Intimate Friendship with God

Quote from the book Intimate Friendship with God by Joy Dawson pp. 67 & 68

Satan can come at any point in time and tempt us with any kind of sin. It does not matter what it is, unbelief, lust, pride, criticisim, disobedience to God, or anything. We will find there is no attraction to that temptation to sin to the degree that we have been asking for the fear of God and receiving it by faith. We will have Jesus' attitude toward sin, and instantly we will say to Satan, "Nothing doing! I happen to hate your suggestion and I am not about to do what I hate. I resist you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is written in James 4:7, 'Resist the devil and he will flee from you".

God tells us to replace the evil thought with pure ones. "whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things". (phil 4:8) The amplified bible says ' Fix your mind on them'. That is a deliberate, determined, disciplined act of your will.

Think of the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. Look at a beatiful flower or scenery and worship the creator. Quote or read the word of God aloud.........

... How do we know when evil thoughts come into our minds if they are satanic in origin or from our own hearts? The answer is very simple- by our immediate reaction to these thoughts. If we have an immediate reaction of hatred for them we know they never came from our hearts. The thoughts, came, therefore from satanic activity upon our minds. If we have not had an immediate reaction of hatred to some critical, evil, unforgiving, lustful, or unbelieving thought, then we know there is still a love for that sin in our hearts. We know we have some homework to do in that area. We need to ask for the fear of the Lord to come upon us to relpace the love for that sin.