What Are You Learning?

Are you still reading your Bible everyday? I know I haven't checked up on this in a while and also I haven't given you guys any of the past 3 months reading plans... I'm sorry about that:). But my question is, what are you learning? If you are reading your Bible everyday, you should be learning something. If you aren't, I understand why. There have a few times where I read my Bible just because I'm supposed to, not because I need to. I've gone through my Bible reading time without focusing on it and when I was done couldn't even remember what I had just read. With school it can be easy to do that... we are too busy focusing on upcoming tests, or homework we have to do last minute, or, for me, I have soccer game and I'm so nervous I can't focus. None of those things are bad necessarily but Satan can use them to distract us from focusing on God and His Word. I just want to encourage you to read your Bible with a purpose and be learning something every time you open God's Word. Have a great day! :)

Defeating Satan

Here is an outline from a message I heard preached by Ron DeGarde at the WILDS camp during summer 2008.

Satan is aimed for us!!
Luke 22:31
1 Peter 5:8
Matthew 26:41

I) Warning Signs of our Enemy
A)After a spiritual victory
Joshua 7:1 (The Israelites had just had a great victory, but then sinned.)
B)When you're all alone
Numbers 32:23 (What you do when you're all alone will eventually be found out.)
C)When you're physically weak
Matthew 4:2 (Satan tempted Jesus when he was weak.)

II)Weapons of our Enemy (2 Corinthians 2:11)
A) Lust of the flesh
B) Pride of Life
C) Lust of the eyes (Ephesians 5:11)

III)The Weakness of our Enemy (This is the important part! It tells us how to overcome Satan!)
A) Scripture/God's Word
Meditate and Memorize God's Truth to defeat Satan!

So, in order to defeat Satan we need to follow the principle of Psalm 119:11 and "hide God's Word in our hearts, so as not to sin against Him."