(1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV) Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

(John 10:10 NIV) “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

(James 4:7 NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

(Revelation 5:5 NIV) Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed.

(Isaiah 14:14 NIV) I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

(John 8:44 NIV) You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1.   Know and Stand on God’s Word.

(Matthew 4:4 NIV) “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

(Psalm 119:11 NIV) “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”

2.   Put On the Full Armor of God

(Ephesians 6:10-11 NIV) Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

3.   Test Every Spirit and Teaching

(1 John 4:1 NIV) Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

4.   Walk in the Spirit, Not the Flesh

(Galatians 5:126 NIV) So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

5.   Submit to God, Resist the Devil

(James 4:7 NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

6.   Guard Your Mind and Thoughts

(2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV)  We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

(Philippians 4:8 NIV) whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

7.   Stay Rooted in Community

(Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV) And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, ²⁵ not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another…

8.   Declare the Name of Jesus

(Acts 4:12 NIV) Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

(Luke 10:19 NIV) I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

9.   Stay Focused on the Cross

(Colossians 2:15 NIV) And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.