Fight Like Jesus: Winning the War of Words by Mark Herringshaw

“Be quiet!”

“Suddenly, a man in the synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit began shouting, “Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One sent from God!” Jesus cut him short. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the evil spirit screamed, threw the man into a convulsion, and then came out of him (Mark 1:23-26 NLT).

Where is the devil attacking you?

Your enemy is talking. What are you going to do? His imps are poisoning the air with the half-truths of white lies. Loser!” one sneers. “Look, they’re laughing at you…” “She always gets her way…” “Go ahead, no one is looking…” “Why not, you deserve it….” “This will never work for you!” “Make him live to regret that…” Today will be noisy, inside your head and out.

But what do you expect? You are in a war of words. Say something!

Jesus faced noisy days. In chapter one of Mark’s Gospel a demon with no tongue of his own used a broken man to vomit blasphemies. “What do you want with us? Have you come to destroy us?” Jesus showed it no tolerance. “Be quiet!” he said. “Come out!” The demon gagged on its own babble, winced and fled. Then Jesus gave the man a new life.

“Be quiet” was enough. Just two words fired a shot heard round the Universe. Jesus faced-down his foes directly, simply, and violently: “Let there be quiet!”

Your enemy is talking. What are you going to do? Talk back! Today you will face noise. Your enemy intends to dismantle the world. “Let there not be…” he says. But you will not stay silent. You will show no mercy. You will borrow Jesus’ words in Jesus’ name and shut down the nonsense.

Answer envy: “Be quiet!” Answer suspicion: “Be quiet!” Answer distrust and fear and self-pity and lust and anger and gluttony and pride: “Be quiet!” Inside your own soul and on behalf of others, put these two words to work. Then rest easy.

Your mission: Listen carefully for the slightest deception. Listen for the inaudible, invisible source of the lie. When you identify your target, take aim. Then from under your breath let fly the borrowed words, in Jesus’ name: “Be quiet!” Then rest as the racket dies away.

Question: “Where is the devil attacking?”

Answer: “Be quiet!”

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Fight Like Jesus: Winning the War of Words by Mark Herringshaw

You live in a “do or die” world where a ruthless enemy plots your downfall. You must fight for your peace, for your family, your provision, your sanity, your purity, and even for your very life. As a follower of Jesus Christ you’ve committed to living in ways that honor him. So how do you battle by righteous standards?

The popular image of Jesus paints him as a meek and mild saint. Yet beneath what appears as a passive veneer we find an aggressive, militant, even violent warrior. The question is not if Jesus fights, but how. In this short book, Fight Like Jesus I explore Mark’s Gospel and demonstrate how Jesus leveraged the power of words as ultimate weapons against evil. I then reveal how we can do the same today by borrowing Jesus’ words to prevail through our own “down and dirty” challenges.

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