There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

conflict hidden under my little mental basket, only to discover no fresh light can reach the darkness when you are hiding that battle in yourself. After standing up and confessing the mental conflict to 750 people, the Lord renewed my mind and spirit and released a fresh anointing, sparing me, I am certain, from a more terrible pit in the future. Months later my precious wife asked me, “I knew something was wrong; why didn’t you come to me and tell me you were depressed?” I had no answer, other than I thought I could defeat it myself, without anyone’s help. This taught me three things. 1. Remaining isolated can cause you to lose the battle. In times of war you need other soldiers with you. 2. When you expose a secret struggle to the light, the adversary has nowhere to hide and is exposed, thus weakening the oppressive thing you are battling. 3. Make yourself accountable to friends and to your companion, if you are married, for prayer covering and strength conditioning. Those who love you will stand with you before others will. There is a way to win private battles between you and the adversary. Jesus did it in the wilderness of temptation for forty days, and you can do it through His strategy—the power of the Spirit and the Word of God.