2 Corinthians 2:11 - "lest satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of the devices of the devil"

As a Christian you need to stand firm and beware of the manipulations of the devil through his agents and his devilish tactics. Stand guard, for the devil has no joy in seeing the brilliance of God's glory on you, he understands where you are standing, he's been there before and will do anything to bring you down quickly, put on the armor of God and be watchful. Now I'm not talking of the acclaimed christians who doesn't know their left from their right, I'm talking of the firebrands whom has groom themselves diligently in the things of God.

Now let me share with you how devil tried to manipulate christians, imagine a pastor conducting a deliverance section for a lady, after the shouting and commanding, twisting and turning of the lady then he started to have an erection, ahh! That's a manipulative attack from the pit of hell.
You as a christian brother you went out to preach the gospel to someone and instead of speaking the counsel of God, you ended up discussing politics and football and almost even turn it to a quarrel, unmh! That's a manipulative attack from a satanic agent.
You as a christian brother you won a lady over to Christ and you decided to do a follow-up and your follow-up continues with a chit chat with the lady into the midnight, ahh! Run for your soul, it's a manipulative attack from the kingdom of darkness.
Bro Samson you decided to browse some Christian articles on your phone, but you ended up on a pornography website, ahhhh!! How come! Beware, the devil is manipulating your soul.
You as a gospel artist even a christian, you entered into the studio to record your soul saving song and the producer, seeing your sonorous voice, tells you instead of that why not sing the latest in town and you decided to give it a trial ahhhh! That's a manipulation of your destiny by the devil, don't give in.
You head a department in your office and your boss is asking you to change figures for the growth of the company and that of your pocket, ahh! son of man that's a manipulation of your glory, the devil is toiling with you.
You saw a new sister in church, beautiful and endearing, and you lost all concentrations in church, infact the service is not complete if you haven't see her, ahh! The devil is manipulating your salvation resist him and stand firm!!
You as a child of God, because someone did something bad to you, you decided not to forgive, you kept an unforgiving spirit within you, at that level the devil has succeeded in manipulating your eternal salvation, shake yourself from his manipulations, run back to God, cleanse yourself and stand firm.
As a Christian sister you decided to follow the footsteps of your wayward friends, you said you are old enough to decide for yourself, my dear don't let the devil manipulate your eternity!
Ahhhh Brother Thompson you were once a firebrand, well known in the things of the LORD but now that you've gotten that visa and left the country, you've been caught up in the wind, you've allowed yourself to be carried away by the wind, we no longer see the flames of your prayers in heaven, ahh brother, don't let the devil manipulate your destiny, it's too quick to be caught unaware, stand firm and resist the manipulations of satan.
Pastor Ebenezer why have you cast your eyes on another man's wife in your church is she now so beautiful in your eyes than your own wife, ahh, beware of the manipulations of satanic agents before they blew off your candle and remove it from its stand!!

The devil knows he has lost the battle, he's only trying to get you down with him, he has sent many of his agents into the world to manipulate and destroy christians, he's using many tactics to lure away the children of light, understand these and stand firm, don't let the devil catch you unaware, don't let him sift you like a wheat, remain strong and watch, if so Repent from where you have fallen, stand strong and firm and know that we are more than conquerors through him (Jesus) that loved us, Amen!!
1 Corinthians 15:58 _"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. "_
-T. R Fred

Devil has no power to manipulate unless you give heed to his soft sweet but killing words. That's deception