Have you ever wondered why no matter where God places you whether it is in the secular arena or in Ministry you keep encountering the same spirit.  I have been seeking the Lord on why it is this happens.  I am a strong person who has a lot of confidence in God. So I approach life with a “can do attitude”.  I tend to always encounter a spirit of jealousy or a religious spirit.   When I was a babe in Christ, I use to let these Spirits torture me but as I have matured over the years and have been able to identify certain patterns, I have learned to understand the enemy’s tactics.  In order to overcome the first thing we need to understand is what Paul says in Ephesian 6:12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places”.   Therefore, we must pray for the person that is allowing those spiritual forces to use them.   The second thing we must do is not engage with these spirits.  Matthew 5:44 & 45a says “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,  that you may be children of your Father in heaven”.  We must approach them in the opposite spirit.  So if they are consistently trying to engage you in an unpleasant discussion of some sort, or if they make faces that seem disrespectful then you should find ways to be good to them, acknowledge their opinion but do not engage.  Proverbs 15:1 says “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger”.  Finally, the most important thing that you need to understand is the very thing that that spirit is going after is the very thing that God p[laced in you to change the world.  In my case the spirit hates the favor on my life as a result of being confident in God, it hates that I am not easily discouraged and have a pit bull attitude. The opposing spirit hates it because those qualities that God, Himself gave me cause breakthrough in my life and whatever put my hand to.  What are the qualities that the enemy is trying to break off of you?  Always evaluate things and look for patterns and then ask God for the Strategy to eliminate the opposition.  You will have more peace understanding that it’s really not about you its about what God put in you.