Satan

I hate Satan. He is the father lies. He's a roaring lion. He destroys. He cheats. He confuses. He deceives.
When I was a youth minister, our church had a youth rally and the speaker gave an illustration I will never forget. He had the boys get on one side and the girls on the other. He got all of the boys together and said, "You are the church. I'm going to have the girls break you apart. So lock arms gather around each other and hold on tight!" Of course, the boys roared in approval because those weak, feminine girls couldn't break them apart. After all, they were boys...men! Yeah, men! Next the youth minister got the girls together and he privately said to them, "All right, girls, no rules. You can kick, bite, scratch, whatever. Do whatever you can to get them apart." The boys were armed with their pride and arrogance The girls were armed with their mission, and the war started. Those boys were such pansies. It didn't take ten seconds to break them apart.
That's what Satan does. He doesn't play fair. He'll bite, kick, scratch, and whatever. But it's not near that trivial.
Marriages are totally devastated. Relationships are completely destroyed. Fathers don't talk to their sons. Husbands cheat on their wives. Cares are supposedly wiped away by alcohol or drug abuse. And all because we don't believe it when God tells us to watch out for Satan. Take him seriously. But when you resist him, he'll run. That's what the Bible says. Jesus stood up to him and he went away for a more opportune time. He'll do the same with you. But you must realize, he doesn't care one whit about you. And remember that he'll get his in the end. God will take care of him. He doesn't have a chance. But you do. Have a great day! JW