站穩了！平安是你的份！
作者：傑夫和安吉-斯托爾巴 Jeff and Angie Stolba
來源：以利亞名單 https://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=29118
日期：2023年3月26日
翻譯：Kate
轉載、轉寄 請註明出處：國度禱告網
你們正在佔領地土！更大的勝利就在眼前
作者：安吉-斯托爾巴
"我留下平安給你們；我將我的平安賜給你們。我所賜的，不像世人所賜的。你們心裡不要憂愁，也不要膽怯" （約翰福音14:27）
最近我在尋求主，我覺得祂在說，許多人在基督的身體裡經歷了焦慮、壓力和預感的衝擊。有些人甚至感覺到壓力通過緊張和疼痛表現在他們身體的各個部位。仇敵試圖在你所經歷的漩渦中帶來懷疑和困惑。懷疑甚至試圖讓你質疑你是否錯過了神和祂對你的旨意和呼召。這些都是仇敵的謊言！
實際上，你正在佔領很多地土，並獲得更高層次的自由。仇敵很害怕這一點，所以牠在嘗試著打擊你，讓你質疑你已經贏得的勝利。要知道，更大的勝利就在眼前！堅持到底。拒絕驚慌失措。要鼓勵自己，那些試圖使你偏離方向的爭戰和焦慮都會失敗！你的平安是你的份！
不要懼怕！繼續抵抗仇敵，站穩腳跟。守住屬於你的平安和勝利。你正在開闢新地土，任何反對你的器械必不利用。所有針對你的謊言，主都會反駁！
"凡為攻擊你造成的器械必不利用；凡在審判時興起用舌攻擊你的，你必定他為有罪。這是耶和華僕人的產業，是他們從我所得的義。這是耶和華說的。" （以賽亞書54:17）
"基督釋放了我們，叫我們得以自由。所以要站立得穩，不要再被奴僕的軛挾制。"（加拉太書5:1）
如何在資訊時代保守你的平安
作者：傑夫-斯托爾巴
資訊...更確切地說，資訊時代... 迅速獲得我們好奇的想法的答案，到遙遠的地方的重大事件，現在都在我們的指尖上。它並沒有停止。隨著上網，我們對點擊和滾動有一種貪得無厭的嗜好......有時一連數小時。在我們知道之前，我們已經看到和讀到了我們可能沒有想到會遇到的事。我們思考它們；我們一次又一次地重播這些內容和圖像，卻沒有主動捉住這些想法，並將它們置於基督的權柄之下。我們把它們當作任何想法或資訊的片斷來處理。它們雖被駁回，但種子已經播下，陷阱已經設置。在一天結束時，我們感到焦慮、壓力和不祥的程度已經紮根。聽起來很熟悉吧？
資訊時代實際上應該被重新標記為 "資訊和假資訊的時代"。無論你決定如何稱呼它，有幾件事是肯定的：1）它確實在吸引你的時間和注意力；2）它確實令人上癮；3）許多研究已經證實，焦慮、壓力、預感、憂鬱和自殺處於歷史最高水準，並與花在點擊和滾動上的時間直接相關--特別是在年輕一代中。同樣，聽起來很熟悉？繼續閱讀！
魂和身體一起工作
人的思想和人的大腦是兩個獨立的實體，然而它們同時工作。它們就像空氣和汽車輪胎......兩者都是執行的必要條件。兩者在一起有這種獨特的能力，可以在一夜好眠後擦去和抹去一天的事件。這就是魂和身體的共同作用。現在，讓我們從靈性方面加以補充。
"我們不致消滅，是出於耶和華諸般的慈愛；是因他的憐憫不致斷絕。每早晨，這都是新的；你的誠實極其廣大！"（耶利米哀歌3:22-23）
主的憐憫和慈悲每天早晨都是新的（靈），頭腦中抹去前一天的大部分資訊和事件（魂），大腦和身體在一夜好眠後煥然一新（身體）。讓我們繼續前進！
許多研究表明並證明，你如何度過一天中的第一個小時，很可能是你一天中剩餘時間的指南針和方向舵。這難道不有趣嗎？你能在《聖經》中找到多少個故事，其中有人一大早就起來尋求主？有很多。甚至耶穌也多次這樣做，祂早起尋求天父的旨意。如果早上有新的恩典，當心靈得到適當的淨化，身體得到刷新，那麼這確實是一天中最關鍵和最重要的時刻。這是將一天奉獻給主的時間，尋求祂的旨意，並保守一天中給予你的恩典。
穿上神的全副軍裝
每一天都充滿了誘惑。花時間正確地穿上你的屬靈軍裝，將保守你的平安，並幫助遠離焦慮。
"我還有末了的話：你們要靠著主，倚賴他的大能大力作剛強的人。
要穿戴神所賜的全副軍裝，就能抵擋魔鬼的詭計。
因我們並不是與屬血氣的爭戰（原文作摔跤；下同），乃是與那些執政的、掌權的、管轄這幽暗世界的，以及天空屬靈氣的惡魔爭戰。
所以，要拿起神所賜的全副軍裝，好在磨難的日子抵擋仇敵，並且成就了一切，還能站立得住。
所以要站穩了，用真理當作帶子束腰，用公義當作護心鏡遮胸，
又用平安的福音當作預備走路的鞋穿在腳上。
此外，又拿著信德當作籐牌，可以滅盡那惡者一切的火箭；
並戴上救恩的頭盔，拿著聖靈的寶劍，就是神的道；
靠著聖靈，隨時多方禱告祈求；並要在此警醒不倦，為眾聖徒祈求。"。（以弗所書6:10-18）
有用的提示：
• 為你的靈：每天清晨找一個安靜的地方尋求主。迅速寬恕，並對所有事心存感激。
• 為了你的魂：花點時間找到你可以默想的聖經經文，使你的思想順從於基督的權柄。如果需要，詩篇23篇、詩篇59:16和詩篇91篇是很好的起點。
Stand Firm! Peace Is Your Portion!
