 Good morning and welcome to this morning's class everyone. Let's begin with a word of prayer and I want to request One of the students to please lead in prayer either here On campus or online About Also your knowledge your guidance large all she will teach us in a proper way thought I keep everyone in your hand She is name I pray amen amen And thank you. Dixia. Let's get back into our notes here we saw The different kinds of authority which we have the dimensions of authority and then we discussed about Whom or what do we have authority over we saw that we have authority over Satan and his demons We have authority over the works of Satan which include sickness Any kind of evil that Satan and his demons do we also saw that? nature here's the voice of the Lord nature heats to the word of God and so Even when we speak to nature we can express our authority So these are all the areas that we have covered so far today We will study in detail about the strategies of Satan now regarding Satan we have Already established that he is defeated. Isn't it? He's already defeated. He does not have the power But why is it that all of us are going through things? Where we can say that Satan is Causing some form of trouble In our lives. So though he is a defeated enemy we find that there are certain strategies by which he works and He still tries to attack a believer or he tries to interfere In the lives of not just believers but everyone on the earth because we've seen That he is against Man who's created in God's image, okay? so Because he is defeated What do you think? he would do to Destroy the lives of people. He does not have any weapons. So when we say that he is defeated think of an enemy Like a soldier who does not have any weapon who does not have any protection does not have any shield Does not have any authority. So what will that kind of a person do? How will they attack us? What do you think I? Know we not like war is not something we've experienced but from your knowledge Whatever you read books storybooks and things. What do you think an enemy without weapons if they want to attack us What might they do? They just give me some thoughts Sorry Yeah, they'll play with our mind because they cannot directly attack. Isn't it if they had a sword or a Gun or something then they can immediately destroy us. But now that they cannot do it They'll play some games, right? Either they'll make our life difficult by you know some mind games what Komal is saying or They might do something in our circumstances where things which are smooth will become full of entrances Okay, or the worst case scenario is where The enemy will push us to destroy ourselves That's what he can do because Directly he cannot do but indirectly he can do all these things So we'll just play games to make it more and more difficult for us and that is what we have to recognize so in You know in war language, they call it like gorilla tactics Okay, so what happens is there are people who don't have any authority. They don't have any resources They will come in and maybe they'll try to influence Political leaders, they'll try to influence some of the key people in the society community Maybe some young people who are passionate. So what's happening? They're outside but they are creating an influence and then slowly they can create Hatred towards the political system towards the leadership and then they can do whatever they want to do because there's a lot of strife There's a lot of conflict. Okay within the community So that's how this gorilla tactics works and it's the same thing as far as Satan is concerned What he does is he plays by strategy. Okay, anyone here played chess Okay, all of us have played chess. So, you know, we think right we think ahead of time Okay, I'll do that then he might do this then, you know, I'll do that. So that is strategy We are thinking very strategically how to get the enemy and that's how Satan is he observes People he observes, you know each one of us and he knows Which which are the best moves that he can make to get us down so strategy is what he works with and Imagine if there's a very good enemy like let's go back to the chess example Okay, you're playing with somebody who's not good at the game. Is it easy to defeat them? So easy and just quickly two three moves and you're done, right? But if the person who's playing against you is very good Then what do you do? No, you have to think also you have to really think and maybe even think how they are thinking you have to begin to Understand the enemy strategy Because if you can get their strategy you can keep yourself safe It's very similar with Satan Okay, now we've already mentioned that we must not become very demon conscious or you know very Conscious that Satan is there Satan will do something. It's not like that But strategy means we can understand his mindset Because only if I understand his mindset, I can protect myself. I can protect my people Okay, so to that extent we need That sharpness to recognize what is the devil up to what could he do? What could he do in my personal life? What could he do in my family? So when we think like that We can raise up guards or you know like a wall of protection We can pray for ourselves. We can get out of certain things which are not good for us Okay, so that way we become stronger and Protected so today, let's look at his tactics. So a very smart enemy What would he do? There are at least three tactics which are enlisted here in our notes for us First one is mind games Okay, mind games Second one is open doors Third one is violations and intrusions So don't worry. We will explain each one. Then you will understand better first one is mind games We have seen already in second Corinthians 2 11 that Satan Has many devices or he has many schemes plots and Paul wrote to the church. He said