack your body to make you impatient with God’s will (Job)

3. Lift your pride to make you independent of God’s will (David)

4. Accuse you to make you indicted by God’s will (Joshua the high priest).

Your defense is:

1. The Word of God

2. The Grace of God

3. The Spirit of God

4. The Son of God.

This is why we must wear the armor of God (Eph 6). It is not to look like a Christian. It is to be ready for battle. Are you ready?