 Can the devil read our thoughts? Well, the question is asked because how does he know what we're doing? How does he tempt us? How does he come at us? How does he attack us? He's not physical, so that means he obviously operates in the spiritual. But what does that mean? Does that mean that he has some sort of connection with our mind? How can he then tempt us? The Bible is not clear about all the features, all the characteristic, all the ability of the devil, or for that matter of any demons. We don't have a whole lot to go off of. As a matter of fact, there's only three times we actually hear what came out of his mouth and really another time where we are kind of brought into what he is thinking. But what we are told is that God can and what's told about God eliminates what's told about or what we can know about Satan. In 1 Kings 8 39, he says, then here in heaven you're dwelling place and forgive the act and render to each according to all to all of his ways whose heart you know for you alone know the hearts of all the sons of men. So he says that you alone only you God know the hearts of men. What does that naturally mean? That naturally means that only God does but Satan cannot. In 1 Corinthians 2 11 says for who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him even so the thoughts of God. No one knows except the spirit of God. So two things we know the only person that can know our thoughts outside of God because God knows all the thoughts of man the only other person that can know our thoughts are us. And so for that reason that necessarily eliminates the ability of Satan to be able to read our thoughts. But just because Satan cannot read our thoughts just because no demon can read our thoughts does that mean that he can't understand our thoughts that might be a different story and the answer that is yes. How do I know because other people can kind of have an idea or glimpse as to what I'm thinking not because they read my thoughts but because they're observing. Remember we kind of give a clue as to what we're thinking by our actions. How could the devil possibly know how to tempt me? Well by seeing my actions by seeing what I stated. Remember the Bible tells us this that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks whatever is inside the heart the heart is coming out. And so if when you observe me like a demon might do like the devil might do if you observe me you can see my interest what I like as a matter of fact all you sometimes have to do is look at the rapper if I see a person who who is well put together who is kind of muscular I might be able to deduce that this person likes to work out and could I possibly want to tempt them in some particular area could I do so possibly the Bible tells us that only God only God is omniscient not the devil but he can certainly be observing and more to that on top of that he is certainly persuasive remember in the Garden of Eden in perfect situation perfect conditions he was able to deceive Eve the fall was led because of his interactions with mankind so all he can do is go off the thoughts of ourselves that we reveal he Satan can't understand our thoughts he can interpret what he sees but he can't and but he can't stop them he can't understand them he can't intercept them in other words if we're praying to God that he can stop that that he can hijack that no he doesn't have that kind of power but that's not to say that he didn't have any power he does clearly he has the ability to persuade he's been doing it for a long time and he knows what works there's not a lot of different things that he needs at his disposal different tricks to kind of mislead us know there's only a few things that he needs and they work pretty well because we are still after all human beings and so whenever we come across any part or plan on the enemy that is trying to afford what God is trying to do it's not that the enemy understands our thoughts know only God knows our thoughts and our intents and so what that necessarily means is if we see anything that comes from him that is from the enemy then what should we do the Bible says resist him and before we do that submit to God draw closer to God and resist the enemy and what we do he will flee and so without worrying about if he can read our thoughts we know that there's one who can that is God amen.