The enemy of God and man is defeated by faith. Faith is multi-faceted, but I want to share a few things here, that might help. Faith is in the spirit realm, and cannot be accessed by the intellect or by reasoning, but only by the heart. Your heart needs to be prepared to believe by cleansing it with the love of God, which comes from repenting of every evil thing that comes out of your heart, and letting God change you. Galatians 5:6 states that nothing matters, “but only faith working through love” (ESV). This is a good safeguard to us receiving from God. If we are walking in love, then our faith can work. This means we cannot blame others for their misbehavior, but we have to understand that to set them free, we must SEE their chains and break them off. These are the cords of wickedness that come from ignorance of God and His ways. It is hard to separate your emotions when you have been wronged (or seemingly wronged) but to change things around you, use the force of love. Secondly, you cannot pity yourself or be angry at the people whom the devil has used, but spend every waking moment seeking God for answers and strategies in how to defeat His enemy, and set them free. Matthew 7:12 tells us: “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” (NIV). Get set free, and then go out and set others free! There is no greater calling than to get them to Jesus!