He Has Already Lost

We know that Satan is an enemy to God, and so are the evil ones who follow and work with him to destroy the souls of men - a third part of the hosts of heaven, to be exact. He is known as the fallen

one, having fallen from heaven ( or more correctly stated, cast out.) And since Satan is God's enemy, as children of God and followers of Christ, he is OUR enemy as well. Each and every battle we fight against the powers of darkness on a daily basis is a fight against a fallen enemy.

Do you understand how vital that knowledge is!

Remember what I said before about Satan having no power over us except what we choose to give him by our disobedience to the Lord? Well, when we are doing our best to live by the spirit, heeding the promptings of the Holy Ghost, putting the Father and the Son first in every area of our life, the adversary has no power over us. NONE! Yes, we all stumble and fall from time to time, but the minute we get back up, brush ourselves off and begin again, the scrapes and bumps begin to heal and the battle armor is still in good repair, able to offer vital protection against a foe who, though he may continue to wage a war that began before we even came to the earth, will not accept his losses, because due to agency, he can still cause so much damage.

But no matter how many souls he corrupts, no matter how many hearts he turns away from the Savior, Satan will never win. He can't.
May we all live each day armed with faith in the Lord, completely devoted to Him, and sure in the knowledge that as long as we look to him in all our times of trial, no matter what our struggles are, He will help shield against the piercing arrows that the adversary is sure to unleash during the

moments of weakness that come while we patiently wait upon the Lord.