I think this is an excellent article, so I am sharing it with you. It is from one of Pacific Garden Mission's newsletters. They are a great ministry who minister to homeless men, women and children in Chicago. Check out their websites: www.pgm.org and www.unshackled.org They have been a Gospel Lighthouse in the Chicago area since 1877. It seems that the devil likes to attack us after times of great victory in our Christian lives. He uses several methods. He tempts us with thoughts and sights which will hinder our spiritual life. Or he will do his best to let our circumstances discourage us. I believe our strongest weapon against such attacks is God's Word. When we read in Matthew 3:16-17 we see an example of great spiritual victory in the Baptism of Jesus. However, immediately after that we are told in Matthew 4:1 "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." When we read of the three temptations, we should be