4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
If you have been stopping by this blog for any length of time, you will know that the Lord has repeatedly prodded me to reduce my intake of today's "news." He meant both lamestream media AND alternative news sites. Every so often I get a periodic reminder from Him on this subject and recently I received another reminder.
Why would the Lord impress me with the idea to stop reading all the "conspiracy theory" and "alternative news" sites? It's not because there are no conspiracies, because almost everything in today's world has been corrupted and is a conspiracy against the masses of humanity. The very beginning of the war we find ourselves in involved a conspiracy dealing with Satan wanting to usurp our Lord's power and throne. So again, if the conspiracies are real, why not read about them?
Lot's of reasons...How much time did Jesus spend unmasking all of the satanic conspiracies in his day? NONE, that's right ZERO. How much time did Paul or any of the other apostles spend talking about all the roman gods and how corrupt roman politics were back in his day? Again, almost zilch. If Jesus and the apostles spent virtually zero time watching the world and the satanic conspiracies of their day, then why should we? Are we to walk like Christ did or not?
Our mind is an interesting thing, the conscious mind can only hold one thought at a time, soooo if I spend all my time reading and talking about the flesh, the devil and the world, guess what I'm NOT spending my time reading and talking about? Things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy....
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
If we are not thinking about these things ^^^ and instead we willfully choose to focus on the darkness in this world, don't you think we have some changing to do to be in compliance with what our Lord has instructed us to do?
How concerned do you think the Lord is about Satan's plans for this world? We should be asking people why they don't spend more time reporting on our Lord's plans for today and the future? Which is more important, Satan's plans or our God's plans? Where should our focus be?
Our power comes from prayer and staying focused on all the Words our God has spoken, why should we allow other useless distractions to consume our time? A long time ago I realized that when the normal news was playing, all we were hearing was lies and useless drivel, so I started spending more time reading alternative news media. The alternative news media appears to have more truth reported in it, but the point I believe the Lord has made to me is, which is more important, the truth about how evil and satanic this world is or the truth of our Lord's promises to us? Which gives us more power?
The bottom line here is this, spending my time or your time reading about the latest lies, or even truths about how wicked this world is, is just beating a dead horse. Has the Lord not already told us that Satan is the prince of this world?
I am believing the Lord for 2 miracles right now, can you tell me whether reading one more article about how BP and the Government are complicit in a giant crime against humanity is going to help me believe for my miracles? Can you tell me how reading one more article about the fact that "space aliens" are really demons and hollywood is controlled by illuminati satanists is going to help me encourage another brother who is about to give up on his faith in Jesus? How is it going to improve my walk with Jesus to know one more thing about how the ancient greek gods were actually all a hierarchy of demons planning their return to earth during the tribulation? It all might be fact, but how does any of it encourage me or any of the brothers I communicate with?
There was a time here when alot of what was written was exposing the apostasy within todays so called christianity. That writing has mostly stopped, why? Everything that needed to be written has already been written? Seems reasonable enough to me. If Jesus and the apostles spent time on a subject, we should too. If they brushed over or did not address a subject at all, perhaps we should take the same attitude.
Reading todays blogs and "news" is largely a waste of time. I believe the Lord has impressed upon me that its okay to spend small amounts of time each day "checking in" on what's going on in the world, but the bulk of our thinking should be toward our Lord and his kingdom. Show me an argument against that?
Matt 6:33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
These things are written to you today because they have been impressed upon me. Everything you have read here, I believe, is a message for me as much or more than it is for anyone else reading it.
May the Lord bless you and keep you, may his face shine upon you and may he grant you peace.
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