Post by mommadee48 on Apr 1, 2022 22:10:58 GMT -5
BATTLEFIELD of the MIND: Joyce Meyers; Chapter 12/AN ANXIOUS and WORRIED MIND.
ANXIETY and WORRY ARE BOTH ATTACKS ON THE MIND intended to distract us from serving the LORD JESUS. The enemy also uses both of these torments to press our faith down, so our "FAITH" cannot rise up and help us live in victory.
Some people have such a problem with worry that it might even be said that they are addicted to worrying. If they do not have something of their own to worry about, they will worry over someone else's situation.
Peace is not something that can be put on a person; it is a fruit of the SPIRIT (GALATIANS 5:22), and fruit is the result of abiding in the vine. (JOHN 15:4 KJV). Abiding relates to entering the "rest of GOD" spoken of in the fourth chapter of HEBREWS as well as other places in the WORD of GOD.
READ: PSALM 37:8, MATTHEW 6:25, PHILIPPIANS 4;6, 1PETER5:7. NOTE: in different Bible's worry can be said in different ways.
WORRY DEFINED:
1)To cause to feel anxious, destressed, or troubled ...
2)A source of nagging concern.
3)It's also been said, "torment oneself with disturbing thoughts".
Worry certainly never makes anything better, so why not give it up?
The devil uses worry to do to us precisely what is described above. When we have had a bout with worry for even a few hours, we are totally worn out and beside ourselves.
The repetition of thoughts that comes and won't let up is like the repeated biting and snapping of an invisible beast. Worry is definitely an attack from Satan upon the mind. There are certain things the believer is instructed to do with his mind, and the enemy wants to make sure that they are never done. So, the devil attempts to keep the mental arena busy enough with the wrong kinds of thinking so that the mind never gets around to being used for the purpose for which GOD designed. When you feel an "worry attack" coming on; READ: (Matthew 6:25-34). Life is intended to be of such high quality that we enjoy it immensely. READ: (JOHN 10:10). Satan attempts to steal that life from us in many ways---one of them is to worry.
Do you worry or do you believe and trust GOD?
Even though you may be wrestling with a poor self-image, surely you can believe when GOD says you are more valuable than what you think. Worry is useless. READ: (MATTHEW 6:28-30, and 31).
What are you going to do about worrying?
Satan sends out demons whose job it is to do nothing but repeat that phrase in the believer's ear all day long. They fire off difficult questions, and the believer wastes his precious time attempting to come up with an answer. The devil is constantly waging war on the battlefield of the mind, hoping to engage the Christian in long, drawn-out, costly combat.
Notice that part of verse 31 in which the LORD instructs us not to worry or be anxious. Remember that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (MATTHEW 12:34 KJV). The enemy knows that if he can get enough of the wrong things going on in our mind, they will eventually begin to come out of our mouth. Our words are very important because they confirm our faith...or in some instances out lack of faith.
Also READ: (MATTHEW 6:32,33).
It is clear that GOD's children are not to be like the world!
The world seeks after things, but we are to seek the LORD. HE has promised that if we will do that, HE will add to us all these things HE knows we need.
We must learn to seek GOD's face and not HIS hand!
Our heavenly FATHER delights in giving HIS children good things, but only if we are not seeking after them. God knows what we need before we ask. READ: (PHILIPPIANS 4:6 KJV). Take one day at a time, READ: (MATTHEW 6:34). LEARN to use the time GOD has given to us for what HE intended.
Sadly, very few people know how to live each day to the fullest. But you can be one of them. JESUS said that Satan, the enemy, comes to steal your life. READ: (JOHN 10;10). Don't allow him to do it any longer! Don't spend today worrying about tomorrow. You have enough things going on today; it need all of your attention. GOD's grace is on you to handle whatever you need for today, but tomorrow's grace will not come until tomorrow comes---SO DON'T WASTE TODAY!!!
It is highly recommend speaking the WORD of GOD out of the mouth. It is the two-edged sword that must be wielded against the enemy. READ: (HEBREWS 4:12; EPHESIANS 6:17 KJV). A sword in its sheath won't do any good during an attack.
GOD JEHOVAH HAS GIVEN US HIS WORD, use it!