don't be ignorant or don't be Negligent about the Works of Satan Understand his mind games What are some of the common things that he does? We have already seen earlier, but now we'll repeat and maybe we will touch on a few Thoughts give it, you know a little bit more Time to study and understand So blindness Blindness is something that Satan does and this especially Happens in the case of unbelievers So unbelievers, he keeps them in a place where they are Get spiritually blind They're not able to see the truth of God even when the gospel is preached It's as if there is a scale Right, and they are unable to see The truth so blindness is something that he puts on the People it's a spiritual thing, you know people can see but spiritually They're not able to perceive and that is a work of Satan. He keeps the people blind As far as the gospel is concerned. So we as Believers and ministers of God, okay, I'm gonna call you all ministers of God because you're going to serve the Lord You're serving the Lord already. So as ministers of the Lord when we Preach the gospel We need to understand that it's a spiritual battle Okay, we can't go and we can't just like fight with people and say no you have to accept it It's not a like a physical battle or a social battle. It's not like that It firstly is a Spiritual battle and which is why when there is blindness Satan puts blindness. What should we do? We have to pray Okay, when we pray then God will remove that blindness Those demonic strongholds will be broken people's eyes will be opened okay, so when there is an enemy and Let's say the enemy is very strong And that enemy is blocking the entrance to your house What will you first do you'll first get that enemy down right only then we can enter the house So in the same way Especially when we are ministering the gospel and people are not able to receive it Why is that happening because there's like a strong man Satan and his demons. They are keeping the people blind So what should we do first get the strongman out of the way? That we can do by prayer. We can do by declaration. We can do by fasting Do you remember we spoke about that father Nash who went in trade and then Charles Finney's ministry was so powerful Why did that happen because somebody did the spiritual battle? Got rid of the demonic works. Isn't it? So it's like that we too must battle it out in prayer and then we will see that blindness will Be taken off of people. So blindness is something that he does Also When it comes to our minds, we've seen the way he Puts a wrong thought in our mind. What is a wrong thought? What is a wrong thought? Any Yeah, anything Anything which is not in God's will Okay, so how did how did Satan tempt Eve what did the what was the question that he asked Eve? The garden did really God say yeah, correct. So you see there is a Question that he poses to Eve and he confuses her like the God really say Can you really trust God? Is that the best solution? So that's his way. He'll put a thought in your mind. So then that makes us think. Oh, maybe God and tell me everything Maybe there's more to it. Maybe I can discover it and enjoy Right. There is some pleasure which is being withheld from me So how did it start? It started with many thoughts. It started with one thought See, so that is that is what is So very key in our Christian walk Okay, it sounds Somewhat overwhelming that oh every thought has to be aligned to God But it's possible Right when we renew our minds. I know there will be struggles. There will be times when we are tempted There will be times when we are, you know, like a lot under pressure Different circumstances. We're struggling. So all those things are there. That's a reality of life. However We have to make a Decision that no matter what I'm going through I must make sure that all my thoughts are aligned to the word of God and if we are confused, right? Like suppose, let's say there's a thought in my mind. I should do like this or this is what I desire If you're not sure, we can always spend time in the word. What does the word say? Go back to the word check the word see. Okay. Is it correct? Is it scripturally right? Will my life, you know, I can I still maintain holiness and purity if I do these things if I you know contemplate these things So basically to ensure that the thought is aligned to the mind of God so there's a Minister of God who made this statement. I cannot afford to have Even a single thought in my mind, which is not in the mind of God Okay, so it's like that Because Satan knows that the battle ground It's not even our circumstances. It's the mind So if you can get us in the mind, he got us. We're already defeated right in the mind Got it. So that is why our thoughts are so important and we saw last time from second content chapter 10 Versus four to five. There is a progression. So initially it starts with one thought Why can't it be like this? Why can't I do like that? Or I want this it starts like that with the thought and then it moves to arguments where remember we said we we make up our own excuses arguments right we make up our own reasoning we say no, it's fine because it's it's correct or it's good It's beneficial our own reasoning and then finally it becomes a stronghold So at the point when it is a stronghold, it's very difficult to break. It's very difficult to get rid of it So that's the reason we have to be careful about our thought life Okay, so one was blindness second is the area of our thoughts and of course his Other tactic is being deceptive Okay, being very deceptive or He's very crafty Meaning he'll present the lie like a truth and he'll present the truth like a lie So it's deceptive right? It's it's wrong. What he's saying is wrong His suggestion is wrong. So deception is also another thing that we must be careful about because when We