Don't give the enemy a seat at your table

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Have you read the book, Don’t Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table, It’s Time To Win The Battle Of Your Mind, by Louie Giglio? It was published in 2021. I started reading it this morning.

I had invited the enemy to sit at my table without realizing it.

After infidelity and divorce, I sometimes think that he cheated because something was wrong with me…. Even though I know his cheating shows his lack of character… Not my worth…

May we always know our value and how much God loves us.

Having an “Even Though … I will Faith”

Giglio writes on page 15, “When Life turns hard for us, we’re almost always tempted to welcome the Enemy at our table. But when we realize that Jesus invites us to follow Him even though life is hard, we discover the foundational truth for winning the battle for our minds.”

¹⁷Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,
¹⁸yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Fill in the blanks

Though ______________________

yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Psalm 23

After reading the first two chapters in Don’t Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table, I printed out Psalm 23 a few minutes ago and will carry it in my pocket, read it at traffic lights, and memorize it.

A Psalm of David. NKJV

23 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
²He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the ^[c]still waters.
³He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
⁶Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.