Learn Scriptures like this one and when the enemy attacks, counter his attack with the same weapon that JESUS used: the WORD! WHEN the thoughts being offered you do not agree GOD's WORD, the best way to shut the devil up is to speak the WORD!!! The WORD coming forth out of a believer's mouth, with FAITH to back it up, is the single most effective weapon that can be used to win the war against worry and anxiety.
READ: (1PETER5:6-7). WHEN the enemy tries to give us a problem, we have the privilege of casting it upon GOD. The word "cast" actually means to pitch or throw. You and I can pitch or throw our problems to GOD and, believe me, HE can catch them. HE knows what to do with them.
This passage lets us know that to humble ourselves is not to worry. A person who worries still thinks that in some way he can solve his own problem. Worry is the mind racing around trying to find a solution to its situation. The proud man is full of himself, while the humble man is full of GOD. The proud man worries; the humble man waits.
Only GOD can deliver us, and HE wants us to know that, so that in every situation our first response is to lean on HIM and to enter HIS rest.
What is our position?
It is one of abiding in JESUS and entering the rest of GOD. It is one of waiting on the LORD continually with our eyes focused upon HIM, doing what HE directs us to do and otherwise having a "reverential fear" of moving in the flesh. NOTE: Concerning entering GOD's rest I would like to say this: there is NO such thing as " the rest of GOD" WITHHOUT OPPOSITION. READ; (JOHN 14:27). HIS peace is a spiritual peace, and HIS rest is one that operates in the midst of the storm---not in its absence. READ: (MATTHEW 11:29, and 6:34).
The time HE gives us is a precious gift. But I gave it to the devil. Your time is your own. Use it wisely; you won't pass this way again...
READ: (HEBREWS 13:5). This is an excellent Scripture to use to encourage yourself when you have concern about whether or not GOD will come through and meet your needs. In this passage, the LORD is letting us know that we do not need to have our minds set on money, wondering how we are going to take care of ourselves, because HE will take care of these things for us. HE has promised never to fail us or forsake us.
Do your part, but do not try to do GOD's part. The load is too heavy to bear---and if you're not careful, you will break under the weight of it! READ: (PSALM 37:3).
THAT's a PROMISE1
ANXIETY and WORRY ARE BOTH ATTACKS ON THE MIND intended to distract us from serving the LORD JESUS. The enemy also uses both of these torments to press our faith down, so our "FAITH" cannot rise up and help us live in victory.
Some people have such a problem with worry that it might even be said that they are addicted to worrying. If they do not have something of their own to worry about, they will worry over someone else's situation.
Peace is not something that can be put on a person; it is a fruit of the SPIRIT (GALATIANS 5:22), and fruit is the result of abiding in the vine. (JOHN 15:4 KJV). Abiding relates to entering the "rest of GOD" spoken of in the fourth chapter of HEBREWS as well as other places in the WORD of GOD.
READ: PSALM 37:8, MATTHEW 6:25, PHILIPPIANS 4;6, 1PETER5:7. NOTE: in different Bible's worry can be said in different ways.
WORRY DEFINED:
1)To cause to feel anxious, destressed, or troubled ...
2)A source of nagging concern.
3)It's also been said, "torment oneself with disturbing thoughts".
Worry certainly never makes anything better, so why not give it up?
The devil uses worry to do to us precisely what is described above. When we have had a bout with worry for even a few hours, we are totally worn out and beside ourselves.
The repetition of thoughts that comes and won't let up is like the repeated biting and snapping of an invisible beast. Worry is definitely an attack from Satan upon the mind. There are certain things the believer is instructed to do with his mind, and the enemy wants to make sure that they are never done. So, the devil attempts to keep the mental arena busy enough with the wrong kinds of thinking so that the mind never gets around to being used for the purpose for which GOD designed. When you feel an "worry attack" coming on; READ: (Matthew 6:25-34). Life is intended to be of such high quality that we enjoy it immensely. READ: (JOHN 10:10). Satan attempts to steal that life from us in many ways---one of them is to worry.
Do you worry or do you believe and trust GOD?
Even though you may be wrestling with a poor self-image, surely you can believe when GOD says you are more valuable than what you think. Worry is useless. READ: (MATTHEW 6:28-30, and 31).