give place for deception Then our thinking gets corrupted and You see everything in life flows from our thoughts So Imagine a person who is feeling very hopeless They are feeling like this is the end of my life. I cannot do anything Where is that motivation coming from? It's coming from the mind that suggestion is coming from the mind So person who's so discouraged, maybe they won't do anything. They won't try hard. They just give up Okay, so that's what happens But imagine if their mind is positive something happens crisis, but they are positive and they say no I still have hope. Maybe I can do this. Maybe I can talk to so-and-so. So the thought life What's happening? The thought life is actually motivating them to Keep living keep living for the purpose of God. So in the mind in the mind if let's say we accept a wrong ideology that Okay, I cannot do anything or I will not be successful What it does is it really corrupts our mind When we say corrupt corrupt means You know when something becomes weak Okay Imagine like you know you have some object of iron you have an iron filler Iron filler and it's very strong but what will happen if it is you know very Extensively rusted if it's very rusted and you know there are holes in it. It's an iron filler But at that point what will happen to the strength of that iron pillar? It's weak Isn't it so when something is rusted? It becomes or in this case the iron pillar becomes weak the same way Satan knows that if our minds are not Functioning well then Our thinking will get corrupted He can make us weak and we always say that From the thought comes the action Okay, so Once we are thinking something we act on it and when we keep acting or Doing those things it becomes maybe a habit and habit Is what is a part of our lifestyle so our lifestyle is impacted by our thinking it starts with the thinking How we live it's actually starting from our thought life So that is why the thought life is so important now if the mind is renewed well and good But if it's not renewed it if it gets let's say corrupted Right ungodly things evil things then we are actually experiencing weakness of our will weakness in our emotions And it's it's affecting our behavior. It's affecting our Lifestyle, it's affecting our relationships. It's affecting our business. It affects everything So that is why the mind You've got to understand is a very important area and even Satan knows that he knows That's the place that he wants to attack us so that he can bring us down So he attacks in many ways as far as our mind is concerned Now here we have a list or a table which you can look at in your notes and it shows the various attacks of Satan and The corresponding part of the armor which we should be putting on So when it comes to blind blinding in our minds We must have the helmet of salvation So I'm I will quickly go through this because we will come back again to these these Parts of the armor so for the mind put on the helmet When you put the helmet is it safe like can we Escape even if we are in an accident. Yeah, because it's supposed to protect our head So put on the helmet helmet of salvation then We we know that another attack of the devil is He induces or he attracts us to sin or Unrighteousness so for that what should we do? Breastplate of righteousness if we are holding on to righteousness then unrighteousness cannot happen through our lives now moving on lies deception and untruth so he speaks lies But what has God given us God has given us the truth of his word. So then we hold on to the truth That's the way we battle it then any form of strife or Discord or disunity among ourselves. That's also something that comes from Satan But we know that God has given us the shoes of the good news of peace So we can put on the shoes of peace and that will help us in our Circumstances in our ministry then Other things like doubt fear anxiety worry for this we can hold up the shield of faith So thank God God knows what are the Tactics of Satan and God has given us different parts of the armor and God says don't worry You can protect yourself as long as you put it on What if I don't put it on? Yeah, we're exposed We're exposed and at that time we cannot say why God why why this why that because I expose myself and this happen Right, so this is how we understand see Satan is a very strategic enemy and therefore We ourselves need to understand How to deal with it and we must not give the devil any place in our lives So one good thing to do one good exercise to do is to just maybe take a piece of paper and this is for yourself You don't have to show anyone but you can just think about your own life reflect on your own life reflect on maybe some of the failures reflect on some of the weaknesses In not too much not to make you depressed But just write it down and you can make out, you know What kind of a person you are and where are your areas of weakness? Okay, now if you were And then just imagine Now the enemy Satan right now Satan knows about these areas How do you strategically work against me? What could he do to get me? right, so Why are you doing this because then you can actually know How to help yourself when you you know, hey this I am really not good at these things I better be careful, you know, but I escaped temptation in this area. I better You know get some counsel or better study the word and become stronger So just an exercise for ourselves and I think we need to do this In every season of our lives just to understand ourselves better Where am I constantly falling if I'm falling why am I constantly falling? What is it that I'm believing? You know, which is making me do that So just help yourself because there is an active enemy So before he gets you better to understand myself and Prepare myself Right, so that's how we can help against the Mind games of