Swords and Shadows/Espadas y sombras: Navigating Youth Amidst the Wiles of Satan/Navegando la juventud en medio de las artimañas de Satanás

God loves you. You should know this already. Satan hates you. Did you know that? Perhaps you understand this simply from living in this world, even if you have not heard it preached to you. Satan hates you and, with all the demons, is dedicating his existence to bringing your life into ruin. Sorry, but it's true, and you need to know, as I wish I had known when I was young. We are in a spiritual battle with Satan and his demons. God, however, is fighting with and for us, and His grace and strength are unmatched, and will appear in our lives in miraculous ways.

I wasn't born with a sword in my hand, but I wish I had been. It would have spared me a lot of pain. Not only would I have known, in my youth, that I was being attacked and provoked by Satan to reject God and embrace a life of sin, but I would have also known that the Church has a storehouse of spiritual weapons and is eagerly trying to get them into my hands. Unarmed, I turned away from God and embraced a worldly life which led to misery and pain - until God appeared and changed the story.

As a high school Theology teacher, I have desired to give the real Truth to my students. I pray this book accomplishes the same. Let your eyes be opened. See the truth about your life and let Christ set you free from the dragon and his shadows.

Charles D. Fraune is a teacher, speaker, and author of the best-selling spiritual warfare books: Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know, as well as The Rise of the Occult: What Exorcists & Former Occultists Want You To Know and The Occult Among Us: Exorcists and Former Occultists Expose the Nature of This Modern Evil, all of which have been endorsed by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Bishop Joseph Strickland, and exorcist Msgr. Stephen Rossetti. Find him and his other publications at www.SlayingDragonsPress.com.

Dios les ama. Ya deber燰n saberlo. Satan嫳 les odia. Lo sab燰n? Tal vez entiendan esto simplemente porque viven en este mundo, aunque nadie se los haya predicado. Satan嫳 les odia y, con todos los demonios, dedica su existencia a llevar sus vidas a la ruina. Lo siento, pero es verdad, y tienen que saberlo. Como deseo haberlo sabido cuando yo era joven. Estamos en una batalla espiritual contra Satan嫳 y sus demonios. Dios, sin embargo, est?luchando con nosotros y por nosotros, y su gracia y fuerza son incomparables, y aparecer嫕 en nuestra vida de manera milagrosa.

Yo no nac?con una espada en la mano, pero desear燰 que as?hubiese sido. Hubiera evitado mucho dolor. No s鏊o hubiera sabido en mi juventud que estaba siendo atacado y provocado por Satan嫳 para que rechace a Dios y acepte una vida de pecado, sino que tambi幯 hubiera sabido que la Iglesia tiene un mont鏮 de armas espirituales y estaba tratando ansiosamente de ponerlas en mis manos. Desarmado, me alej?de Dios y abrac?una vida mundana que me llev?a la miseria y al dolor, hasta que Dios apareci?y cambi?la historia.

Como profesor de Teolog燰 en una escuela secundaria, he deseado compartir la verdad a mis alumnos. Rezo que este libro logre hacerlo. Permitan que sus ojos se abran. Vean la verdad sobre sus vidas y dejen que Cristo los libere del drag鏮 y de sus sombras.