“Sennacherib sent this message to Hezekiah: ‘Don’t let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises you will not be in my hand. You know we have completely destroyed everyone who stood in our way—why should you be any different? Have the gods of other nations rescued them?’ ” (2 Kings 19:10–12, paraphrase).
Satan’s been faking news long before there was social media. So what do you do with words designed to frighten, discourage, manipulate, and exhaust you?
“Hezekiah received the message and read it. He then took it to the house of the Lord, and spread it out before the Lord.” (2 Kings 19:14).
Lies , threats, and hate feed on the power you give them to live. So starve them.
“We live in the world, but we don’t wage war as the world does. We use God’s mighty weapons to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).
Determine to live so fully in God’s presence that love, joy, peace, hope, and faith are like breathing. Let your trust in his plans for you overwhelm the enemy’s schemes against you.
” ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are for good, never to harm you, to give you a future and a hope’ ” (Jeremiah 29:11).
You are an ambassador of whichever world you’re most aware.
“Don’t conform to this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2).
Equip Your Spirit 