Well, who do you think you are? You are not Napolean Hill out to win friends and influence people. God has chosen you, called you, and annointed you for a divine purpose. Paul said if they were with us they would have never gone away from us. (1 John 2)
The only joy the devil gets out of life is to destroy the life of another human being. The devil does not care about whether the person is a born again believer, Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, Apostolic, agnostic, atheist, or whatever. However, if you are a born again believer the attack is to prevent you from fulfilling the purpose of God in your life. The attack of the enemy is to subvert the Word of God, to prevent the Word of God from going forth, to delay, block or stop the message of salvation.
Stay in God's Word. Try the spirit by the Spirit which is the Word of God. You won't know what is happening if you do not have a spirit of discernment. There are some who are forever learning and never come to the knowledge of the truth (2 Timothy 3:7). The devil is cunning. He, she, it comes to you dressed as a wolf in sheep's clothing. The devil comes to you with a smile on their face, to make you joke, laugh, "tickle" or put a "bug" in your ear; or some shiny new thing that you just have to have so it will make you feel and look good. Some of you are "straight up" prey for the enemy. Satan salivates at the thought to "get to know you", "to get close to you", "to be your friend", or "give the appearance that they know you", all for the purpose of destroying someone's life. Satan can come to you one-on-one or the devil can unleash a coordinated attack against you. (Let's get one thing straight. The devil has no power over a believer's life. Any attack from the enemy on your life is allowed by God, for His purpose. The Lord wants to reveal some things to you and He has got to allow attacks on your life that are so severe you think that you won't make it. But you will. The Lord will be in the fire with you. He won't take you out of the fire but you will be like Shadrach, Meschach and Abednigo singing praises to God from inside the fiery furnace; and when the enemy turns up the attack twice as hot, three times as hot, whatever, they will see you and Jesus in the fire. That is God's will, plan, and purpose for your life. Do not think it strange when these fiery trials come upon you (1 Peter 4:12).
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Exercise your authority to tread on serpents and to cast out demons. You are the head and not the tail. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. Exercise your holy boldness.