Are there things in your life that
seem to constantly cause you stress, anxiety or fear?
Are you overwhelmed at times and find
it difficult to sleep at night?
90% of what
we worry about never really happens, so then why do we worry, stress and
plagued by daunting fears? The enemy magnifies those difficult or trying
circumstances in our lives, and when we take our eyes off of Jesus and onto
these nagging problems we lose perspective. When our eyes are off the Helper,
we can easily slip into stress, anxiety and fear. The enemy shows us worst-case
scenarios and we begin speaking out what those scenarios look like, but watch
out when you begin agreeing with what the enemy says about your circumstances. A lot of the times, the enemy throws one
circumstance after another at us, hoping we will take the bait of at least one
of them. There is a “wearing-out” the enemy deploys upon us. You may have
felt super strong with the first, second, and maybe even the third difficult circumstance,
but when they keep coming you better run to the throne of God quickly. When you
feel yourself weakening and getting spiritually fatigued, it’s time to run
quickly (even and especially if you don’t feel like it) to the feet of Jesus.
These schemes diverted at you are not to be taken lightly or not taken
seriously. We are never to fear our enemy, but we must know when we are
beginning to get attacked.
Another way to know the enemy is
trying to get you stirred-up is that you lose your peace and joy and you become
restless, even stressed, anxious and fearful.
Random thoughts
pop into your mind. You try and take every thought captive but there are so
many thoughts coming you find it more and more difficult to gain a hold on the
thoughts. When this happens recognize this is a scheme and a plan from the
enemy and you must begin to cry out to God for His help.
There are
some antidotes I use when I feel attacked, stressed, anxious and fearful. The
prescription does not come in a bottle or pill but through the following:
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Antidotes
for Stress:
Stop
what you’re doing and go to the throne of God; don’t wait!
Trust
God even if it looks big and out of control and your feelings say something
else.
Rest
in God alone and His help; don’t try and figure out the outcomes!
Evaluate
if you are tired, hungry, or sick? If you are, you need to take care of those
needs.
Sing,
worship the Lord. You will feel a lift in your spirit and the enemy will have
to flee!
Surrender
all fear, worries, anxieties, and concerns to God; do not hold on to them!
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Antidote
for Anxiety:
Admit
and confess you have been worrying and you don’t have all the answers.
Never
give the enemy a foothold by speaking out what he shows you.
X-amine
the reasons you are anxious and speak the truth over every anxious thought.
Identify
the lies of the enemy concerning every anxious thought and replace immediately
with the truth of God’s word.
Evaluate
if all your anxiety and worrying is helping and changing things or making you
sick, tired, and weak?
Turn
your anxieties to God and give them to Him. Do not hold on to them!
Yearn to have a
different life! You do not have to live with anxiety!
Antidotes
for Fear:
Filter
out all fears immediately. When fears come, pull them down, stop them, and replace
with faith-filled statements, such as, “I will not live in fear.”
Entertain
thoughts are lovely, of a good report, and praiseworthy.
Accept
that you have a real enemy and you will have to be aggressive in your thought
life.
Run to Jesus! Do not
let the enemy terrorize you and cause you to have what-if fears.
To have
peace and the joy of the Lord sometimes you have to fight, other times you have
to be still until the attack has passed. Ask Jesus to show you what to do, but
ask! If you are feeling those nagging thoughts of stress, anxiety or fear, take
these antidotes and begin to apply them.
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