Beware of Satan’s Thorns: Seven Ways the Enemy Weakens Pastors

Here are seven strategies Satan uses to distract, harass, weaken, and destroy pastors and how to avoid them.

Why do certain members of my church disagree with my position on this issue? After all, I am spiritually more advanced, I defensively thought. This led to an energy-sapping clash in the church. Looking back, I now realize I had allowed one of Satan’s thorns to jab me.

As Satan opposed Jesus’ work on earth, he and the “spiritual forces of evil” oppose our efforts for God (Ephesians 6:12). He especially targets pastors. For in weakening them, he weakens the Church. Read more