The Devil acts in obsession and oppression

* Luís Alberto Alves

Few people can discern the areas where the Devil seeks to act in the Christian's life. He seeks to attack from the inside out, in the case of obsession or from the outside in, in oppression. In these two lands he beats strong in many Christians.

How many people can have good thoughts every day? For some, the short skirt on the desk is reason enough for the spirit of prostitution to dwell in the mind and to suggest the malignant affair of adultery. It is oppression, when we are attacked from the outside of our soul.

It may come disguised as rage, when in a traffic jam, we feel like throwing the car over who tried to hit our car or even speak a bad word against the boss who lives stepping on our callus. It is the routine of the Christian.

In obsession, the thoughts of end up own life, or else beat up who we love because of bullshit. Or even try to vomit the anger built up in the heart. The enemy of our souls sometimes has nothing of stroke in these seas: oppression and obsession.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor