And if he can deceive you into doubt then he has effectively robbed you of your faith. Your faith is going to be challenged and tried and tested by his reasoning and by his logic and by his lies. He is a liar. And it worked with Adam and Eve and it works with human being after human being. So be on guard and be watchful.

The devil will attack God’s character. He will try to cast a shadow on God’s character and suggest that God has lied, God is deceptive, God’s not faithful, you can’t count on Him and you can’t be sure of what He meant. He will come to you and ask you questions; why did God do this, why didn’t He do that, why hasn’t this already happened, what about this, what about what happened with so and so, and he is trying to get you to doubt God’s character and God’s dependability and God’s faithfulness. One of the greatest tests and trials of faith is when you don’t know why you are in the middle of tests and trials. How could this happen you ask?

There are many sad cases of people who used to teach and believe that it’s God’s will to heal everyone, to work miracles and do what He’s always done. But because they prayed for somebody and they didn’t make it, or they tried to stand with somebody and it didn’t turn out right, they ask, “why?” and they start to let doubt come in. Sometimes in those cases those faith strippers cause them to lose their faith and quit preaching the truth, and back off from the word and faith, because they don’t know why.

Some people are mad at God. They let one of those faith strippers strip them and they listened to the devil and they were robbed.

You may not know why but know that God is good and know that He is faithful. And know that He is fair and just and just knowing those basic things will get you through some tough times and some pressure times of some of these faith strippers. And if you’ll just hold onto your faith in God, God will prove that you were right to trust Him. He’ll prove it to you, He’ll demonstrate it to you, it’ll come to pass and you will see that you were not made ashamed in trusting God.

Another faith stripper that the enemy will use is he will emphasize and try to pull you to look and feel and walk by sight. He’ll try you in the area of your senses. He’ll try to get you to look at what’s going on and push buttons to make you feel things, and because that contradicts what God has told you it can strip your faith away just like that. If he can get you to focus on the circumstances long enough, especially when they contradict what God has told you, it starts to chip away at your faith. If you are believing God for something, you don’t need to focus on what things look like because most times they will look contrary to what God says in His Word.

You cannot fix your mind on the problem; what you do or don’t see, what you feel or don’t feel and what is contrary to what God told you. Remember the scripture in 2 Corinthians 4:18, “for we look not at the things that are seen but at the things that are not seen, for the things that are seen are temporal and the things that are not seen are eternal.”

That is good news. So are you seeing some things that you don’t like? Have you been feeling some things that you don’t like? The bible says it is temporary. Temporary, Temporary!! Oh, it’s real, it’s there. Yes, you’ve got a problem. But you have got a bigger God. Greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world!

So remember, the enemy will work to wear you down and wear you out. Many a person started out good. They started out zealous and with faith in their heart. They took off on the race that we are running. But then hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months, and months turned into years. They feel like they are out in the middle of ‘they don’t know where’ and like they are walking on a tightrope. Their shoes are feeling raggedy and they are thirsty and dry and the sun is beating down on their head, and many a soul has given up their faith. We’ve all been there at one time or another. There is only one thing that will get you through the tests, trials, and tribulations in life. And that is your faith. And faith comes by hearing and hearing and hearing the word of God. Never let a day go by where the word of God is not going in your ears and coming out of your mouth. It will take you through to victory every time.

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