The Conflict Within

Introduction

There is a huge deception going on in our lives. There is much division going on in our relationships and our homes, no longer feel like a safe haven. This was intended to destroy anything good in our walk, or journey through life. I like to call our walk a journey, simply because a journey has twists and turns and a lesson to be learned out of the experience itself.

Many people in your home, workplace, church, or inner social circle are struggling with the feelings of torment, sorrow, anguish, hurt, sadness, loneliness, discontentment , doubt, fear, confusion, or despair. You may be one of these people I'm speaking of. There is hope and there is a reason for why people feel the way they do.

Sometimes if we understand why something is the way it is, we are able to cope better with what we feel at the moment or have been feeling for a while. Truthfully speaking though, most of us are tormented in one way or another by the way we feel and the thoughts we routinely think upon. There is a reason you feel and think the way you do. If you have accepted Christ as your personal savior, your enemy is the devil. He will deceive you in any attempt to steal, kill, or destroy any good in your life. He aims to steal your joy, kill your spirit, and destroy anything good that may come your way.

If you are an unbeliever, again the devil is your enemy. He doesn't want you to accept Christ. He wants to kill, steal, and destroy you as well. He does this by deceiving us one thought at a time or one feeling at a time, maybe even throwing in different circumstances. He is known by many titles throughout the Bible. He is a murderer, a liar, a thief, ruler, controller, and destroyer. He is the master accuser, tempter, deceiver, manipulator, and pure evil.

This book is intended to guide you step-by-step, showing you where deception came from why you are being deceived, and what you can do to avoid it. This book also will walk you through how you should be thinking, feeling, saying and doing according to God's plans for his believers.

I will be throwing a lot of scriptures and information at you quickly in the beginning chapters. I will explain myself thoroughly. Take this book at a slow pace and think about each chapter before moving onto the next. My prayer for you is that at the end of this book you know the enemies strategies and can be steadfast or unwavering on a solid foundation which is God's word. I plan on teaching you how to hold each thought and emotion in captivity and to teach you to compare every thought and emotion to God's word. If they don't line up in accordance with each other you need to know how to let go of those thoughts and feelings so you're coping skills are not altered any longer. You no longer have to be a prisoner to your thoughts and emotions. God knew beforehand how the devil would torment us through these things and he left clear instructions for us to follow. I'm eager to point out these instructions to you.