Serious Times:

Subdue Satan with—

When temptation comes you may subdue Satan by using the same weapon that Christ used. . . . . . Say to Satan, "It Is Written . . .!

Step #1 Before each day starts, pray the prayer of David in Psalm 51:10, 11:

Create in me a clean heart,

O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence;

and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Step #2 Believe that God has fulfilled His promise to your request

Step #3 Do not knowingly put your self in temptations way. Instantly turn from temptation.

Remember:

Temptation is not sin;

but playing with temptation

soon becomes sin.

Pray ‘The Lords Prayer’ in Matthew 6:13:

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil . . .

Step #4 Pray that the Holy Spirit will fill you with the mind of Christ.
Philippians 2:5

Let this mind be in you,

which was also in Christ Jesus:

Step #5 Remind yourself of your decision in Step #1. "By God’s promise I have accepted a clean heart and a right spirit. I will use the Potent Power of God’s Words to Subdue Satan." Psalm 51:12

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Step #6 Do not allow Satan to distract or ‘fog’ your brain, so that you become lured, bewitched, captivated, captured, charmed, enchanted, ensnared, hooked, seduced, or trapped. (Snapped!))

Step #7 Use any or all of God’s Potent Power that follows, and you will be able to subdue subtle Satan.

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up Isaiah 50:7 – 10

When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. Isaiah 59:19

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:30

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. Colossians 1:13

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1 John 3:9

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:33

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Ephesians 3:17, 20

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:27

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; Hebrews 10:16

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Jude 1:24

Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. John 5:`14

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Titus 2:14

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God. 1 Corinthians 2:12

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1 John 2:1

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13

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