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Secrets of the Kingdom Life  /  Chapter 14, Reading the Scriptures and Spiritual Classics  /  Discussion Questions
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The chapter ends by warning that Satan will “torpedo our devotional time,” and that Bercot has experienced it; based on the chapter’s description of what happens in a true devotional hour (confession, new resolutions, awareness of needs, worship), what do you think Satan is most trying to prevent, and what concrete safeguards will you adopt this week?
Another way to ask: Bercot says Satan will try to ruin our devotional time, especially when it leads to confession, worship, and new obedience. What do you think Satan most wants to stop, and what specific steps will you take this week to protect your devotional time?

Direct Answer Based on the transcript, Satan most wants to prevent the kind of devotional hour where God speaks through Scripture, leading to confession, new obedience, worship, and deeper surrender. Bercot doesn’t give specific safeguards, but his outline implies guarding time for Scripture and prayerful, interactive response is central.

Support from Transcript:

  • He concludes: “Because our devotional hour is such an important part of the kingdom life, Satan will do whatever he can to torpedo our devotional time.”
  • He says he knows this “from experience.”
  • In the devotional hour, we are to let “God…speak to us through His written Word,” which is more certain than subjective impressions.
  • Devotional reading is “interactive”: praying, praising, “confessing disobedience,” “making commitments,” and “asking for the power” to obey.
  • After reading, we often have “new resolutions,” awareness of “spiritual needs,” “sins we need to confess,” and “thanksgiving”—all things that would strengthen kingdom living.
  • Worship may “just happen” when overwhelmed with God’s presence, suggesting Satan would also oppose that intimacy.
Discussion Follow-ups The transcript doesn’t list practical defenses (like scheduling or removing distractions). What specific actions would best protect the key elements Bercot describes—Scripture time, interactive prayer, and closing prayer of confession and resolutions?

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