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When Demons Try To Get You Down...Do This

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

When Demons Try To Get You Down...Do This

1 MIN READ ◦ DOUG GILES
“Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees.”
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 (MSG)

As stated profusely throughout scripture, Satan is no fan of the on-fire believer (1Pet 5:8,9; Eph 6:10-20). The apostle Paul soared to heights in God that would give most Christians a violent nosebleed. Yep, Paul knew the Lord on a much higher level than your typical groovy youth pastor.

With that high level of intimacy with God came a stack of devils that tried to wear Paul out. What’s weird is that God allowed Satan’s vehement opposition to Paul to keep him from getting a big head. The intense demonic opposition Paul went through didn’t thrill Paul at all. Matter of fact, and as you can imagine, Paul begged God several times to get those evil monkeys off his back, and yet, our loving heavenly Father said, “No ... I like it when you are weak and dependent upon Me versus being a haughty-know-it- all-problem-free apostle.” (Author’s paraphrase)

When Paul got that download from the Lord he then saw all the garbage Satan was tossing in his direction as an actual gift that made him experience more of God’s grace and His strength. The demonic attacks which made Paul feel abused, opposed, hammered, and weak were morphed into more of God’s divine favor and His holy supernatural strength toward Paul. The resultant effect was that Paul now welcomed the warfare. He took getting opposed by el Diablo as an opportunity for Jesus to show Himself mighty in Paul’s un-mightiness. Indeed, when Paul felt puny under Satan’s assault that’s when he became more powerful in Christ.

Clash Ministries is here to do two things, namely, put brains and cojones on Christians. Yep, our holy job is renewing minds (Rom.12:1-2) and emboldening hearts (Prov.28:1). Your generosity helps us throttle the enemy by equipping God's people to live bold, wild and free in Him. You are a vital part of this ministry and we could not do this without you. Thank you for your faithful gifts and partnership and remember to always ... stay rowdy!

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Doug Giles is a pastor and a bestselling author and artist. Giles is also the founder of ClashDaily.com (300M+ page views). Follow Doug on Instagram and X @TheArtOfDoug.

Doug Giles is the host of The Doug Giles Podcast, the co-founder and co-host of the Warriors & Wildmen Podcast (1M+ downloads) and the man behind ClashDaily. com. In addition to driving ClashDaily.com (300M+ page views), Giles is the author of several #1 Amazon best- sellers. His book Psalms of War: Prayers That Literally Kick Ass (2021) spent 26 weeks at #1 on Amazon. In 2018, Giles was permanently banned from his two-mil- lion followers on Facebook.Doug is also an artist and a filmmaker, and his online gallery can be seen at DougGiles.Art. His first film, Biblical Badasses: A Raw Look at Christianity and Art, is available via DougGiles.Art.Doug’s writings have appeared in several other print and online news sources, including Townhall.com,The Washington Times,The Daily Caller, Fox Nation, Human Events, USA Today,The Wall Street Journal,The Washington Examiner, American Hunter Magazine, and ABC News.

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