Have you ever had a week when everything you do seems to go wrong? This past week has been one of those for my husband and I. We kind of went along with it, until I got thinking that maybe there was more to this than meets the eye. I am not one to blame Satan for everything that goes wrong in my life, but there are times when he does impact our lives, and we need to take it seriously.

We are in a battle and need to stand our ground. I have discovered that Satan likes to rob me at the most significant times of my life. Like our wedding day - when somebody decided to give us a very negative and damaging ‘word from the Lord’ to send us on our honey moon! We spent our first night trying to work it out and praying for God’s peace - not exactly how we’d planned to start our marriage... Or the day my son was born, when we were told to pipe down in our excitement about the new arrival because someone next door had just had a miscarriage. On the whole, I weathered these storms and others, but they left their mark and caused me lots of grief.

So I’m now alert to the fact that, just as a significant milestone in my life has been reached, the world around me seems to be disintegrating. This time, I’ll take my stand. The less ground I give to the enemy, the better. We have the weapons for the fight if we are prepared to use them.Instead of being a victim of my circumstances I have prayed and fasted and encouraged my friends to stand with me in my battle. Two hands are better than one; well, I think many prayers are better than one. I don’t need to cower in the corner waiting for the next offensive. I can stand on the word of God knowing that I am already victorious.

So watch this space, because as my friend put it, “A test leads to a testimony.”