When Satan attacks a Christian, he begins with the mind, instilling fear, doubt, anger, and frustration and convincing them they’re unworthy of God’s love, Pastor Jimmy Evans, senior pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, argued.
“Everything starts with the mind; In the Garden of Eden, when Satan first attacked humans, he did it with thoughts,” Evans told The Christian Post. “The same thing with Jesus; when the devil attacked Him in the desert, he attacked His thoughts. Christians are engaged in spiritual warfare, and the weapons of this warfare aren’t carnal. That’s why Romans 12 tells us to let God transform us into a new person by changing the way we think.”
Evans, who with his wife Karen leads the popular ministry Marriage Today, identifies practical steps believers can take to overcome their thoughts of worry, insecurity, fear and failure and live a life of freedom and peace in his book, I Changed My Mind: Journey Toward Spiritual Maturity.
“The Word of God is the source of authority that tell us truth, and it’s under attack in society; many people scoff at it and have a liberal view,” he said. “The Word of God is inspired and…
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