There is a Mighty Battle

There is a mighty battle going on for control of your mind. Heaven and earth intersect in your mind; the tugs of both spheres influence your thinking. I created you with the capacity to experience foretastes of heaven. When you shut out the world and focus on My Presence, you can enjoy sitting with Me in heavenly realms. This is an incredible privilege reserved for precious ones who belong to Me and seek My Face. Your greatest strength is your desire to spend time communing with Me. As you concentrate on Me, My Spirit fills your mind with Life and Peace.

The world exerts a downward pull on your thoughts. Media bombard you with greed, lust, and cynicism. When you face these things, pray for protection and discernment. Stay in continual communication with Me whenever you walk through the wastelands of this world. Refuse to worry, because this form of worldliness will weigh you down and block awareness of My Presence. Stay alert, recognizing the battle being waged against your mind. Look forward to an eternity of strife-free living, reserved for you in heaven.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.- EPHESIANS 2:6 

The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.- ROMANS 8:6 

Do not love the world or anything in the world… The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.- 1 JOHN 2:15-17

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Have you ever stood in front of a situation and been pulled both directions? I am sure we all have. Usually one decision is what we know is right and the other is what the world/ our minds want us to do. This is the Devil trying to pull us away from God. Today God is telling us that through communication with Him we will become strong. He will fill our minds with peace and lead us in the right direction. The world today is constantly tell us to get rich, get skinny, get new technology, the list goes on and on. When we catch ourselves leaning towards these ways of the world we must pray for God to protect us. If we stay away from worrying about how much money we are going to make, how skinny we look in those jeans and when we are going to get the new iPhone 5, God will lead our minds to a worry free living, happy and full of peace and abundant life!