Pip: The devil, apparently, has a full-time job — and Claudette Glaude-Scott has been reading his job description very carefully.
Mara: That’s actually a fair summary. Today we’re covering spiritual warfare — who the enemy is, how he operates, and what it looks like to actually fight back. Let’s start with exposing the enemy before we talk about engaging him.
Spiritual Warfare: Know Your Enemy, Know Your Weapons
Pip: The core tension running through both posts is this: most people don’t think of their daily life as a battlefield, but the argument here is that the fight is already happening whether you’ve suited up or not.
Mara: “Exposing the Enemy” opens with Charles Spurgeon putting it plainly: “You are no saint, says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none.”
Pip: So the first move isn’t a defense strategy — it’s a declaration. You don’t argue your credentials; you fall back on the one credential that holds.
Mara: Right, and the post pairs that with 1 Peter 5:8, which describes the devil as prowling like a roaring lion, fiercely hungry, looking for someone to devour. The posture it calls for is sobriety and alertness — not panic, but clear-eyed attention.
Pip: Which is interesting, because the instinct when something feels threatening is either to freeze or to overreact. Neither of those is what’s being recommended here.
Mara: John 10:10 sharpens the contrast: the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy — and then immediately, Jesus says he came so that people may have life, abundantly, till it overflows. The enemy’s agenda and the alternative are set side by side.
Pip: “Engaging in Battle” picks up exactly there and asks the practical question: fine, there’s a fight — what do you actually do?
Mara: And it’s careful to reframe what the fight even is. Ephesians 6:12 is quoted directly: “We are not fighting against humans. We are fighting against forces and authorities and against rulers of darkness and powers in the spiritual world.”
Pip: So the weapons match the enemy — not physical, not rhetorical in the ordinary sense.
Mara: The post points to 2 Corinthians 10:4, which describes weapons that are powerful enough to destroy arguments and defenses. The specific tactic named is mind control through doubt — the same move made in Genesis 3, where the enemy gets Eve to question what God actually said.
Pip: The thought for the day lands it simply: the devil is a liar, don’t listen to him. Straightforward, but after all that framing, it carries weight.
Mara: And that’s where the two posts connect — one names the enemy, the other hands you the response. The question underneath both is whether you’re paying attention to the right voice.
Pip: Which, when you think about it, is the whole ballgame.
Mara: What stays with me is how consistent the frame is — the enemy’s tactics haven’t changed since the garden, and neither has the counter.
Pip: Same fight, same weapons, different day. We’ll be back with more from Victory Walk — until then, stay alert.
