We need to stop giving Satan all the credit for our mistakes. Satan has no power over us when we are truly in Jesus. In fact we give that power up to him. How? By putting ourselves in places we shouldn’t be in. By putting ourselves in situations we shouldn’t be in. By putting ourselves in conversations we shouldn’t be in. We interchange with Satan and we need to understand that. Satan will always be out there to try to influence you to do his will. But we need to be firmly rooted in Christ and follow him. More than focusing on not doing bad we should be following Christ because he guides you. God is so beautiful because he doesn’t ask you to do it alone, he helps you while you are in the pursuit of his son Jesus. We need to take captive our thoughts and submit it under the authority of Jesus. Our Father in heaven is all powerful!! It just depends on who you put your trust on. It just depends on who you serve. We can’t serve two masters says the word of God, we either serve the king of this world which is Satan. Or we serve the King of Heaven which is God. If you give your life completely to God he will help you govern your thoughts, hearts, and everything else in your life. I had to bring this topic because I hear a lot of say it’s the devils fault. Or this happened because of the devil. The devil only influences us if we allow him to. He can’t touch us or control us. We can’t allow him to have way in our life. The word of God says in 1 Peter 5:8-9, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. So resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brothers and sisters who are in the world. The word of God is literally warning us, we must stand surely in our faith. Yes we will go through things, but to the things that are in our control we must remain in God. Satan is literally prowling like a lion seeing who has their guard down because if your faith is weak that means he has a chance with you… Look at Jesus when he was tempted on the mount, he stood firm because he believed in and understood what our Father in heaven has said… We need to be firm in our faith in God and what he says in his word, that way we won’t be swept so easily, rather at all. Our decisions have a big affect on how our life goes. So let’s in this day stop giving credit to Satan. Let’s do better and live our lives completely for Jesus. It doesn’t mean we will be perfect but it does mean we will have a more fruitful life that God always intended us to have. Don’t give Satan the power or credit over your life! You are more than victorious in Jesus Christ, hold firm onto him.