Have you noticed particular thoughts, people, or fears invading your heart and head? Does it seem like they got there without permission?
The reality is, you can choose to deny or grant access to your inner world. “Let not your heart be troubled” means you have the executive ability to command the traffic that comes into and out of your emotional state and your head at the deepest level.
Here are a few keys to help you navigate—or course correct—in this area:
1. Make your problem hostage to your purpose: Jesus did this! In John 12:27, Jesus speaks words that clarify His purpose on earth as He faced the greatest sacrifice. Ask yourself: “How does encountering this challenge rather than avoiding it actually serve my real purpose? What is actually great about this situation? How does it help me be more authentic? Improve the next time? Avoid this ditch? Help others? Make me mad at the right thing for the right reason!?”
2. Prayer support: If more action is needed, enlist intercessors to actively war in the Spirit on your behalf. You are under a high level attack, and even that is a good sign. You must be somebody the devil thinks is dangerous!
Be encouraged that the Lord has equipped you to overcome the devil and any thoughts he sends your way. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)
These attacks seem to come at us when we are tired and want to take the easy way out…..That is when we become the Most Vulnerable…..We all deal with these things throughout our lifetime.
Thank You, LANCE, for pointing this out to us…..WE NEEDED TO KNOW THESE THINGS, so we can Understand what is happening to us and not be overcome by them.
SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE FOR EACH OF US. WE APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW.
Resist the devil and he will flee. Negative thoughts will destroy your hope, your body, and your mind. The enemy would love to destroy us if we allow him too.God is our source and our strength!! Amen!!
Thank you for this insight and grateful I am not losing my mind and resolve when these devious thoughts creep in….your post jolted me back! Husband and I have been under fierce physical attacks in our bodies and minds. Being elderly we were thinking this is it! We are on our way out….however still feel we need to finish our assignments with courage, strength and good health!
Your posts and podcasts are mighty inspiration to fire up and get going! God bless you and keep shining His Face on you and yours!
Jan and Bill…….MN As One Warriors
As a Christian writer who has been shunned by the “mainstream literary world” I was encouraged by your admission that you loved reading books by unknown, non-mainstream Christian writers. My husband walked from Vermont to Washington DC to protest Obama’s lunacy and encourage Trump in 2015. He’s also a two-time stage-4 cancer survivor but God gave him Herculean strength to create an outdoor sanctuary for prayer and healing. We wrote: Destination D.C. a Modern-day Jonah? (by me, Ann Rich Duncan)to witness his struggles but when we started to promote it, Don suffered a broken back, followed by massive stroke, further massive blood clots, covid and now broken bones. The Devil does not want us to succeed. Thank you for the encouragement. To think someone might find and read our work is great good news.
annrichduncan@yahoo.com
Thanks for sharing , you are saying what my wife has been telling me and another friend , I need to stay positive and stand and strong in the Lord. It’s been a battle the last year, Have known it for years that I need to have hip replacement and been wanting to get things in order and get rested some so body heals better afterwards , then in Nov I dislocated my right shoulder and tore a tendon off and had prior tears . So finally end of March had rotary cuff surgery so still in recovery stage.
Yes it is a struggle for me that I will admit , and my hip is on the to do list soon as can do it . SO it has been a challenge to not do to much and get enough rest in between therapy and doing what I can on the ranch . Thanks for your prayers
Levi