Yes, Satan. I Still Won Our Battle...

^{1 Peter 5:8-10} Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.
¹⁰ In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.^NLT 
 Tonight I wasn't alert, I thought the danger had passed, but boy was I wrong. The devil new I had lost my guard, and he caught me. He knows when we are at our weakness moments and he uses those moments to catch us. Once I was caught I tired and tired to get away and eventually I did, with some battle scars, but I still won tonight's battle. I won it with God's help of course, He helped get away by standing firm in what I believe, He helped me be strong. I know part of the verse is talking about a way not to fall for the devil's trap, but I know what it says there can also be a way to get yourself out of that trap.
 It's helpful to know Kevin and I aren't the only people going through this. There are people we can go to for advice that have been through this situation that can help us. I know Kevin and I aren't really suffering at all for this, but I still think it's basically the same thing. 
 The suffering only lasts for a little while, but once the suffering is over, things will be way better then they were before. God uses suffering to help mold us into the person He wants us to be.

 I can't count how many times I said no tonight, and eventually I gave in. But what we did was bad, but it wasn't near as bad as what we have done in the past and what we did didn't last long at all. I still won the battle. Overall, I still said no. God really helped me tonight, there was no way I could have said no that many times if God wasn't there helping me.
 During this battle, I really wasn't in prayer much. That was a mistake. I really think if I would have been in prayer I wouldn't have gave in one bit. Now I just need to learn from my mistakes so that next time I will be able to say that I didn't mess up at all. Day Eight Completed!



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