Miles To Go

Today I gave a message on spiritual warfare and the tactics that Satan uses against us.  His number one tactic is lying and intimidation is his fallback plan.  I’m not going to repeat the message here, but I want to expand on it by listing some of the many lies and threats I have experienced in my life:

1. You are too young to be effective in ministry.
2. You are too old to think about planting a church.
3. That haircut you had in High School was cool
4. It is okay to look at any skin a woman reveals.
5. You will never be able to run a marathon.
6. If your wife leaves then your family and ministry will be destroyed.
7. You need to re-invent the Church.
8. You don’t watch too much TV.
9. If you talk about money your church will hate you.
10. Your children don’t care if you occasionally break your word.
11. You can dance without looking like a dork.
12. You don’t need to memorize Scripture.
13. If you worry about church doctrine you will alienate good people.
14. You pray enough already.
15. People truly care about your FB posts.
16. This dog will only grow to be 55 lbs.
17. Your brother doesn’t care if you call or not.
18. You do not need to forgive him.
19. You should buy a pipe.
20. That story about the water buffalo never gets old.
21. You don’t have an accent.
22. Your reputation can’t survive false accusations.
23. If you drink that beer then you will become a drunk.
24. People will be impressed with two graduate degrees.
25. You will never struggle with pride.