A Spiritual Warfare Workbook for Overcoming the Enemy
We live in a multidimensional world. On one level, we face battles we can readily identify with our five senses. These battles include relational dissension, financial setbacks, medical issues, and more. Meanwhile, battles are also taking place in the spiritual realm. Today, we’ll look at four surprising truths about the enemy’s attacks. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post to download my free online spiritual warfare workbook, Rise Up, to help you stand firm at the end of this post.
In 12 easy-to-read chapters, Rise Up will teach you 12 practical ways to put on the armor of God, resist the enemy, and find victory over his attacks. By changing our battle strategies, we can walk in greater victory and push back against the enemy’s schemes.
Before we look at this spiritual warfare workbook, I invite you to join me as I walked through a spiritual battle and came to a startling revelation.
The Truth About Spiritual Attacks
The year I launched my professional writing ministry, life started falling to pieces all around us. The kids were constantly rundown with illnesses. We faced financial strains, serious health scares, and much more. It felt like we were under spiritual attack without reprieve, and we were worn thin.
We were about ten months into the battle when someone spoke the following words through the radio: “Satan’s not out to break your car, wreck your finances, or steal your good health. What he really wants to do is cause you to doubt God’s goodness.”
The Enemy Pursues Our Hearts
I immediately realized the message was for me.
Satan’s not out to break down our cars, steal our jobs, or take away our health for sheer fun. Instead, he hopes to harden our hearts toward God. He wants us to take offense at God and turn away from him.
Jesus’ disciple, Peter, knew all about trials.
Knowing that Peter’s faith would soon be challenged, Jesus spoke these words to him, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers” (Luke 22:31-32).
This passage speaks about our spiritual attacks in several ways:
1. Jesus doesn’t miss a moment of our lives.
Let’s begin with an important reminder: Satan isn’t sneaking behind God’s back to inflict our bodies or attack our relationships.
Jesus is fully aware of the enemy’s schemes.
He is also with us when we face spiritual attacks.
Furthermore, Jesus is also sovereign over Satan’s schemes. This truth leads us to the next insight for when we are under spiritual attack.
2. Jesus prays for us when we are under spiritual attack.
Just as Jesus prayed for Peter’s faith to remain firm, he prays for us.
He lives to intercede for us, and he prays that our faith will not fail in the fire.
When Satan comes after you, Jesus sits at the right hand of God, and he prays for your protection. Forces in heavenly realms move as he prays. 
3. The enemy is after our hearts and minds.
The enemy isn’t looking to destroy our possessions or make us sick solely for the sake of suffering.
He hopes our suffering will harden our hearts. The next time the car gets a flat on the way to work, the printer won’t print the week’s lesson, or sickness leaves you sidelined, don’t lose heart.
Losing heart is losing the battle.
This is a battle for your mind.
When trials lead us to offense or bitterness toward God, Satan wins. However, when our trials lead us closer to the heart of our Father in dependence, we thwart the attacks of the roaring lion.
4. We can find victory by turning to Jesus.
When you face a spiritual attack, remind yourself that the attack isn’t primarily against your health, your ministry, or what you can see with your eyes. It is a battle between fear and faith. Worry and trust. Bitterness and love.
Friend, you can find victory over any spiritual attack by clinging to faith instead of fear. Succumb to fear, and you lose the battle. Run to Jesus’ arms and ask him to help you trust him, and you will win this battle!
You might not feel like you can trust Jesus in your situation.
Run to him anyway.
Ask him to help you trust him.
His grace is sufficient when your trust is weak and your faith feels flimsy. Lean into him, and in the very act of leaning into him, you slay the enemy with the weapon that was meant to destroy you.
When I face spiritual attacks, I have found two tools that lead me to victory in Jesus. First, I find a Bible verse that speaks to my situation. I speak it out loud every time I sense the attack heating up. (Join me right here for 15 spiritual warfare Scriptures to claim in the face of spiritual attacks.)
Second, I find a warfare worship son, and I sing it in my heart every time I sense the battle stirring around me or within me. One of my favorite worship warfare songs is “Raise a Hallelujah” by Bethel Worship.
When Satan’s attacks lead you to worship and speak the Word, he is defeated with his own weapon!
You might not feel like you can trust Jesus with this situation. Run to him anyway. Ask him to help you trust him. His grace is sufficient when your trust is weak and your faith feels flimsy. Share on XNow, let’s take a closer look at my spiritual warfare workbook, which will help you continue to stand in victory.
Calling All Parents and Grandparents!
As the parent of two sons and a daughter, I have a heart for helping parents develop deeper relationships with their children and with God. Our kids, ages 7, 12, and 16, share this vision. They have helped me write three family devotionals for parents or older relatives to read with the children and teens they love. I also recently released a teen devotional called Anchored, designed to help teens learn key biblical narratives and apply them to their lives. You can find these books here or read more below. 
Mother-Daughter Devotionals by a Mom and Daughter
Girl to Girl: 60 Mother-Daughter Devotions for a Closer Relationship and Deeper Faith is written for girls ages 7-12. It includes 60 devotions with Scripture, conversation starters, and a shared journaling section for moms and daughters after each devotion. I wrote this book with the help of our daughter, Bekah, when she was eleven. Find this one-of-a-kind shared devotional here.
Heart to Heart: A Mother-Daughter Devotional With 50 Devotions for Teen Girls is for teenage girls ages 13-20. It includes 50 devotions, each with a shared journaling section to help moms and daughters connect through writing. This is a great book for moms who want to communicate about awkward topics—like dating, sexuality, peer pressure, and more—but don’t know where to start. Bekah and I will help you right here.
Devotions for Boys by Boys
God’s Warrior: Devotions for Boys Who Want to Grow in Courage and Strength helps young boys, ages 5-13, learn what it means to trust God and become strong warriors for his kingdom. Now, more than ever, our world needs men who are willing to boldly carry God’s love into the world. I wrote this boys’ devotional book with our two young sons, Aiden and Caleb, ages six and eleven! You’ll enjoy their honesty as we teach boys how to be strong warriors for the Lord. Find this life-changing devotional book here.
These Books Are Free on Kindle Unlimited: God Wants to Heal, Restore, and Refresh You
God wants to work in your life to accomplish what you’ve been unable to do through willpower alone. He also wants to help you establish a rhythm of meeting with him daily as you trust him with the hard parts of your life. Click here to explore two books that will guide you: Be Still and Trust and Lean Into Grace. They are free on the Kindle Unlimited program and for sale in print.
Your Spiritual Warfare Workbook in eBook Form:
In 12 easy-to-read chapters, this spiritual warfare workbook will teach you 12 practical ways to put on the armor of God, resist the enemy, and find victory over his attacks. By changing our battle strategies, we can walk in greater victory and push back against the enemy’s schemes. Download this eBook here for free with promo code JESUS or a donation of 4.99 to this ministry.
