Below is a tract from Dr. Kopp regarding the Armor of God. We must arm ourselves with the Armor of God every day to defeat satan!

When Attacked

An older pastor told me how to distinguish the Lord's light from darkness many years ago:

God does not want to tear us down, pick us apart, burn bridges, fracture families, degrade, denigrate, devastate, or destroy us.

That's the work of Satan.

God builds bridges, relationships, friendships, families, and reconciles, heals, helps, includes, enables, elevates, enlightens, and encourages.

Satan says, "You're no good. You're bad. You're useless. You don't belong."

God says, "Come to me."

God invites and includes.

God loves.

The attacks come at our moments of vulnerability.

Denise Frangipane noted, "Satan is a master of illusions. He plays upon our weaknesses and exaggerates our problems."

So if your marriage is weak, he'll send a Jezebel to seduce you into sin. If you're low on money, he'll provide an opportunity to steal. If you're being abused, he'll push you to abuse. If you've been hurt, he'll provide somebody to hit. If you've got unresolved problems from the past, he'll present occasions to repeat them.

Satan's goal is to beat up and break down the family of faith.

That's the bad news.

Here's the good news from James: "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you" (4:7-8).

It cannot be stressed enough that behind the purveyors of life's meanness, madness, and misery is Satan. While acknowledging the accomplices, the author of darkness is Satan. That's why Paul fingered both as he introduced the equipment for battling them (see Ephesians 6:10ff.):

Be strong with the Lord's mighty power. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all the strategies and tricks of the Devil. For we are not fighting against people…but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against the wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.

Using the metaphor of a Roman soldier preparing for battle, Paul described the equipment which our Lord has given to us to live victoriously (see Ephesians 6:13ff.).

Keep a few things in mind as you prepare for battle: (1) Our strength is in the Lord. Read Psalm 46 and sing A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; (2) Wearing all the armor is required for victory. A little-dab'll-do-ya isn't enough; and (3) If Satan is up to no good in your life, you must be doing something right! John Eldredge wrote in Wild at Heart (2001), "Do you know why there's been such an assault? The enemy fears you. You are dangerous big-time." Satan attacks when we're honoring God, helping people, and advancing the Kingdom. Darkness only conspires to detour, discourage, devastate, and destroy people and churches on the cusp of the total commitment to Jesus which will bless Him and His with extraordinary extravagance.

Putting on the armor every day is essential to victory.

Here's a summary of how I do it:

Lord, I thank You for providing all I need to live victoriously.

Aware of the dark influences conspiring to move my mind from You, I close the psychic door; barricading it with the cross of Christ  and sealing it with His blood. Knowing You have granted volition to me, I only open this door for You.

I wear the helmet of salvation which is lined with the promises of Your affection and protection. Making all thoughts captive to You and protecting my mind which is a battleground for spiritual warfare, this helmet covers my ears, eyes, and mouth so I do not hear, see, or speak in unGodly ways. I do not hear who or what will distract me from Your holiness. I do not see who or what will distract me from Your holiness. I do not speak words that will insult Your holiness and injure Your people.

I place the breastplate of righteousness over my heart which is the wellspring of my life - emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. This is not my goodness. It is Your great graciousness which protects me. You make me right by Your sacrificial
death and eternal love.

I wear Your belt of truth. You, Lord Jesus, are the truth here and now and hereafter. Your truth protects me.

I wear Your gospel shoes of peace; therefore, I can stand firm, balanced, and always ready to follow You through life to eternity. Firmly footed, I look up, stand up, speak up, and act up for You.

I take the shield of faith, my trust and confidence in You as saving Lord, to protect me from the fiery darts, deceptions, lies, assaults, accusations, and all other dark strategies of Satan. With the hinges of this shield, I am linked to all of the saints for protection - family, home, possessions, and church - in the midst of spiritual warfare.

I wield the Sword of the Spirit which is the Bible. The Bible contains Your pure prescriptions for living victoriously. The Gideons are right: "Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.
Here paradise is restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed." Defensively, I can distinguish light from darkness - the lies of Satan from Your truth - because of the Bible. Offensively, I can bring love, light, and salt into the world because of the Bible.

I wrap myself in the mantle of praise because You "inhabit" the praises of Your people. As my praises go up, Your blessings come down.

I place Your cross before me as a banner and guide. I have decided to follow You! No turning back! The cross before me! The world behind me! No turning back! Though none go with me, yet I will follow You! No turning back!

Thank You, Jesus, for protecting me from here to eternity as I pray in Your holy, holy, holy name. Amen.

Francis Frangipane often says, "How do we defeat the enemy? Victory begins with the name of Jesus on our lips; it is consummated by the nature of Jesus in our hearts."

Remember, when Satan attacks, "One little word shall fell him!"

Jesus!!!