I copied this from a friend's blog because it needs to be shared with a wider audience.
It is easy to become discouraged in light of all that is going on in the world. All of this "agitation" comes from the fact that the enemy sees that the Lord is rising up (read Psalm 2). God is shaking everything that can be shaken, and the enemy is coming with great wrath because he knows his time is short.
Don't let the devil get control and be the master of your thought life when listening to the news. When he gets control then fear, rage, discouragement, helplessness,... apathy and all sorts of bad things take root. God's peace is stolen. God's joy is stolen. God's will for our lives is delayed. God did not give us that spirit of fear. He's given us a spirit of power (to intercede), and love (in any circumstance), and a sound and sober mind. (II Tim 1:7) If you follow what I write below - you won't be shaken.
When I see something in the world that "vexes" my spirit, I have been instructed to:
"Cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" . . . to declare "Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered" . . . and "Thy kingdom come. Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Give control of your mind to God instead. Give faith control. Give love control. Bless instead of curse. Intercede, confident that your intercessions are loosing angels to act in behalf of the kingdom of God. Declare, "Let God arise. Let His enemies be scattered." God has commanded you and given you the authority to do that. It will happen.
A "disciple" is a disciplined one. If we're "disciples" we need to discipline - or take control of - our minds.
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