One of the points of my upcoming talk that is especially relevant to me is the idea of using daily habits to build up my spiritual defenses. I do several things regularly for the purpose of raising my defenses. I've been blogging for years now, and this year I also decided to pick up the habit of using Prayer, Hymns, and Meditation. All of these things help me build up my spiritual defenses and resist temptation. Of course, I should set aside time to study the scriptures daily as well, and I should probably also change my goal from meditating weekly to meditating daily, because the more I do each day to raise my defenses, the faster they'll grow and the stronger they'll become.
Defeating the adversary isn't a one-time thing. I know that now. There will never be a time when I don't have to fight off his temptations, not in this life anyway. Every day, I will have to face Satan's attacks, and every day, I need to make sure my defenses are strong enough to hold him off. That means that I need to continually repair and reinforce my defenses every single day. The more I do each day, the better. The more regularly I do those things, the better. I can't just put my armor on one time and expect it to protect me for the rest of my life. I need to put my armor on "every day, every day, every day."
I need daily habits that increase my spiritual defenses, I need as many of them as I can make time for, and I need to be diligent in making sure I do them every day.
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