Our OWN CHOICE
Abba - please help us to recognize the onslaught of the enemy whose aim is to steer us away from You and everlasting life. Father open our spiritual eyes and ears and let us not be seduced , deceived and corrupted from wholehearted and sincere and pure devotion to You. (From 2 Cor. 11:3). O Abba - Your Word tells us that although we live in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh in using mere human weapons. For the weapons of our warfare are not physical weapons of flesh and blood (not only against man) (From 2 Cor. 10:3-4) but against the despotisms, against the powers, against the master spirits who are the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly supernatural sphere. Thank You Father that You have given us spritual weapons so that we can stand our ground every day when anything that is not from You - come against us. We therefore do all the crisis commands so that we will stand firmly in our place. Thank You Father for the BELT OF TRUTH we tighten around our loins. Thank You for RIGHTSTANDING WITH YOU - our BREASTPLATE OF INTEGRITY and MORAL RECTITUDE - Thank You Abba for FIRM-FOOTED STABILITY to face the enemy with and in READINESS and for Your COVERING SHIELD of SAVING FAITH with which we QUENCH ALL THE FLAMING MISSILES of the WICKED ONE. Thank You for the HELMET OF SALVATION and the SWORD - which is YOUR WORD. (From Ephesians 6:12-17). Thank You that we can PRAY at ALL TIMES - ON EVERY OCCASION and in EVERY SEASON. In the name of CHRIST our MESSIAH - AMEN.
Scripture tells us to CLING to the TRUTH of GOD'S WORD. To LEAD EVERY THOUGHT AND PURPOSE AWAY - CAPTIVE into the OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST.
2 Cor. ...10:5 "[Inasmuch as we] REFUTE ARGUMENTS and THEORIES and REASONING and EVERY PROUD and LOFTY THING that SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST the [TRUE] KNOWLEDGE of GOD; and WE LEAD EVERY THOUGHT and PURPOSE AWAY CAPTIVE INTO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST (the MESSIAH, the ANOINTED ONE) (AMP - emphasis added).
The enemy can't FORCE US INTO ANYTHING. It is by our OWN FREE WILL that we make our CHOICES each and every day.
The enemy can SOW negative SEEDS into our thought-life but WE, OURSELVES, ARE RESPONSIBLE for what we are going to do with it. It is our OWN THINKING - our MEDITATING on NEGATIVE thoughts that usher us into STRESS. By RECOGNIZING the thoughts that are not from the Lord, we can deliberately SET IT ASIDE to be OVERRIDE by the thoughts of the SPIRIT of GOD INSIDE OF US. REPLACE the NEGATIVE with the POSITIVE. POSITIVE THOUGHTS will ALWAYS be TRUTH - HONEST - PURE - JUST - LOVE - GOOD - HONORABLE - HUMBLE - KIND - PATIENT and TOLERANT - FAITHFUL - PRAISEWORTHY - - FORGIVING - PEACE - etc.
On the other hand negative thoughts are based on NON-TRUTHS - LIES - DISHONESTY - DECEPTION - SINFULNESS - SELF-PITY - DEMANDING - COMPARISON - SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS - HARDNESS - UNLOVING - ACCUSING - IMPATIENT - PRIDEFUL - UNTHANKFUL - DOUBT - UNBELIEF - FEAR - ISOLATION etc.