the devil Now let's look at some open doors. Okay, please feel free to stop me at any point to maybe ask questions or Yes, yes, Shani Yeah, I don't understand in terms of when you sit Spiritual in terms of blindness. How can the devil put blindness on people? How does he do that? Hmm Okay, how does he put blindness on people? I'm not too sure. Okay, let me try Okay, this scripture is from second Corinthians chapter 4 and verse 4. It says Whose minds the God of this age has blinded Who do not believe? Lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ Who is the image of God should shine on them? so it very clearly says The God of this age has he has blinded now my understanding is that he can do this through some of the patterns of thinking Okay, he can do this by Suggesting certain philosophies or certain You know beliefs Which are attractive and which unbelievers would subscribe to? If you look at our own world, there are all kinds of You know thought processes that people have very consumerist kind of mindset. They people also have You know very humanistic approach to things. They say no, you don't need God We are enough. We are sustainable. So all these patterns of thinking are in the world Okay, so then some of these are very attractive and when people subscribe to this They they are caught up in that and even when we are speaking the truth of the gospel They're not able to recognize so in a way Blindness happens, right? They're not able to perceive or they're not able to receive what we are speaking to them So that's that's one manner But of course Spiritual blindness could also mean just plain blinding them that you're not it like we're speaking the gospel But they just don't get it. I don't know if it's happened to you But it's happened to me like when I was spoken to some of my friends and you know People that I want to share the gospel with though. We are speaking so clearly They just don't understand. They're like, yeah, so Jesus died. How does it matter, right? So then you're like, why can't you understand? So that is that blindness Spiritual blindness does is that okay, Shani? Yeah, I guess the last part what you gave example you explained somebody don't understand how they don't explain it like Yeah, I guess that's a little bit of the first part but when you when you gave example about how you explained So for some people they just don't understand it. I just that you come out develop a blindness But I still don't understand how he I guess he still does that through the mind too. They're just not getting it Yeah, I mean he could have a couple of couple of Processes to get to that but We do know that he blinds people so I shared a few and then maybe there are others Okay, yeah, okay. All right, thank you Yeah, brother Sunday, I'll just come to you. There's a question here in the class So let's just add to that, you know, even for a believer when you're just Refusing to read the word of God Okay, or you know differing that could also be exposed to you know, the blindness of So not not engaging in the word of God, right it can cause blindness and very honestly my personal experience is that When you know, some some seasons of our lives we read so much We're just so into reading the word and then there are certain other seasons When maybe we get so busy and then it's not that we're neglecting but we're not putting in that much effort but frankly For me personally, I think I forget So just because earlier I used to read a lot It doesn't mean that that's going to be with me all the time I still have to put the same effort every season of my life so that I remember things clearly I'm talking about the word of God Okay, so then that is helpful to kind of overcome any tactic of the devil. Yes, brother Sanjay. Please go ahead Yes, I just wanted to share something on spiritual blindness like my own experience with spiritual blindness So before I came to Christ, so I was into other philosophies Eastern philosophies and I was into new age Teachings and things like that. So most of Eastern philosophies and new age teachings They tell us that all faiths are the same and they lead to the same direction So that's that was my strong belief and so if anyone encouraged me to read the Bible I would say no there's no there's no need to read the Bible because the Bible is the same as everything else It's just it's just the same truths put in a different package And it all leads in the same direction Yes, and so so I had no inclination to even pick up the Bible and read the Bible So I was I was biblically illiterate to say and I never thought about it It is only through the my journey of life I know for some reason I have I mean all glory and credit to God that God was kind of whispering to me in my journey And that's how in a way I was drawn towards The gospel as it drawn towards Christ and When I started to read the Bible it was like scales fell off my eyes I could see that the Bible was totally different from all the philosophies. I've read over the years there's a there's a I mean there's I would say it's like The the difference is vast difference between the teachings of the Bible and the other Eastern philosophies and new age Teachings that I had studied earlier a lot of difference and I realized that Christ didn't just die for Christians He died for all of humanity and that was something I never realized and I never even realized the importance of sin and the gravity of sin and Then without a savior, none of us can actually Be reconciled with God all these truths these deep spiritual truths I only came to know when you know like the scales fell off my eyes and my eyes were open So that I was in spiritual darkness I was in spiritual blindness before I came to Christ and my my journey and I would say my faith only got stronger as I continued to study scripture and you