Did you know that the "silent treatment" is really a "silent tantrum?" Children do this to manipulate and control. Adults who use it are acting like children, refusing to discuss a matter for resolution. Their hope is to cause an emotional meltdown so they can feel powerful and in control.
This tactic has no power over us when we ignore it. Knowing that the devil is behind it, and he has no power over a born-again believer unless we allow it, we do not have to become emotionally unhinged..
James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
How do we resist the devil the best?
By not allowing the childish tantrum to cause us to act in kind or become upset we thwart the plan of the devil to cause us to sin.
As one speaker said; "we do not fight fire with fire, that only causes a bigger fire."
We fight fire with refreshing water of the Word and prayer, leaving the one who is having a tantrum to God.
The more we trust in Christ and follow His principles the stronger we are against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 4:26-27 "…26 “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. "
Hallelujah, we do not have to allow the world around us to turn us into it. We can be what Christ wants us to be using His principles.
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