The Enemy is Real, but He is Never Right: How recognizing Satan’s predictable tactics helps us be purposeful as we stand together in God’s truth instead of falling for his lies

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The Enemy is Real, but He is Never Right: How recognizing Satan’s predictable tactics helps us be purposeful as we stand together in God’s truth instead of falling for his lies

He wants to keep us fighting each other, focused on our discrepancies instead of our commonalities. When we remember God's Word, His foundational truth, and what He's called us as believers in Jesus Christ to do, our eyes can remain fixed on Him as our source of strength to turn our fight against the real enemy instead of each other.

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Fight Fire with Water, not Fire. Be a Cooler, not a Fueler.

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Fight Fire with Water, not Fire. Be a Cooler, not a Fueler.

I know the familiar phrase, “fight fire with fire" can be taken a few different ways, so let me take a few paragraphs to set the stage…

I’ve always heard that phrase and thought it was a fairly good thing, implying that we should never back down and always stand our ground. Until, that is, when I heard Kayleigh McEnany reference it in the keynote speech she gave at a fundraising event for the Pennsylvania Family Institute. She closed her address with a spin on the popular saying, a spin that was spun by one of her political mentors. His advice to Kayleigh, for some rather hot, heated, and fiery debates she’ll likely find herself in, was simply:

“Fight fire with water, not fire.”

And as she passed that piece of advice on to her audience, it resonated deeply with me. And here’s what I mean…

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