May 23, 2026

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Any advice that Ahithophel gave in those days was accepted as though it were the very word of God; both David and Absalom followed it.

So how was Hushai going to defeat a sure thing? The same way Satan does to us! While God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3) and equiped us to persevere and conquer (Ephesians 6:14-18), Satan tries to convince us otherwise and/or push us to fight in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:9-10; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5).…