This simple practice has transformed my mind and, with it, my life. I was so impacted by reading Evagrius’s take on the story of Jesus in the wilderness that I made my own monastic handbook for combating demons. Don’t worry; this one won’t see publication. It’s not for others; it’s for me. I spent months writing down in my journal every thought or emotion that came into my conscious awareness. I identified repeating thoughts that were lies from the devil. Then I asked the Spirit to bring to mind a specific scripture to combat each lie. Sometimes a scripture would come immediately to mind;
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