Faith Talks with Emily Preston

Can Satan read our minds?

How do I know if my thoughts are from the devil, God, or if they're just me?

Can the devil be everywhere at once?

How can the devil put sickness and disease on a believer when the believer has the life of God in them?

If Satan is defeated why do we see believers suffering and dying before their time?

Does Satan accuse us before God of sins we commit?

Does God allow Satan to test us?

In this episode we ...

Over the course of this series, we have learned that the ONLY weapon the enemy has against us - the ONLY way he can successfully steal, kill or destroy - is if he can convince us to listen to his lies, arguments, reasonings, and opinions, which are, his THOUGHTS.

And you might say, but how can I possibly know which of the thoughts that I have about my problem are from the enemy? I have so many of them!

The good news is that God (as...

In the last few episodes, we've been learning about the spiritual strategies God has given us to keep the devil in his place, and how to take back any ground he may have been successful in stealing from us.

Today, we are going to the Word to discover how to effectively recognise and deal with more of the "wiles of the devil" and enjoy the benefits that come with keeping the law of the Spirit of Life that is in Ch...

The best defence is a good offence!

We don’t have to wait until we’re in a battle to start defending ourselves against the enemy, we can use the spiritual strategies that God has given us to fortify ourselves so well that the enemy never even has the opportunity to gain any ground!

In this episode we are starting to tackle the “hows”.

How do we remain tucked away in that secret place of the Most High, safe under the shadow of the A...

Over the last few months, we have been getting to know our adversary, the devil. 

Why is this so important?

Because in 2 Corinthians 2:11 God tells us that if we are NOT unaware of his schemes (his devices), he will NOT be able to get advantage of us!

And in 1 Peter 5:8 God tells us that if we are sober and vigilant (are fully aware of and have our wits about us regarding), the tactics of our adversary the devil, who roams aro...

The fight of faith isn't to GET healed, GET free from emotional turmoil, GET free from financial or relationship struggles, or GET anything else that the blood of Jesus paid for - the fight of faith is to ENFORCE what we already have and who we already are - healed, blessed, protected, having perfect peace in every area of our lives.

The fight of faith is resisting the devil - resisting the lies, arguments, opinions, suggestions an...

If the devil can't steal the Word, he can't have our health, our finances, our relationships, our peace, our protection, or anything else that God has already given us by His grace.

The primary way he steals the Word is through lies, arguments, reasonings, and suggestions that contradict what the Word tells us we have and who the Word tells us we are.

But do you know that there are two other ways that the devil steals the Word that...

The devil's number one purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10), but he can't kill or destroy unless he is first successful in stealing.

What does he steal?

He first has to steal THE WORD (Mark 4:15) - the Word that tells us that we are healed, are blessed, have a covenant of protection, have peace and everything else Jesus died to give us - because if he can steal the Word and trick us into believing we DON'T have those...

In John 10:10, God tells us that the thief (Satan) comes not but to steal, kill and to destroy.

Notice that he starts by "stealing".

Satan's primary objective, his sole purpose, is to first steal, because if he is successful in stealing, he can then go on to kill and destroy.

But as we learned in the previous episodes, Satan cannot just come in and wreak havoc in people's lives. He has to trick people into cooperating with him and ...

"If I've given the enemy an "open door", does this mean that I can't receive my healing, deliverance, or anything else I'm believing God for?"

In the last few episodes, we've seen in the Word that the enemy needs us to cooperate with him in order to accomplish any of his wicked plans in our lives. 

The number one way he deceives us into cooperating with him is by planting his lies and suggestions in our minds to tempt us to br...

We often hear people say, "You just have to have faith!"

But do you know that faith alone isn't enough?

God tells us in James 2:26 that faith has to have corresponding action if we want the results - the healing, protection, wisdom and peace - the Word promises us. We have to be DOERS of the Word and not hearers only. (James 1:22)

When we are DOERS of the Word and apply corresponding action to our faith, we stay hidden in the secre...

Under the New Covenant, our ONLY requirement from God (or commandment) is to love our neighbour as we love ourselves.

So when we give place to fear, negative emotions about ourselves/other people, or speak death-filled words about ourselves/other people, we are breaking the commandment of love.

When we break the commandment of love, we are giving place to sin. And the wages of sin is death.

So when we encounter challenges in our li...

Part 7

Our enemy, the devil, is sly, cunning, and subtle.

He doesn't march up to us with horns and a pitchfork and demand that we give him access to our lives, he has to use craftiness and deceit to trick us into giving him place and power that he no longer has.

He has to use his schemes - his thoughts and suggestions - to deceive us into cooperating with him and exposing ourselves to the law of sin and death which is the law that ...

We've all heard the expression that someone "gave the devil an open door".

But is it possible to do this? Can we give the devil an open door to steal, kill or destroy in our lives?

The Bible tells us in Ephesians 4:27 to "give no place to the devil". If the Bible tells us not to give him place, then it must be possible to give him place. 

But thank God, the Word is very clear about the things that give the enemy power, opportu...

Part 5

The enemy has no power in the earth without a person in a flesh-and-blood body submitting to him, and the way that he deceives people into submitting to him is through THOUGHTS.

If the enemy can deceive us into thinking his thoughts, our words and actions will follow, and that's when we will start cooperating with the devil, or give him an "open door".

God has put certain spiritual laws into place that are designed to work f...

Part 4

When Jesus conquered Satan at the cross, he was stripped of the dominion and authority that man had willingly submitted to him, and that authority and dominion was given back into the hands of man.

However, it is still possible for the devil to use the same tactic he used in the Garden of Eden - deception - to trick men into submitting to him and therefore empowering him to carry out his wicked plans.

A spirit - any spirit -...

When Jesus went to the cross and then rose from the dead, He paid the ransom that Satan was holding against his hostages - mankind - in FULL.

The complete payment for sin has now been made, and sin is no longer an issue between God and man.

And because the ransom was paid, Jesus was finally able to execute judgement on Satan and he was hurled to the earth. The accuser of the brethren has been cast down and can no longer accuse us b...

Part 2

"If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." ~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

Lucifer had successfully deceived Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, Adam had willingly disobeyed God, and mankind had handed the d...

Ever heard any of these phrases?

“The devil is defeated, we can just ignore him.”

“We shouldn’t talk about the devil - it just gives him more power.”

“That person really opened a door to the devil.”

There are many different opinions and doctrines about what our attitude towards the devil should be. 

But what does THE WORD say?

1 Peter 5:8 tells us that we have an adversary and he is the devil. He roams like a roaring...