know Discuss spiritual things which other spiritual brothers and sisters in Christ. So I just wanted to share that. Thank you Thank you. Thank you brother. Thank you for sharing your own testimony We understand that though you had exposure To Jesus and what he had done you were not able to understand it or accept it But there came a point when there was a turn around and then you were able to see like as you stated I was able to see what Jesus did and so therefore We we recognize that Satan uses blindness to keep people out of knowing the truth Any any other questions Okay, I can hear you speaking but I can't it's not clear Okay, I'm not able to hear you could you please try if you don't mind Because your voice is very very unclear Okay, we'll just wait for the we are to Okay, we'll just probably have her type that might be better Yes, any any other questions any points for discussion just in In in line with the same place like no scripture says you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free So not knowing the truth is like being in bondage and you know that type of a blindness Truth this you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free Yes, so not knowing the truth is something that we are in bondage and We are into that blindness Not being aware of the truth or you know when it is hidden The last part I couldn't know not knowing the truth or not being exposed to the truth Yeah, it's a way of you know getting into bondage and a bit of blindness. Yeah ignorance ignorance You know my people perish because of lack of knowledge was there for six days So not knowing the truth is also a problem in John 832 right? It says you shall know the truth and the truth will set you free So in the life of a believer, it's so beautiful if we just track back our own lives And if we track one and one of our struggles, maybe right? Let me just take for example fear believer is struggling with fear and He you know at some point in their life, they they're not able to do anything because they they fear They don't take steps poorly But they are committed to God's word they're committed to learning the truth of God's word and as they are journey with God because they are Exposing themselves to the word of God, you know, you would observe that after a period of time in that same area There is so much of liberty. There's so much of freedom and Whether or not they went to someone and whether or not they had somebody lay hands on them You find that the person is free the person is strong. How did that happen? You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free like even if let's say people are just coming to church Right Sunday after Sunday, they're coming listening to the word listening to the word After a while, there are all kinds of changes In people's lives because the word is ministering They're being exposed to the truth the truth, you know, the word is working in our hearts and faith is rising. So There is a definite change You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free and that's another reason why we have to take the truth to all parts of the world the truth of the gospel and even to Equip churches and believers because a lot of believers. Maybe they don't know they just don't know how to be free from temptation It's so sad. Sometimes we Come across maybe very mature believers in Christ, right? They've been in the lot for so many years And in programs like this, maybe they have asked the in fact one person asked a question How should I overcome temptation now? They've already lived With the Lord for many years by now, they should know how to overcome temptation, but they don't know Because the truth of the word was probably never taught So how to help people become strong? How to help people rise up to the to the potential that God has for them? Okay, preach the truth the undiluted uncompromised truth of God And as we are doing that right day after day week after week Lives are being impacted people are changing. Okay, mindsets are changing There's there's a greater sense of You know purpose in people's lives so so much happens just by proclaiming the truth And that's why it's so very necessary and important. Okay, so that's like a side thought there and I'm just looking at Okay, so there are comments here in the notes Sorry comments in the chat and Lucy says hearing and Hearing the word of God made me enroll myself in Bible College to grow spiritually in God's word. Okay, so You know, she wants to grow in the word of God and the Bible College obviously is a good Opportunity to expose us ourselves to more of God's word Okay, so then that also brings stability and in our lives. All right, so if there are no more questions about Mine games, let's look at open doors How can there be open doors through which the enemy can attack us? So here are a few points of entry. You remember we said that we have Authority because we are now redeemed And when we say we are redeemed we belong to Jesus we confess that in the last class I belong to Jesus But how is it that the enemy gains entry because of the doors that we leave open? So, how do we leave these doors open? There are a couple of reasons given here First one of course is sin. So when we engage in any form of sin It becomes an open door for the enemy. Now as believers Is it possible that we we are believers? Okay, we have believers, but Is it possible that we end up making some mistakes or? No, as believers we can never make a mistake. What is what would be our take on that? Yeah, we do Yeah, we can't short circuit the process. We are learning we have to grow We have to develop ourselves. So some mistakes do happen and You know certain sins Knowingly or unknowingly we commit Now doing things knowingly is terrible. We when we know that it's not good and then we still do it That's not at all