Jeff and Angie Stolba, Washington, IL
Mar 26, 2023
You Are Taking Ground! Greater Victories Are in Store
by Angie Stolba
"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." (John 14:27 NIV)
As I was seeking the Lord recently, I felt He was saying that many have been experiencing an onslaught of anxiety, stress, and foreboding in the Body of Christ. Some have even been feeling the stress manifest in physical areas of their bodies through tension and pain. The enemy has attempted to bring doubt and confusion in the midst of the swirling that you have been going through. Doubt has even tried to make you question if you have missed God and His will and calling for you. These are lies of the enemy!
In reality, you are taking much ground and gaining a greater level of freedom. The enemy is terrified of this, so he is seeking to buffet you and get you to question the victory you have already won. Know that even greater victories are in store! Stay the course. Refuse to be dismayed. Be encouraged that the warfare and anxiety that have attempted to knock you off course will fail! Peace is your portion!
Fear not! Continue to resist the enemy and stand firm. Guard the peace and the victory that is yours. You are breaking new ground, and no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper. Every lying tongue raised up against you the Lord will refute!
"'[N]o weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from Me,' declares the LORD." (Isaiah 54:17 NIV)
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1 NIV)
How to Protect Your Peace in the Age of Information
by Jeff Stolba
Information...more specifically, the age of information... Speedy access to answers of our curious passing thoughts, all the way to major events in far away places, are now at our fingertips. It doesn't stop there. With this access comes an insatiable addiction to click and scroll...sometimes for hours on end. Before we know it, we have seen and read of things that we may not have expected to encounter. We ponder them; we replay the content and images again and again, without actively capturing those thoughts and putting them into submission under the authority of Christ. We write them off as any other thoughts or pieces of information. They are dismissed, but the seed has been sown and the trap has been set. At the end of the day, we feel a level of anxiety, stress, and foreboding that has taken root. Sound familiar?
The Age of Information should actually be relabeled as "The Age of Information and Disinformation." However you decide to address it, there are a few things about it that are certain: 1) it is truly screaming for your time and attention; 2) it is truly addicting; 3) many studies have confirmed that anxiety, stress, foreboding, depression, and suicide are at an all-time high, and are directly related to the amount of time spent on clicking and scrolling—especially among the younger generations. Again, sound familiar? Keep reading!
Soul and Body Working Together
The human mind and the human brain are two separate entities, yet they work together simultaneously. They are like air and car tires...both are necessary to perform. The two together have this unique ability to wipe away and erase the events of the day after a good night of sleep. This is the soul and body working together. Now, let's add to this from the spiritual side.
"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV)
The Lord's mercy and compassion are new every morning (spirit), the mind wipes away most information and events of the prior day (soul), and the brain and body are refreshed after a good night of sleep (body). Let's keep going!
Many studies have shown and proven that how you spend your first hour of the day will likely be the compass and rudder for the rest of your day. Isn't that interesting? How many stories can you find in the Bible where someone rose up early in the morning to seek the Lord? There are many. Even Jesus did this on several occasions, where He rose early to seek the will of His Father. If there is new grace in the morning, when the mind has been properly cleansed and the body is refreshed, then this is truly the most crucial and important time of day. This is the time to dedicate the day to the Lord, seek His will and protect the grace given to you for the day.
Put on the Full Armor of God
Each day is full of temptations. Having taken the time to properly suit up in your spiritual armor will protect your peace and help keep anxiety at bay.
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the Gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people." (Ephesians 6:10-18 NIV)
Helpful hints:
• For your spirit: Find a quiet place to seek the Lord early each morning. Forgive quickly and be thankful for all things.
• For your soul: Take time to find a Bible verse you can meditate on to keep your thoughts in submission to the authority of Christ. Psalm 23, Psalm 59:16, and Psalm 91 are good starting points if needed.
