Know Your Enemy

"Know your enemy." Have you ever heard that proverbial saying? It is a well known saying that holds a lot of truth in it. If an army is going into battle, they had better know their enemy well enough to know what to expect them to do, so that they can be prepared to counteract it. In sports, a team needs to know what the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent are so that they can defend against their strengths and exploit their weaknesses.

The spiritual realm is no different in this respect. Satan is our enemy who seeks to destroy us. He knows what our weaknesses are and takes full advantage of them. The questions is, do we know his strengths and weaknesses? Do we know how to defend against his attacks, and counterattack him?

Tonight at Oasis we'll be taking a look at what strategies Satan uses to defeat us, and how we can defend against his attacks and even fight back.

It all starts at 7:30pm tonight (and every Wednesday during the semester) at CCVT's campus house (directions below).

Hope to see you soon,
Steve

Directions to CCVT's campus house: If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!

If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.