good in our spiritual walk with the Lord But when these things happen, what should we do? Let's say I made a mistake, right? If I miss by mistake, I made a mistake because you know, what should I do? I'm a believer Confess. Yeah, confess repent repent Actually that word repent when we look up the biblical meaning of it It it means making a u-turn Turning around so I'm looking this side now But when I'm repenting and changing myself fully, I'm looking the other side. So that is true repentance Repentance is more than saying I'm sorry like we can admit it. That's just the first step But repentance is making a turnaround full change. So when we change or confess and we Change ourselves that is when the door actually gets shut But sin will keep the door open if I don't change Then the door is always open for the enemy whenever he wants let him come and he can create a trouble So as a believer, it's always good to keep short accounts with God. Let's say my mistake something happened Whenever we are convicted Holy Spirit one of the things works of the Holy Spirit is conviction So in our hearts, the Holy Spirit will speak. He'll say what happened is not correct. This should not happen again So the moment I recognize. Oh, I this is conviction in my heart. I need to repent Okay. Now what becomes the danger is Unconfessed sin You got it. So sin happens now if a believer the normal Process for a sincere believer is when we recognize we are convicted. We confess we repent We say, okay, God, we make a change. We keep moving forward. That's the normal process but when we Go into this mode of you know Unconfessed unrepentant mode And and we just don't want to deal with it That is the big problem That will keep the door wide open for the devil and every time the Holy Spirit may come and say, you know Come on. It's time to change. It's time to change and we are like, no, no, no No, we're just becoming harder and harder and what's happening to that access to Satan access is available Satan can come So and then when we don't deal with the sin We don't repent. We don't receive the cleansing of the blood of Jesus We'll see later also the blood of Jesus is a weapon and we know that the blood of Jesus Can cleanse us from every sin every unrighteousness So as a believer, I need to receive from the work of the blood Over my life. Now when I don't do these things the door is open and When something happens, you know, when an attack happens when the enemy Does something at that point If we say why is God doing this why is God not listening or why does God not see We cannot put the onus on God. It's not God's fault That this is happening. It's simply because of an open door and sin Causes that open door Okay, and so we have got to be so careful about our lifestyle got to be careful to overcome temptations and also when we are Convicted by the Holy Spirit to quickly deal with it And when we do that We are not letting Satan come in Okay, so That is about sin Now, how does Satan Tempt us There are two ways one is Or how does he influence us? Let me use the word influence. So there are two ways one is he uses Our own fleshly weaknesses. Okay, so then the problem is from inside Because I may have certain fleshly weaknesses Which the enemy understands and then he can work on it and If I yield to it, it will cause me to fall. So internal issues Right. The other one is temptations and temptations are more like external so he can bring a suggestion he can put a thought and We kind of say yes to it and then the You know Paul happens so it can be both sides it can be because of where we are at In and having a lot of weaknesses and it can also be because externally He's trying to influence us in a strong way. So the believer has to be ready for both of these You know to overcome So how do we overcome we've got to overcome by submitting to God and his word So when the Lord speaks to our heart when he convicts us Immediately, we've got to change. We say, okay, God, I make a change. I submit to you So submitting to God is a very powerful way to protect ourselves Okay, we'll discuss a few more things about submission Later on we can also work on crucifying the flesh It isn't what that what the Bible says we have to crucify the flesh We cannot even train the flesh, you know, sometimes our thought process would be like no, I'll train my flesh No, the Bible says flesh is evil There's no good thing in the flesh. So the only way to deal with the flesh is crucify it. How do we crucify the flesh? Sorry and more on the Holy Spirit and not on your own flesh or self-control. Yeah So depend more on the Holy Spirit Fine, how do we crucify the flesh? Walk according to the spirit. Okay, that's what the scripture says So when we walk by the spirit, we will not gratify the desires of the flesh That's what we learn and So I've got to walk by the spirit I've got to walk by the leading of the Holy Spirit yield to what the word of God Is is directing me to yield to what the Holy Spirit is directing me to and there are many other ways You know when we spend time in the word that crucifixion of the Crucifying of the flesh happens when we say no to the devil's suggestions the crucifying of the flesh happens when we pray We overcome the weaknesses of our flesh Fasting fasting is also very powerful when you fast and pray then you can crucify the desires of the flesh So these are all ways in which a believer can Sort of you know, just shut down the flesh Then the enemy cannot win and my flesh is dead, right? And I'm just alive to God. I'm able to live for God. So crucify the flesh That is one thing that we must learn to do And stay on guard always be on guard How can I protect myself? That's what I need to think about. So let's go ahead. Let's take a break 10 minute break Let's come back and we'll continue in the same subject. Thank you