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document.write('<h2>3 Ways to Overcome Evil</h2><p><strong><em>by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.writersgumbo.com/"><font color="#');
document.write('000000">Angie Ledbetter</font></a></em></strong></p><p>We hear about the battle of good vs. evil and see horror movies ');
document.write('with a wide variety of demonic images. The real question is not whether evil exists, but what form it (Satan) takes. </p');
document.write('><h3>#1 – Be Afraid</h3><p>Doubting that the devil really roams the earth is his biggest weapon. If we don’t believe h');
document.write('e does, then we’re easily manipulated. Through Church teachings and Holy Scripture, we are assured over and over again o');
document.write('f Beelzebub’s power. </p><p>We can steep ourselves in Biblical clues into Satan\'s power -- from the Garden of Eden to R');
document.write('evelations. If that’s not enough to convince us, some research into the psyche of serial killers and amoral people such ');
document.write('as Hitler might do the trick. </p><p>Until the final battle of God’s victory, we must be on the lookout for the evil on');
document.write('e’s presence and influence if we are to escape it. </p><h3>#2 – Fight Back </h3><p>Satan is called the angel of darkne');
document.write('ss and the great deceiver because he appears to us in numerous clever disguises. He can work through friends who offer u');
document.write('s drugs, schoolmates who want us to help them cheat, movies and music that suggest we go against God’s teaching, vulgar ');
document.write('fashions, and trends and lifestyles that seem to be socially acceptable. </p><p>The Ten Commandments and the Sacraments');
document.write(' give us strength to resist these temptations and evil ploys. It’s not easy to go against the grain, but we find strengt');
document.write('h in numbers when we surround ourselves with Christian friends. </p><h3>#3 – Bar the Door</h3><p>When we close the doo');
document.write('r to the invitations of evil, there’s less chance of it invading our lives. Instead, we can fill our spiritual, emotiona');
document.write('l, mental, and physical lives with good things, leaving no room for Satan to come in. </p><p>With God first and foremos');
document.write('t in our lives, the devil will have no choice but to find another target.  </p><blockquote>The devil went down to Georg');
document.write('ia. He was lookin\' for a soul to steal. <br />He was in a bind \'cause he was way behind, and he was willin\' to make a de');
document.write('al.<br />When he came across this young man, sawin\' on a fiddle and playin\' it hot.<br />And the devil jumped up on a hi');
document.write('ckory stump and said, "Boy, let me tell you what…"</p><p><b>The Devil Went Down To Georgia<br />by The Charlie Daniels ');
document.write('Band</b></p></blockquote><hr><h3>Life Applications: </h3><P>What do you believe about the nature of Satan and evil?<b');
document.write('r />In what ways do you fight back against Satan?<br />In what ways do you bar the door against Satan?</P><hr><P>Copyri');
document.write('ght 2009 <strong><em>by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.parishwebmaster.com/services/authors/bio_aledbetter.htm');
document.write('"><font color="#000000">Angie Ledbetter</font></a></em></strong><A HREF="http://www.ParishWebmaster.com/" STYLE="TEXT-DE');
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