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DEFEATING THE ENEMY
1. Know your enemy :
Who is an enemy? An enemy is a person who is against another person with an intent to do harm. He is an adversary with an intention to stop you from reaching your desired goals. The enemy of a man can be humans or spirits. It may also amaze you to know that a man can be his own enemy.
a person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent is an enemy.
As Christians, we have one major enemy who is the devil (Satan). He lurks around seeking for whom he may destroy. The Bible calls him the “thief”. The natural or human thief is a physical enemy; a person who has given his soul to the devil as a tool of operation. The scripture says; “if a thief be caught, he shall be made to restore a seven fold. Therefore, efforts must be put to catch the thief.

2Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

The one that works against your life is the devil; he resists God’s children from moving into their desired estates. He is the one who forcefully or secretly takes what isn’t his(thief), he is a murderer; seeking to terminate all that belongs to us (killer), his mission is to dismantle the good work of God’s children (destroyer).

John 10:10, “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."

1Peter 5:8 says; be sober, which means to be clear-headed, be business-like, be severe, serious, and thoughtful etc. If you must defeat your enemy, you must be anything, but unserious, insensible, etc. Do not take the enemy for a joke. He a foe who does not play around. He means business to up turn the destiny of God’s people. Satan isn’t just our enemy, he is God’s arch-enemy from the beginning. We are always engaged in battles according to the Scriptures. The Bible says; “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Eph.6:12. Now we really know the kinds of forces we are up against. These are not enemies with physical appearances, rather they are spiritual entities with power.