Get Back to the Gospel; Dream Some Holy Dreams

Yesterday afternoon I read some very helpful words from Jack Miller, writing to a young man who's been thinking a lot about Satan and feeling oppressed by Satan, Part 3, The Heart of a Servant Leader, pp. 152-153:

"He [Satan] has certainly attacked your mind through the voices that speak to you. You have laid some bad foundations by shifting your life interests from the gospel to negative issues. You spent some lengthy time doing this. The negative chemistry has gone deep. But it appears to me that the devil has attacked you in a much more foundational way than this: somehow he has convinced you that there is little or no prospect for you to be delivered form his influence on your life and mind. He has made you think Jesus cannot really help you because your struggles, your weaknesses, your bondages are too much, too special, too unique. Well, you have listened to a lie."...But oh to get your heart back to the gospel! What power there is in this sweet message! Simply take John 3:16-17 and chew on these verses, say them, sing them, shout them, preach them to yourself--until your heart is filled with awareness of the marvel of the Father's love to you."Then, form a mental picture of what you want to be a year from now. Dream some holy dreams. Reckon yourself dead to sin and alive to Christ. Expect Him to accomplish the dream, but dream it. Think of qualities you'd like to replace those that now trouble you. Name them to yourself, write them down, sing them, shout them. Preach more gospel to yourself. Make a fight for your life."