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Mr. Logan points out that the key for believers is the word "INFLUENCE".
Demons can only influence believers as much as we allow them to do so.
This is called giving ground, a foot hold, opportunity, a chance. Once we are saved we can no longer be controlled by Satan but we can be influenced and it is our choice as to the ground we surrender to his control…for him to build strong holds on. It is also our choice how long we allow him to maintain them. It is our choice how long we allow Satan to keep our sore spots all walled up and protected/shielded from exposure to the truth of God. It is the truth of God that allows us to tear the strong holds down.
2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2Co 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
The weapon of our warfare is truth-God's truth
Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

The truth of God enables us to tear the strong holds down and reclaim the ground that we willingly surrendered to Satan. This allows us to change our lives and thinking with the word of God-and change the patterns in our family that have been created by our not dealing with sin in our lives. This breaks the generational passing on of those sore spots/ sin problems.

God allowed me to catch and change my daugther's struggle with insecurity by showing me that it was first my problem and I had made it hers. As I worked with her God worked with me. Today she is an asst. pastor's wife and more than confident to tackle any and every project and give 150% to them all!

There is something in closing that I want to add from Jim Logan's book Reclaiming Surrendered Ground:
"I want to keep coming back to this idea of influence because it is so important to waging successful spiritual warfare. No Christian is a helpless pawn of Satan! That's why we don't ever want to become fixated on the enemy and his power. Our focus is to be on Christ (Hebrews 12:1-2).

You might say, "It's odd that you say you don't want me to concentrate on Satan and his ways, since your're writing a book on that very subject."…

You see, my greatest problem is not Satan, but myself. If I desire and decide to hold on to sin, I give the enemy ground he needs to launch his destructive attacks against me. If I cherish sin in my life, Satan will seek to exploit it. Since I must serve someone (see Joshua 24:15), the fact is that any area of my life I don't yield to the Holy Spirit's control, Satan will control."

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