The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm is a movie from 2000 that tells the true story of a fishing boat that encountered three dangerous weather fronts that unexpectedly collided to produce the worst storm in modern history. One weather front might have been manageable, or even two, but with all three, the storm was so fierce that the boat sank and all the crew members were lost.
The perfect storm in a spiritual battle is when multiple related people are each attacked at the same time, and the individual attacks are coordinated to bring maximum damage.
Always a Critic
Many years ago, I was the Human Resources Manager in a hotel. One of my responsibilities was to assist in performance reviews, and in one of those reviews, I was unexpectedly on the receiving end of the feedback. I had interrupted the employee, and she called me on it. I did not like that, especially because she was an employee whom I didn't much care for. But she was right. And she criticized me well because she told me why interrupting was a problem. In her words, "It's like what you have to say is more important than what I have to say." Ouch!
Addicted to Love
Today's spiritual attack is about addiction, but not on the person with the addiction. Those who love the addict face as much spiritual attack as the addict does. Hence the title—Addicted to Love.
Brain Freeze
Sometimes our brains seem to freeze up, like when we eat ice cream too quickly. I was once training a friend to facilitate team building for a non-profit. We had built a list of ideas on a flip chart, and I asked her to read the list to the group as a summary. She looked at the chart for a long time and could not read a word. It's not that she was illiterate. She just froze up and could not see the words on the chart. It looked like gibberish to her. She had brain freeze.
Confidence Game
A Confidence Game is a way to deceive or trick so you can steal something. Con games work because people are gullible and believe, in their pride, that they are smarter than the con artist. They are usually wrong.
Who is the greatest con artist? That would be Satan. And who is the gullible rube? That would be us.