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- God prepares a table for us

in the presence of our enemies.

That's a verse from the 23rd Psalm

that most of us know by heart.

What you may not know isthat if you don't watch out

an uninvited guests willpull up a seat at your table.

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- [Announcer] Are you winningthe battles for your mind?

Louie Giglio, pastor ofPassion City Church in Atlanta

says we all lose thatbattle, but we don't have to.

In his new book, Don't GiveThe Enemy A Seat At Your Table,

pastor Giglio helps us takecontrol of our thoughts

and emotions and reject lies.

- [Giglio] Take the place prepared for you

and don't give the enemya seat at your table.

- Pastor Louie Gigliojoins us now via Skype.

Pastor, welcome back to the 700 Club.

- So great to be with you today,

it's amazing to see you

and thanks for having me on.

- Oh, our pleasure.

Well, first of all, what does it mean

for God to prepare a table before us?

- What an amazing promise,

you know, the 23rd Psalm is so well known

for most everybody on planet earth,

but we miss out on that verse five

where our shepherd is saying,

no matter what situation you're in,

no matter what the circumstance,

whatever it's surroundingyou, the opposition,

the hardship, our shepherdprepares a table for us

right in the middle of the conflict.

He said He anoints our headwith oil and our cup overflow.

So in the middle of every situation,

Jesus provides what we need.

- Amen, where you go through five lies

that the enemy uses totake a seat at that table,

what are some of those?

- Yeah, and just makesure people know today

we're talking about the capital E enemy,

not the ones that were supposed to love

and you know, treatwell, the people in life

that maybe are out to get us in some way,

but we're talking about our adversary

who comes to steal, kill, and destroy

and you know, he's at your table.

If you're hearing lies like this

A, it's better at another table

than the table Jesus prepared.

You know, the enemy haspulled up a seat at your table

if you're hearing thatyou're not good enough,

you know the enemy is at your table,

if you're hearing, you'renot gonna make it through

this season of life or this circumstance,

you know the enemy is at your table.

- Pastor, one of the liesand you just cited it

is that is the beliefthat we're not good enough

and I think we all hearthat lie from time to time.

But on the other hand aren't Christians

supposed to be humble?

- You know, being humble is a reflection

of being in the presence of God.

So humility for me isn't acharacter trait you work on,

it's the by-product of being with Jesus.

When you're with God,you realize you are small

and he is great.

But when you're withGod, you don't realize

that you don't matter to God,

you realize how much you matter to God.

And our good shepherd books this table,

made the reservation, paidfor it with his own life,

and it is the guests at the table

so that each one of us canhave a relationship with him,

the good shepherd lays downhis life for the sheep.

And that's how much everyperson matters to God.

You are worth Jesus to God.

- Amen, and in your book,

Don't Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table,

you also discuss the misguided belief

that there's no way out.

How do we get out of situationswhere we've made a mistake

and we're dealing with theconsequences of our own actions?

- Well, you know God promisesus that in every temptation

He will provide a way out.

That way starts by being a three door,

garage door size way out.

But the more we disobey God,

the more we turn our back onthat voice of the holy spirit

and the more we keep walkingtoward that temptation,

the way out it gets smallerand smaller and smaller

until then it's too late.

We've done the wrong thing,but every step of the way

even up until the last instant,

the spirit of God is making waves,

call a friend, leave thehouse, unplugged the computer,

get out of the story,say no to the invitation,

there's always a way forus to step towards God

in a way from the temptation.

- And even if you ignore all the red flags

and you still do whatever it is,

there's God's mercy, right?

He could still rescue you.

- Yeah, the enemy is a great tempter,

he always creates these scenarios

where he crops out all the disaster

and gets us to focus on all the pleasure,

but once we take thestep and take the bait

and makes the fall, heinstantly turns from,

wow, this is gonna beamazing to our accuser

and he says, you're the dumbestperson who's ever lived,

you're a reject as a Christian,

there's something wrong with you,

God will never accept you,

never love you,

you'll never be back inthe story with God again.

And so, the same one who was tempting us

is now condemning us and in both cases,

follow the spirit beforehand,

but look to the cross after hand

and let God convict us and leadus out of the condemnation,

back into a relationship with them.

- And you also talkabout our need to embrace

our true purpose,

how do we find what that is?

- Well, I think for all of us,

there are two things going on in life,

there's our passion, and our purpose.

And every one of us todayhas a unique passion,

we have a gift, an opportunity,a calling on our life,

an aptitude, a love forsomething that's our passion.

But all of us have the same purpose,

we were all created by God and for God

and all of us today usingour various passions

were created to bringglory to our creator.

And that's the ultimatepurpose for everybody

on this planet today, to know God,

love Him, enjoy Him and bring Him glory.

- Amen, well, we havejust scratched the surface

of pastor Giglio his brand new book,

it's called, Don't Give TheEnemy A Seat At Your Table,

it's available nationwide.

Pastor Giglio, thanks for being with us,

always a pleasure to see you.

- It's great to see you as well,

thank you so much.

- God bless you.