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S ATANS D IRTY L ITTLE S ECRET by Steve Foss
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Copyright 2012 by Steve Foss
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Foss, Steve.
Satans dirty little secret / Steve Foss.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 978-1-61638-650-4 (trade paper)ISBN

978-1-61638-709-9 (ebook) 1. Spiritual warfare. 2.
Temptation. 3. Devil. 4. Demonology. I. Title.
BV4509.5.F63 2012
241.3dc23

2011039350

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Portions of this book were previously published by Creation House, copyright 2007, ISBN 978-1-59979-204-0.

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CONTENTS

G OD HAS TRULY used Pastor Steve Foss to expose some of the most pernicious strategies used by the devil to sideline Gods people from fulfilling their potential. Steves revelations do not come from an ivory tower but from face-to-face ministry with tens of thousands of young people and hundreds of thousands on the foreign field and in revival services all over America.

Through Steves diligence in applying what I taught himnot to deal with the surface issues but to go into the spirit world to defeat the enemySteve has been rewarded with valuable nuggets of truth to share with the body of Christ on the devils devices.

D R . M ORRIS C ERULLO
P RESIDENT , M ORRIS C ERULLO W ORLD E VANGELISM

T HERE ARE TIMES and seasons when God has opened the eyes of a generation into the spirit realm and revealed hidden truths. We are living in one of those seasons. The spirit of wisdom and revelation has been opening the eyes of Gods people like never before. The strategies of Satan are being unmasked, and the church is about to embark on the greatest season of warfare and victory that it has ever known.

The prophetic nature of this book may make it a bit difficult to digest. The exposing of hidden strongholds is never an easy thing to experience. We all like to feel we are doing pretty well, but God wants us to be free. Scripture declares that he whom the Son sets free is free indeed (John 8:36). Only as we come into truth will we be free.

The truths discussed in this prophetic writing will challenge even the most committed Christian. It is hard-hitting at times and fast-paced. Take time to read and reread the chapters. Let the Spirit of God bring you into the depths of freedom that only come from deep calling unto deep (Ps. 42:7).

The purpose of this prophetic writing is not to entertain with cute stories and anecdotes. Its to break the back of the enemys greatest hidden strategy and bring Gods people to new levels of freedom. I pray that the anointing of God will be upon you and that the words of Christ will change you.

For we are not ignorant of [Satans] devices.
2 C ORINTHIANS 2:11

F OR WE ARE not ignorant of [Satans] devices (2 Cor. 2:11, KJV ). This was the declaration the apostle Paul made two thousand years agoa declaration of an awareness of the strategies of the enemy, an awareness that has been lost in our day. The traps that the enemy has set for us today are the same as they were two thousand years ago. Satan is doing nothing new today. He has not yet had an original idea. He is playing the same game he played in the Garden of Eden.

If youre like many Christians, youve probably thought that if you had been in that garden, you surely wouldnt have disobeyed Gods command and eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:17). Yet every day of our lives we are presented with this same temptation. Satan challenges us with the same questions he posed to Eve. And, unfortunately, most days we eat of the tree. The fruit binds us, holds us, and dictates almost every move we make.

The war to overcome sin often seems to be an overwhelming task for most. We believe in the finished work of Jesus on the cross, and yet we are bound by this continual cycle of yielding to temptation. Some of you reading this may be feeling a bit smug right now because you think you have a good handle on sin. You may be in a worse condition. The reality is that the church tends to limit sin to the major moral sinslying, cheating, adultery, fornication, drunkenness, and such like. Yet the stronghold of sin goes so much deeper in our lives.

Sin affects how we think, what we imagine, what we buy, sell, gather, and give. It affects how we worship, work, and live every aspect of our lives. It leads us into wrong relationships and to wrongly relate to one another. Sin dominates our viewpoints, our work ethics, and, most disturbingly, it dominates how we conduct ministry.

The same fruit from that same tree in the garden is being offered to all of us throughout our lives, and we keep eating it, often in the name of God. The focal point of all of our troubles is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This is where it all begins and where it can end. It is what happens here on a daily basis that will determine if the victory Christ has purchased for us will become a living reality in our lives. Once again God is about to open the eyes of a generation to the strategies of Satan.

By revelation God is going to destroy Satans most powerful advantage: his ability to operate in the midst of ignorance. In this book we are going to uncover Satans most diabolic strategyhow it works and how it affects our lives. We are going to expose his devices and start down the path of true freedom. I pray that together we will have an Isaiah experience and say, Woe is me! for I am undone (Isa. 6:5, KJV ). Oh, that God would give us such an encounter with truth that the strongholds of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil are permanently broken in our lives.

T HE V ISION

I was the youth pastor at a church in Georgia. I had only been on the job for two months when I was invited to speak at the local high schools Christian Bible study. They asked if I would speak two weeks in a row. I readily accepted and began to plan my strategy.