{"id":48119,"date":"2021-09-06T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=48119"},"modified":"2021-09-08T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:05:30","slug":"strategies-of-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/strategies-of-satan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dangerous Strategies of Satan to Watch Out For"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are some strategies of Satan you need to watch out for? How do these strategies present themselves in your life? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main strategies of Satan include self-lies, toxic thoughts, and various mental battles. Essentially, <strong>Satan is invested in your defeat, and his primary target is your mind.<\/strong> Knowing about the strategies of Satan will help you to spot them in your own life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for the main strategies of Satan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategies of Satan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll identify the strategies of Satan, and his basic, interlinked attack strategies, exposing their nature and impact. The main strategies of Satan are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Self-lies<\/li><li>Toxic Thoughts&nbsp;<\/li><li>Mental Battles<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll cover each of the main strategies of Satan in detail below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) <strong>Self-Lies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first strategy of Satan convinces you to believe lies about yourself, which are rooted in a lie about God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your self-lies resolve into <strong>three general categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cI\u2019m helpless.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI\u2019m worthless.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI\u2019m unlovable.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The fundamental lie about God that lurks behind your self-lies is <strong>the unconscious belief that God\u2019s love isn\u2019t for you.<\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>The source of these lies is both spiritual and practical. As stated in Chapter 1, the ultimate source of all such lies is demonic. On the practical level, painful life experiences generate self-lies, which then become part of you when engraved in your brain through toxic thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The lie behind all your fears is the idea that you can\u2019t face God as you really are. <\/strong>Satan\u2019s hand in establishing such an idea, and also his motivation for doing it, is clear. The enemy hates your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/time-alone-with-god\/\">time with God<\/a> because it heals you and makes you dangerous to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) <strong>Toxic Thoughts and Their Toxic Effects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The second strategy of Satan is toxic thoughts. Toxic thoughts, arising from self-lies, have devastating effects on your life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For one thing, <strong>toxic thoughts shape your mind, emotions, and responses, creating their own alternate reality, a false mental state in which and from which distorted reasoning seems true. <\/strong>They blind you to the real truth by trapping you in negative cycles that you build whole chunks of your life around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A Christian may read of God\u2019s love in the Bible and believe it\u2019s true theoretically but not really <em>for them<\/em>, so misery and dysfunction shape their identity in isolation from God\u2019s love.<\/li><li>Someone with a spouse distracted by work may feel worthless and invisible, so they end up generating constant arguments, making their spouse an enemy, and losing joy and peace.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Allen has also experienced toxic thoughts that have had long-lasting effects on her life. For instance, she describes the diminishment, shame, and insecurity that she felt when a fellow student in her high school biology class called her dumb. She also describes the residual, lurking thought that her husband didn\u2019t love her after their first fight as newlyweds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) <strong>Mental Battles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The third strategy of Satan includes various mental battles:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle Against Distraction<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your enemy in this first battle is distraction<\/strong>, which keeps you from seeking God\u2019s help to quiet the chaos in your mind. You can distract yourself with any number of things, from social media and busyness to playing music constantly and \u201cdoing things\u201d for God without taking time to actually meet with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The enemy\u2019s basic lie in this battle is that you\u2019ll feel better if you remain distracted. The lie is fueled by your fear of facing yourself and being \u201cfound out\u201d by God. This fear breaks down into three sub-fears:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fear of working (since quiet time with God brings up responsibilities for you to fulfill)&nbsp;<\/li><li>Fear of having to change (since quiet times brings up awareness of your sins and bad habits)&nbsp;<\/li><li>Fear of being alone (since you may be afraid that quiet time will reveal that God isn\u2019t really there)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Underlying all these fears is another lie: the idea that you can\u2019t face God as you really are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle Against Shame<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your enemy in this second battle is shame,<\/strong> which leads you to behave self-protectively by generating an illusion of self-enclosed autonomy. The enemy\u2019s basic lie in this battle is that you can \u201cdo it on your own,\u201d that you can live your own life and solve your own problems. This lie is generated and fueled by your shame, your fear that other people would reject you and abandon you if they really knew your thoughts, actions, and true identity. Shame produces a dysfunctional behavioral pattern by leading you to act self-protectively, to push other people away, to refuse help, and thus to isolate yourself and feel worthless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle Against Fear<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your enemy in this third battle is fear<\/strong>, which leads you to believe that God isn\u2019t actually in control of the world and your life. Fear\u2019s lie is that you can\u2019t trust God to take care of your future. This lie is fueled by the question \u201cWhat if?\u201d What if this person hurts me? What if my children die? The stress brought on by this fear is both psychologically and physically debilitating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle Against Cynicism<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your enemy of cynicism<\/strong> makes you pessimistic about people and life in general. The enemy\u2019s basic lie in this battle is twofold: that you can\u2019t trust people and that life won\u2019t work out. Below this lies a deeper lie: that you can\u2019t trust God. The enemy attacks with this lie by flooding your mind with thoughts about everything that\u2019s wrong with our broken, fallen world. Cynicism perverts your view of God and wears down your ability to see him correctly. Its source is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/healing-emotional-pain-eckhart-tolle-emotions\/\">emotional pain<\/a> from your wounds and disappointments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle Against Self-Importance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your enemy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sense-of-self-importance\/\">self-importance<\/a> or self-inflation<\/strong> tells you that you\u2019re awesome, and that it\u2019s important to dwell on this. The enemy\u2019s basic lie in this battle is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-self-esteem-and-why-is-it-important\/\">self-esteem is<\/a> your life-compass, your primary tool for navigating and achieving a good life. We\u2019re easy prey for this lie, because in our fallen state we\u2019re naturally self-absorbed, and our surrounding culture of narcissism caters to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle Against Victimhood<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your enemy of victimhood<\/strong> traps you in an unhappy state of mind centered in self-pity over your painful experiences. The enemy\u2019s basic lie in this battle is that you\u2019re a victim of your circumstances. It tells you that you\u2019re doomed to a life of misery because of the negative things that have happened to you or because of what\u2019s been withheld from you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Battle Against Complacency<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your enemy of complacency<\/strong> traps you in a state of listless passivity in which you find comfort in mediocrity and the status quo while you indulge your own whims and lose your passion for God. The enemy\u2019s basic lie in this battle is that you\u2019re free to live for yourself, to do whatever you want to do. It leads you to focus on your needs, desires, and reputation, resulting in a dangerous addiction to your own comfort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are some strategies of Satan you need to watch out for? How do these strategies present themselves in your life? The main strategies of Satan include self-lies, toxic thoughts, and various mental battles. Essentially, Satan is invested in your defeat, and his primary target is your mind. Knowing about the strategies of Satan will help you to spot them in your own life. 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