Struggling To Find Ourselves

I got the monthly magazine from Kenneth Copeland Ministeries yesterday in the mail.  In it, there was an article about forgetting the past and such.  But in that article was something that I think is meant for us, even more than forgetting our past.

About three-quarters of the way through the article, Kenneth Copeland is talking about turning the tables on the Devil.  He says that when the Devil starts tempting you to think about whatever you did in the past (or, as in our case, the fears and anxieties about our situation right now), Kenneth says to shut the Devil up with what God says about the situation.  “Go after him with a vengence.  Get revenge on that disobedient thought by assaulting it with the Word.”  He goes on to say that you can’t do it silently…that you HAVE to fight thoughts with words.  “Words always overcome thoughts because the moment you open your mouth, your mind must stop thinking and listen to what your mouth has to say.  That’s the way human beings are created, and there’s nothing the Devil can do about it.  ….If you’ll speak the Word, you’ll defeat him every time.”

As much as I’d like to say I HAVEN’T been having to deal with negative thoughts…and fears….and anxieties….and despair in all of our mess right now, I can’t.  I, honestly, HAVE been having problems with those, and more.  But, I have also found a few scriptures that I know by heart now, and I TRY my BEST to cling to them when things start getting me down.

“GREATER is He that is in me than he that is in the world, and GREATER is He that is in me than he that is against us.”

“NO weapon formed against us will prosper, and EVERY lying tongue that rises against us we DO condemn, for this is our heritage as a servant of the Lord.”

“We HAVE been redeemed from the curse, and ALL of this mess IS under the curse.”

Kenneth Copeland also teaches that WORDS can and DO change what is going on around you….sooooo, here’s hoping and praying that they are right and things DO start changing!!!