Daily Devotional, Year 3: September 4 (We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood! Part 5, “Satan’s Psychological War Against Our Children!”)

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Daily Devotional, Year 3: September 4

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We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood!

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Part 5,

“Satan’s Psychological War Against Our Children!”

To read part 1, go here…JANUARY 15 (We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood!)

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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

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but against principalities, against powers,

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against the rulers of the darkness of this world,

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against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Ephesians 6:12

Christian and Apollyon – Pilgrim’s Progress – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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Whether we know it or not, or like it or not, we Christians must face the awful truth…

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…the dreadful truth that we are the current residents of this, the Devil’s kingdom of sin and selfishness!

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And yet, God has placed us here as a type of, “training and learning school”…

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…a training ground for the purpose of purifying our hearts from every trace of lust for this selfish, proud and sinful world!

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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Well, today’s devotional will hopefully reveal just one more area in which Satan persecutes God’s people.

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And just what could that “one more area” be, in which Satan persecutes God’s people?

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

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You see, in today’s world, there is no shortage of self-help books which offer advice on how to raise our children.

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And many of these books are written by worldly-minded professors with college degrees in psychology.

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These authors are often the best and brightest and most renowned minds in the field of psychology.

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But the problem with most of these books is that they are a product of this antichrist world-system.

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But the sad truth is, this is an anti-biblical world, to a great extent.

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Oh no, most everyone seems to love the softer and kinder and gentler encouragements of the Bible!

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But usually, that’s as far as it goes!

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Sigmund Freud – LIFE – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“NOW THE SERPENT WAS MORE SUBTLE THAN ANY (OTHER)…”

Genesis 3:1

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And while most of these self-help books may contain much truth, the fact is, that they are built on a foundation of lies!

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They are, to a great extent, in opposition to living a totally Christlike life!

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Oh no, these authors do not come right out and say so.

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But Satan is a sophisticated serpent and makes sure the lies are extremely subtle, covert, euphemistic, and even “sugar-coated”, as they say!

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Charles Darwin – by John Collier (artist) – www.wikimedia.com – Public Domain

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SOCIETY FRAMES MISCHIEF BY MANY LAWS!

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Now, Satan doesn’t merely put forth his child-psychology books, and then rests satisfied!

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But rather, he currently has been allowed to raise up laws which are beginning to forbid God’s people from raising their children in a biblical way…

…”Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee,

which frames mischief by a law?”

Psalm 94:20

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Yes, this extremely proactive Devil works tirelessly and invisibly through the present-day authorities to make laws to “protect” our children from so-called, “religious fanatics”.

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Unisex bathroom pictogram – cropped image – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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SATAN’S VERSION OF NORMAL

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And thus, Satan has insidiously created his own version of “normal” in society.

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This entire society has been designed by “the god of this world” to have the appearance of being “normal”. (2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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And let’s face it! Satan has likewise been very successful by raising up unsanctified persons who truly are fanatical…

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…and thus, these religious fanatics stigmatize Christianity by taking true Christianity to the extremes!

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And so, most Christian parents today are extremely nervous about appearing to be fanatical in any way, for fear of losing their children to governmental “child-abuse authorities”.

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Shoppers in Toronto – cropped image – Wikimedia – share-alike license

Marshall Applewhite – Wikipedia – Fair-Use Rationale

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“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”

Ephesians 6:4

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One great means of counteracting the tide of evil which is now overflowing this world, is to pray for grace to live with our family in such a way as to show them that Heaven is a place to enjoy.

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And the parents need to show much heavenly love for their children (while still being a pillar of virtue and integrity).

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Whether engaging them in their little games and sports, or hugging them often, or just making life in the home nice and breezy, free of ill-tempered outbursts, etc.!

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This is an integral part of what it means to “bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”.

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The Christian parents must kindly, patiently, and gently, guide your children through their childhood in such a way which will cause them to desire, yes, even yearn, to walk side-by-side with you along the joy-filled highways and byways of eternity!

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Family eating meal – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Family Portrait – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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“WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE DID MUCH MORE ABOUND!”

Romans 5:20

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But the Good News is, that God is always many steps ahead of Satan!

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And He has provided a way of escape for Christian parents, so that they can raise their children in a godly manner, even in this period known as the great “Time of Trouble”! (See Daniel 12:1)

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But like never before, today’s parenting requires a total self-sacrificing devotion to God’s Word, to unceasing prayer, and shunning as much of this selfish world as possible!

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But God’s grace is now abounding and now available like never before!

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Family Portrait – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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TO READ PART 6, CLICK HERE…

February 20 (We Wrestle Not Against Flesh & Blood! Part 6, “Satan’s Psychological War Against Our Children!” CONTINUED)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me spiritual insight, that I might see the true battle! Help me put on my heavenly armor, that I might be a properly fitted soldier in the Lord’s army…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

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THE REVELATION 12 WOMAN

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“And there appeared a great wonder (sign) in heaven; a woman…

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And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness”

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Revelation 12:1, 14

***FROM WHERE &* *TO WHERE DOES SHE FLEE?***

WOMAN ROTATES THROUGH THE SEASONS…

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**This page is about the Big Dipper, also called the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major ).**

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However, the ancient pagan cultures did not see this constellation as God intended it to be seen.

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It is actually a headless woman in childbirth. This is seen in springtime in the northern skies.

But as the seasons progress, this travailing woman flips upside down, now appearing as a woman with upraised arms like eagle wings who is running…

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…eventually leaning forward until appearing to be flying into the wilderness (westward).

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The single star representing her birth-child (Christ) now becomes her head (“Christ is the head of the church.” Ephesians 5:23

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The 7 Stars (Big Dipper) is easy to see with its very bright 7 stars.

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But the Revelation 12 Woman (Ursa Major) must be seen on a dark starry night, away from city lights.

These are star charts from Wikipedia, with sketches of the Woman added.

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TOMORROW…

September 5 (Nature’s Witnesses, Part 11: “The Fish of the Sea Shall Declare Unto Thee!”)

Humpback anglerfish – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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