Warfare

Spiritual warfare is a term given to any kind of interaction between God and evil. Some might call it the battle of light and darkness or angels versus demons. It's a spiritual battle that's going on all the time, all around us, wherever the presence of God is coming into contact with anything less than God. God and evil cannot co-exist. God is everywhere on earth, and evil is, sadly, nearly everywhere in varying degrees, because of the power of darkness that seeks to engulf us.

The dark forces pull out all the stops to trick us out of our good intentions, and it is only by our soul's determination to succeed and by the grace of God's assistance that we can get back on track. Without your spiritual armor it's easy to fall prey to a spiritual attack.

These attacks don't have to be frontal assaults. In fact they work better when they aren't obvious, because you're less likely to do anything about it. Cunning and subtle methods cause us to accept an intrusion into our world as 'the way things are' or 'just part of our personality'.

It's important to recognize when we need to call to God to take care of that negative spirit. Praying for discernment is key, as well as just simply practicing what we preach-that is that light and darkness have nothing in common.

However, Spiritual warfare is really one of the greatest blessings we have. We don't have to wallow in the darkness because we can call for spiritual protection from the Lord and He will fight back and raise us out of whatever negative state of mind or being we are in. This is a battle that can be won in Jesus name.