What are you going to do about worrying?
Satan sends out demons whose job it is to do nothing but repeat that phrase in the believer's ear all day long. They fire off difficult questions, and the believer wastes his precious time attempting to come up with an answer. The devil is constantly waging war on the battlefield of the mind, hoping to engage the Christian in long, drawn-out, costly combat.
Notice that part of verse 31 in which the LORD instructs us not to worry or be anxious. Remember that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (MATTHEW 12:34 KJV). The enemy knows that if he can get enough of the wrong things going on in our mind, they will eventually begin to come out of our mouth. Our words are very important because they confirm our faith...or in some instances out lack of faith.
Also READ: (MATTHEW 6:32,33).
It is clear that GOD's children are not to be like the world!
The world seeks after things, but we are to seek the LORD. HE has promised that if we will do that, HE will add to us all these things HE knows we need.
We must learn to seek GOD's face and not HIS hand!
Our heavenly FATHER delights in giving HIS children good things, but only if we are not seeking after them. God knows what we need before we ask. READ: (PHILIPPIANS 4:6 KJV). Take one day at a time, READ: (MATTHEW 6:34). LEARN to use the time GOD has given to us for what HE intended.
Sadly, very few people know how to live each day to the fullest. But you can be one of them. JESUS said that Satan, the enemy, comes to steal your life. READ: (JOHN 10;10). Don't allow him to do it any longer! Don't spend today worrying about tomorrow. You have enough things going on today; it need all of your attention. GOD's grace is on you to handle whatever you need for today, but tomorrow's grace will not come until tomorrow comes---SO DON'T WASTE TODAY!!!
It is highly recommend speaking the WORD of GOD out of the mouth. It is the two-edged sword that must be wielded against the enemy. READ: (HEBREWS 4:12; EPHESIANS 6:17 KJV). A sword in its sheath won't do any good during an attack.
GOD JEHOVAH HAS GIVEN US HIS WORD, use it!
Learn Scriptures like this one and when the enemy attacks, counter his attack with the same weapon that JESUS used: the WORD! WHEN the thoughts being offered you do not agree GOD's WORD, the best way to shut the devil up is to speak the WORD!!! The WORD coming forth out of a believer's mouth, with FAITH to back it up, is the single most effective weapon that can be used to win the war against worry and anxiety.
READ: (1PETER5:6-7). WHEN the enemy tries to give us a problem, we have the privilege of casting it upon GOD. The word "cast" actually means to pitch or throw. You and I can pitch or throw our problems to GOD and, believe me, HE can catch them. HE knows what to do with them.
This passage lets us know that to humble ourselves is not to worry. A person who worries still thinks that in some way he can solve his own problem. Worry is the mind racing around trying to find a solution to its situation. The proud man is full of himself, while the humble man is full of GOD. The proud man worries; the humble man waits.
Only GOD can deliver us, and HE wants us to know that, so that in every situation our first response is to lean on HIM and to enter HIS rest.
What is our position?
It is one of abiding in JESUS and entering the rest of GOD. It is one of waiting on the LORD continually with our eyes focused upon HIM, doing what HE directs us to do and otherwise having a "reverential fear" of moving in the flesh. NOTE: Concerning entering GOD's rest I would like to say this: there is NO such thing as " the rest of GOD" WITHHOUT OPPOSITION. READ; (JOHN 14:27). HIS peace is a spiritual peace, and HIS rest is one that operates in the midst of the storm---not in its absence. READ: (MATTHEW 11:29, and 6:34).
The time HE gives us is a precious gift. But I gave it to the devil. Your time is your own. Use it wisely; you won't pass this way again...
READ: (HEBREWS 13:5). This is an excellent Scripture to use to encourage yourself when you have concern about whether or not GOD will come through and meet your needs. In this passage, the LORD is letting us know that we do not need to have our minds set on money, wondering how we are going to take care of ourselves, because HE will take care of these things for us. HE has promised never to fail us or forsake us.
Do your part, but do not try to do GOD's part. The load is too heavy to bear---and if you're not careful, you will break under the weight of it! READ: (PSALM 37:3).
THAT's a PROMISE1