The Battle for the Soul
I have been thinking for the last several days that I need to write about this. I have put it off, always having something that 'needed' to be done. Tonight, as I was praying, I felt like I needed to put a few thoughts down, no idea why. If you were a missionary in la Mision Espana Sevilla in 1984, you heard about this talk. We were taught in Zone Conferences, as I recall. It has remained with me, and I have seen the truth of it in my life. The talk was by Elder Melvin J. Ballard, given in the Salt Lake Tabernacle nearly 90 years ago. It is a lengthy read, but worth it. The link is below. He spoke about how we are all in a constant battle against Satan. Satan knows us. He knows our strengths, he knows our weaknesses. He has legions to help him, for while they were outnumbered in the War in Heaven, here, we are clearly outnumbered. But he can only get to us as we let him in. But the battle Elder Ballard speak...