Hi, this is Phyllis Tarbox with Above & Beyond Christian Counseling, and today I'd like to
talk to you about the top 10 list of demons that are trying to sabotage your holidays.
Are you tired of the same spiral of torment that shows up every holiday season where your
family members being used to push your buttons over the Thanksgiving table?
Do you want a better result at Christmas?
Good.
Well, step one is always recognizing the enemy's top 10 list of demons that are trying to sabotage
your holidays.
It's always good to discern the enemy's tactics in advance so that you keep from falling into
judgment and getting hammered in the process.
You know there's a fine line between discernment and judgment, so to help you disarm the enemy's
tactics, you've got to recognize your opponent first.
So let me give you that top 10 list.
You probably know which ones they are, but a refresher course here is necessary so that
you're on your p's and q's over the holiday season.
Number one, rejection.
Now, this one is the master of all disaster for leaves you isolated and alone for the
holidays.
It's a convincing spirit that screams to you that you do not belong.
If you do attend an event, it keeps you from being noticed or even acknowledged.
It's the ringleader for what's to follow on this list.
Number two, depression.
Depression works with dread to keep you hopeless and it resists any fruit of joy coming your
way from the Holy Spirit.
Number three, finger.
Yup.
Anger.
It causes you to blow up or to sink into a mire of internal hurt feelings.
Either way, it senses that your boundaries have been broken and it uses that to keep
you in the bondage of a fence for perfection.
This one is tricky because it gets you at the beginning of the holiday season, striving
to make everyone's holiday perfect, and when your picture of perfection is unmet, it turns
around and calls you a failure.
Five, fear.
It operates with anxiety to keep you from even attending social events.
He likes to have you all to yourself.
Confusion is number six, confusion, chaos, and drama.
I call this the unholy three pipe ply cord of demons that provokes contention and family
gatherings, and it blows up the most minor infractions into full world war status.
Then there comes number seven, self pity.
This one is one of the ugliest spirits because it will come in quietly to bind all the other
spirits to you with it's super glue.
It validates all of your emotions and the other that the other spirits have already
provoked.
Number eight, loneliness.
Discipline leads you home alone, partnering with Bannon meant in isolation.
Number nine, poverty.
This one works with theft and a spirit of worldliness to get you to use your credit
cards excessively over the holidays.
It leaves you with 12 months of payments that steal your joy and your money.
Number 10, gossip.
This one is the perpetrator of judgements coming back your way.
It's usually based on the facts of what other family members are doing, but it gets you
to judge every time so that you'll be judged him.
My guess is you probably recognized this rag tag bunch of us that are assigned to eat with
you and your family, so it's time to take specific aim and keep them from sabotaging
your holidays.
Remember, you're not fighting flesh and blood.
People are beautiful.
Spirits are ugly.
You're fighting spirits that are operating in them and they're operating in the people
that you love.
They're usually the button pushers.
The war is real here.
We know that from Ephesians six, 12, so taking and use the right weapons found in God's word.
Remember, you must judge righteously not by the flesh that's in John Seven, 24.
I would suggest for you to start arming up and download a copy of our daytime and our
evening prayers that are found in our resource library.
This will help you bind up the spirits that are operating in others and allow you to enjoy
your holidays.
You can be strategic or you can allow the demons to dine with you another year.
But remember numbers 33, 56 says, if you allow them to stay, it will be done to you as it's
done to them.
So I want you to take aim and enjoy your holidays.
God bless.