Michael Collum
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If you really want to pick a fight with the enemy this is the way to do it .
It says in the gospel of Matthew that the gates of hell will not prevail against us . and in James to resist the enemy and they will flee . and furthermore in proverbs that by doing what is right you resist those who rebel .
1) If someone insults you . thank them .
2) If someone physically abuses you . pray for them . and continue to love them as if nothing happened . continue to pray "Father, do not hold this against them"
3) If someone does something to disturb you psychologically pray to God to use that circumstance to transform you to be more like Him . and be what the bible says love is to this person .
4) If people want nothing to do with you because of Jesus or something He taught that you're applying (and no bad reason) then leap for joy dance around like crazy even if they're supposed to be Christians this really irks the enemy that might be influencing them .
5) When people tell you that you cannot do something because it is "impossible" .. begin praying out loud or sing (if you have a good voice for writing, surprisingly this is even better
) loud praise songs to God thanking Him for what He is about to do . then go and do what they said was impossible .
6) If people talk about rules . talk about grace .
7) After talking about grace and trust . demonstrate love the bible talks about . then say what it is . if the premise of the conversation doesn't come from love . then it is not of God, because God is love . always stay true to the love premise .
and i guarantee . eventually you will have plenty of enemies you can see and cannot see just because you followed some simple instructions and Jesus Christ .
Furthermore,
8) if you discern someone is acting out of pride . be humble or humble yourself to a ridiculous level .
9) if you discern someone is being really hateful . then love them continue to be patient, kind, not seeking your own, laying down your life .. etc .
10) If someone is being manipulative . let them continue to manipulate, let me explain: you are first of all doing the public a service by exposing a manipulative person by letting them obviously manipulate you . second: this is another form of "turning the other cheek" as Paul said regarding "not taking your fellow brothers and sisters to court" .. "why not be defrauded?" in summary we take the abuse . God gets the glory .
11) If someone is being very legalistic and unyielding regarding their opinion on something and expects you to do what they say . just do it in a very easy to be entreated manner . if they ask you to give up your faith, do not act defensively . just say something to the effect that .. that is an equally valid opinion and divert the conversation . if they press the issue bring up something about religious freedom legislation if it exists in your country as per Paul's example of leveraging his Roman citizenship to draw even more attention to Christ . If such laws do exist in your region follow this same example . otherwise, turn the other cheek and continue to let them keep their opinion and you keep yours .
12) Since some are into verbal taunts . i find the most effective one is on this premise: The devil is not capable of the worst kind of evil . he is not made in the image (or likeness) of God . he needs to use humans to do the worst kind of evil . he must stoop down and try and corrupt us so that we accomplish what he is completely incapable of doing himself . that really usually gets the enemy camp really really angry because that is the core of the matter and it brings out their feelings of inferiority . in these situations . stay in the grace of God and continue to love people no matter what they do . as .. when the enemy attacks some people are vulnerable and they will attack you through them . i've seen entire forums thrown into disarray for months because of the fallout of such things done in a spirit of pride .
So the moral of the story is . don't pick a fight with the enemy . our work is to remove their living space from all creation . and as their habitat is removed like cornered animals we do not need to go to them . they will come to us .
That is what i have found helpful hope it helps you also .
God bless .
-Michael
It says in the gospel of Matthew that the gates of hell will not prevail against us . and in James to resist the enemy and they will flee . and furthermore in proverbs that by doing what is right you resist those who rebel .
1) If someone insults you . thank them .
2) If someone physically abuses you . pray for them . and continue to love them as if nothing happened . continue to pray "Father, do not hold this against them"
3) If someone does something to disturb you psychologically pray to God to use that circumstance to transform you to be more like Him . and be what the bible says love is to this person .
4) If people want nothing to do with you because of Jesus or something He taught that you're applying (and no bad reason) then leap for joy dance around like crazy even if they're supposed to be Christians this really irks the enemy that might be influencing them .
5) When people tell you that you cannot do something because it is "impossible" .. begin praying out loud or sing (if you have a good voice for writing, surprisingly this is even better
) loud praise songs to God thanking Him for what He is about to do . then go and do what they said was impossible .6) If people talk about rules . talk about grace .
7) After talking about grace and trust . demonstrate love the bible talks about . then say what it is . if the premise of the conversation doesn't come from love . then it is not of God, because God is love . always stay true to the love premise .
and i guarantee . eventually you will have plenty of enemies you can see and cannot see just because you followed some simple instructions and Jesus Christ .
Furthermore,
8) if you discern someone is acting out of pride . be humble or humble yourself to a ridiculous level .
9) if you discern someone is being really hateful . then love them continue to be patient, kind, not seeking your own, laying down your life .. etc .
10) If someone is being manipulative . let them continue to manipulate, let me explain: you are first of all doing the public a service by exposing a manipulative person by letting them obviously manipulate you . second: this is another form of "turning the other cheek" as Paul said regarding "not taking your fellow brothers and sisters to court" .. "why not be defrauded?" in summary we take the abuse . God gets the glory .
11) If someone is being very legalistic and unyielding regarding their opinion on something and expects you to do what they say . just do it in a very easy to be entreated manner . if they ask you to give up your faith, do not act defensively . just say something to the effect that .. that is an equally valid opinion and divert the conversation . if they press the issue bring up something about religious freedom legislation if it exists in your country as per Paul's example of leveraging his Roman citizenship to draw even more attention to Christ . If such laws do exist in your region follow this same example . otherwise, turn the other cheek and continue to let them keep their opinion and you keep yours .
12) Since some are into verbal taunts . i find the most effective one is on this premise: The devil is not capable of the worst kind of evil . he is not made in the image (or likeness) of God . he needs to use humans to do the worst kind of evil . he must stoop down and try and corrupt us so that we accomplish what he is completely incapable of doing himself . that really usually gets the enemy camp really really angry because that is the core of the matter and it brings out their feelings of inferiority . in these situations . stay in the grace of God and continue to love people no matter what they do . as .. when the enemy attacks some people are vulnerable and they will attack you through them . i've seen entire forums thrown into disarray for months because of the fallout of such things done in a spirit of pride .
So the moral of the story is . don't pick a fight with the enemy . our work is to remove their living space from all creation . and as their habitat is removed like cornered animals we do not need to go to them . they will come to us .
That is what i have found helpful hope it helps you also .
God bless .
-Michael
It's very hard to love someone who has hurt you...emotionally or physically. But God loves my Dad. And He's forgiven my Dad. Thanks for the post. Very inspiring!
