Sin City: Ep.8: The Enemy's Final Whisper


Host Connie Morris continues the Sin City series in Episode 8, exploring how authority often invites the enemy’s subtle, final attempts to wear believers down after a season of victory.
Drawing on Daniel’s story and scripture, Connie warns that the enemy shifts from attacking behavior to attacking endurance, and she urges listeners to remain steadfast, vigilant, and consistent in their faith.
This episode offers encouragement and practical spiritual reminders to help you protect the victory you’ve earned and avoid losing your crown through fatigue or carelessness.
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00:20 - Opening Bold Prayers
01:01 - The Enemy’s Last Attempt
08:16 - Staying Alert in Sin City
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Welcome to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast, where we pray bold prayers,
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walk in bold faith, and expect a bold God to show up.
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I'm your host, Connie Morris, and we open every episode with the same unshakable
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confidence Jabez had in 1 Chronicles 4.10.
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Lord, bless me indeed, enlarge my territory, let your hand be with me,
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keep me from evil, and keep me from causing pain. And the Bible says,
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God granted his request.
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So if you're here today, get ready, because we're praying big,
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believing big, and walking in everything God promised. Let's begin.
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Hello and welcome back to Diary of a Black Woman podcast.
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I'm your host Connie Morris and today we are continuing our series Sin City,
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episode 8, The Enemy's Last Attempt.
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By now you could clearly see the pattern.
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Daniel refused the Kool-Aid, right? He endured the pressure,
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he survived the Lion's End, and authority followed.
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And here's what scripture makes plain.
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Authority doesn't end resistance. It provokes the final one.
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The enemy does not retreat quietly.
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There's a mistake people make when they come out of a hard season.
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They think the worst is over. The battle is done. I've paid my dues.
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But scripture shows us something different.
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After Daniel's authority was established, Babylon didn't disappear.
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It adapted. Scripture warns us, be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary,
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the devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
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That's in 1 Peter 5.8.
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Notice as a roaring lion or like a roaring lion. He's roaring, but he's not biting.
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So he's making a lot of noise, but we know noise can be intimidating.
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The final attempt is to wear us down.
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The enemy last attempt is rarely dramatic. It's subtle. It sounds like you've done enough.
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Why keep standing? You prove your point. Just rest.
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But scripture warns us about this exact tactic.
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Daniel 7.25 says, they shall wear out the saints of the most high.
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Wear out doesn't mean destroy. It means exhaust because tired people compromise faster.
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So let's talk about the shift after the authority.
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Before authority, the enemy attacks your behavior. After authority,
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he attacks your endurance because if he can't stop your faith,
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he'll try and stop your stamina.
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Scripture tells us, do not grow weary in doing good.
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Galatians 6.9, don't grow weary. It says at the end, don't faint,
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don't grow weary, don't give up.
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That warning exists for a reason.
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Daniel did not become careless. Daniel didn't relax after his convictions,
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after the lion's den. He stayed consistent.
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He stayed probably still praying, still fasting.
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Still doing what he knows to do to keep his relationship tight with the Lord.
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And scripture records it quietly. In Daniel 6, 28, it tells us that Daniel prospered
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during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus.
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That's powerful because remember, Daniel was in exile.
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That wasn't his homeland, but yet he prospered in another man's country.
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Wow, he prospered in exile.
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Only God can do that. He prospered through multiple kings, multiple seasons.
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Why? Because he kept the same integrity. He kept the same consistency.
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And that is what defeats the final attempt.
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Sin city calls consistency obsession. When you don't relax your standard,
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sin city calls you rigid, extreme, obsessed, unhealthy.
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But scripture says, be steadfast, be immovable, 1 Corinthians 15a.
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Steadfast doesn't mean dramatic. It means unchanging.
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The enemy wants you to self-edit. He wants you to doubt what just happened.
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He wants you to doubt, really doubt God.
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But the final tip, the final attempt isn't always an attack from the outside.
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Sometimes it's internal.
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You don't start, you'll start asking yourself, do I really need to keep this going?
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What's the harm now? I've already proved myself. It's like you have a steady
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moment of praying and fasting every month.
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Maybe you get up every month at the same time, but yet you're feeling victorious.
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And so you let your guards down.
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That's the Kool-Aid thinking. You know, you start thinking like a drunk for a person, right?
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You know, we talk, we have people say, you know, that's the, oh, I'll talk it.
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Well, Kool-Aid has a top. Kool-Aid says in 1 Corinthians 10,
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12, let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he falls.
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Authority without vigilance collapse.
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And we always ask God, God, why do we got to keep taking these tests?
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Why you can't just remove it? Can I just live just a moment with peace?
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Right. But God allows this last attempt for one reason, to seal your authority.
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Scripture says, 1 Peter 5.10, after you have suffered a little while, he will establish you.
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We don't have a time frame on that little while.
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But we know, according to the scripture, that he will establish you,
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that there will come a time where there won't be any more battles,
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that the victory will be sealed, right?
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So established means fixed in place, no longer provisional, no longer temporary,
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right? So we know that he will establish you.
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Your victory will be final, a final victory.
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Some of you are in the after season. You survived the den, the lion's den,
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whatever den that you were in.
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You gained clarity, you earned authority, and now you feel pressure to loosen up.
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That pressure is not random. It's the enemy's last attempt.
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Don't undo what you've been through with fatigue.
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What you built with endurance. So do not undo with fatigue what you built with endurance.
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Revelation 3.11 tells us to hold fast what you have, that no one take your crown.
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Crowns are lost through carelessness, not confrontational.
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Isn't that powerful? You can lose your crown.
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And I think it's in 2 Corinthians or 1 Corinthians 9.26, it says,
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unless you be a castaway,
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You know, like you worked so hard to get here, but yet that final loss would
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be the detriment of everything that you work for.
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So do not lose heart. Do not faint.
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Do not lose heart. Do not faint.
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Stand strong in what God has. If he already gave you victory in all the fights,
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this last fight is just the knockout punch for the enemy.
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This is your host, Connie Morris from Diary of a Black Woman Podcast.
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Next time, we're going to talk about how to live in Sin City long term without
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becoming hard, bitter, or compromised.
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I want you to stay alert, stay strong, and do not drink the Kool-Aid.
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Family, thank you for spending this time with me today.
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To every woman listening who has ever felt hidden, overlooked,
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or pushed aside, I want you to hear me clearly.
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God has not forgotten you, and neither have I.
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That's why I moved everything to our new home on pod page, so you would have
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one place to connect with me, read the devotionals, listen to the podcast,
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it's all there at diaryofablackwomanllc.com.
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No pressure, just love and community.
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Before we leave, I want to speak the word that I close with every time because
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somebody needs this reminder today. It comes from Jeremiah 29 11 14.
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I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and
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not to harm you, plans to give you hope in a future, then you will call upon
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me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you.
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You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
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I will be found by you, declares the Lord.
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Beloved, God has a plan for your life, a real one, a good one,
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and as long as you keep seeking him, you will find him even from the hidden places. I love you.
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I'm praying for you, and I'll meet you next time.







