It is not unusual for the devil to bring to our mind thoughts which are exactly opposite from those thoughts brought to us by the Holy Spirit.
The devil will torment us and pull us away from the Word from God, if possible.
We have to "fight" for the faith which is delivered to us by the Holy Spirit, showing us those things God has prepared for us.
Here are scriptures and examples:
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When we pray according to the will of God for our lives:
I John 5
15 And if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM.
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Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.
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John 10:10 Jesus says: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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John 8 Jesus says
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in MY word, then are ye MY disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
But the devil brings to our mind thoughts which are lies and are opposite from the WORD given us by God.
To the children of the devil, Jesus says:
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He (the devil) was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
If we are of God, we resist the word brought by the devil and cling to the word given by God.
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James 4
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
(Submit yourselves to God. In the temptation, turn to God for help. Meditate on the Word given to you by God. Resist the devil with that word given by God.)
8 Draw nigh to God, and HE will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands (by choosing the Word given you by God), ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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Do not allow the thoughts of devil and the desires of your own flesh to over rule the Word from God on the matter at hand. Pray for help in the time of trouble and cling to the Word from God.
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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James 3:14-15 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
James 3:14-15 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
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I Peter 5
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that HE may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon Him; for HE careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
7 Casting all your care upon Him; for HE careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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II Corinthians 10
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ (The Word);
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Mark 4
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
So we must think on that word given us by God, meditate on that Word and allow that Word to become strong enough in us that we are able to do that word. Each time we do that word we are recreated by that word into the image of Christ who is the Word.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
(Hear the word. Receive the Word. Do the Word. Thus bringing forth good fruit by that Word given you by God.)
For example:
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Think about that which you want to say. Evaluate it. "Will it bring grace to the hearer if you say that? Will it cause the hearer to be built in the way of God?" If so, speak. If not, do as Job did who put his hand over his mouth to keep from speaking. Call on God asking God to help you not to say that.
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James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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Joshua 1 God says:
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.
(We don't do the law of Moses but we do the Word of God given to the New Testament church today by the Spirit of God set forth for us in the New Testament Bible.)
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Philippians 4
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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