SATAN CAN ONLY HINDER YOU, BUT HE CAN'T STOP YOU!

Bible Verse: Thessalonians 2:18
"Therefore we wanted to come to you—even I, Paul, time and again—but Satan hindered us. "

Yes, it is possible that Satan want to hinder us from moving forward, that is the reason we must not be ignorant of Satan's devices. Satan can use people and situation to hinder us.

Now, we need to get something clear here. We need to get something very, very clear here. That we should not overestimate Satan or his power. we should not think Satan is powerful over us. As children of God, we need to know that Satan can only hinder, but he cannot stop. there is difference between "hindering" and "stopping" Paul did not say Satan stopped him. As children of the Most High God, We are unstoppable. No Satan can stop us.

What does it mean to hinder according to dictionary? It is to make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen. So when Paul said, "Satan hindered me" he actually meant Satan made it difficult for him, but that does not mean he stopped him from doing it. Satan will always want to make things or people difficult for children of God. Satan can even make your children to be difficult, he can make your spouse to become very difficult to deal with, he can make praying very difficult for you, he can make doing the work of God or doing the will of God very difficult for you, but he cannot go beyond that, he cannot stop you.

So what do we do?
When Satan makes things difficult for us, we must also make things difficult for Satan! When Satan hinders you, you must also hinder Satan. And how do we do that?

1 Peter 5:9, "Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world" Here are the secrets of making things difficult for Satan:

1, by resisting Satan behind the difficulties we are facing.
2, by being steadfast in faith.

if you want to make things difficult for Satan, you need to be steadfast, and that can only happen by faith, not by feeling. You cannot be steadfast by feeling, by emotion, by thinking, by worrying, by calculating, by your own thinking, but only by faith.

What does it mean to be steadfast? It means to be UNMOVABLE. Don't be moved. If Satan is making things difficult for you, don't be moved. If Satan is making your children difficult, don't be moved. If Satan is making life, marriage, ministry, business or job to be difficult, DON'T BE MOVED. See, if you don't move, Satan will move away. But If you move, you are a loser.

So after resisting the devil, the second means of making life difficult for Satan is by being steadfast, being UNMOVABLE.

Say I AM NOT MOVED!

When Satan brings a bad dream, terrible dreams? Say I AM NOT MOVED!

Prayer: LORD, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US GRACE AND STRENGTH THROUGH JESUS. HELP US TO BE UNMOVABLE IN FAITH ALWAYS. AMEN