Via:@Lifensoho1 Food for thought: Come . . . out from the snare of the Devil.—2 Tim. 2:26. The Devil stalks Jehovah’s servants. His goal is not necessarily to destroy them, as a big-game hunter kills prey. Rather, the Devil’s main goal is to capture his quarry alive and use the person as he sees fit. (2 Tim. 2:24-26) To catch prey alive, a trapper may use a snare of some sort. He may try to get the animal to come out into the open where he can capture it with a noose. Or he may use a hidden trap that has a trigger and takes the animal by surprise. The Devil uses similar snares to catch God’s servants alive. If we want to avoid being caught, we must be alert and heed warning signs indicating that one of Satan’s snares, or traps, is nearby. Three of the traps that the Devil has used with a measure of success are (1) uncontrolled speech, (2) fear and pressure, and (3) excessive guilt.

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