Romans8:25- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall.....tribulation,......or distress......or persecution,.......or famine,.....or nakedness,......or peril.....or sword
Verse37- Yet in ALL THESE THINGS,we are more than conquerors, thru Him that loved us.
On these things I think it is simply lack of trust in Him,if we allow this to separate us. I have found these struggles personally draw me closer!
It's the sins of the heart which SEPERATES us from Him! Hatred,,covetness,lust,bigotry,,doubt, self righteousness,pride,vanity,conciet,arrogance being unstable and wishy washy ect.ect. Jesus Himself said " from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,""and also" it is not what goes into the body that harms,but rather what comes out from the heart" ! Yes Satan can hinder but thankfully he has to ask God for permission to truly sift us!
SIN SEPERATES FROM GOD,for the wages of sin is death. If you LOVE your sins more and keep gathering more sins upon your soul,then WITHOUT REPENTANCE....YOU SEPERATE YOURSELF FROM HIM!