Defeat Terrorism

Terrorism comes in lots of different forms. There seems to be people that delve into this form of battle towards others. Citizens or groups of people making others afraid through fear based tactics. But there is also a form of self-terrorism.
 
Self-terrorism can be found through the thoughts that come to us day in and day out. Sometimes thoughts are repeated relentlessly, coming to us morning, noon, and night. These thoughts that make us afraid, depressed, angry or helpless, making our lives difficult or continually in upheaval, are terrorizing. Just as the terrorism from others has to be handled, the fearful thoughts that lurk in our own thinking must be handled and removed.

The fear that comes to our thoughts and then runs like a broken record, repeating it’s diatribe of harassing, nagging thoughts have to be stopped! They are less than useless and take our joy away from us.

The first time the word ‘fear’ appeared in The Holy Bible was in Genesis 9. God was blessing Noah with dominion over all that was around him. But when did fear turn the tables against man? Making man fear and forget he had dominion over his thoughts, his life, his circumstances? That was in Genesis 3 when after being disobedient Adam found himself naked and without excuse, hiding in the Garden from the Lord God.

We are told, “Be not afraid” many times in the Bible. Christ Jesus stated, “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” But with this promise also came a directive, “Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching;”¹

"St. Paul says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling:” Jesus said, “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” This truth is Christian Science.

    Christian Scientists, be a law to yourselves that mental malpractice cannot harm you either when asleep or when awake.”²

This ‘mental malpractice’ are those thoughts that come to us through the intensity of fear or the subtle suggestions that steal our joy. They are the thoughts that do not come from God through His Love for us. But instead the aggressive mental suggestions of all error and wrong premises, thoughts that try to steal our peace. We must not mentally malpractice ourselves or others through the constant repeating mentally of wrong opinions, theories, fears, anger, envy, or malice. We must make sure that our thoughts are pure and above these aggressive mental rehearsals of fears and wrongs. We must lift our thoughts above to the clearer higher views of God’s Truth, Mind’s ideas, Love’s views. Then we will always be ready and alert to see the Good that God is giving to us, the dominion, the promise, the fulfillment of our joyful Being.

If we have key thoughts that make us continually afraid, sad, angry, resentful, envious, remorseful, depressed, let us stop them in their mental tracks by turning to what God gives to all man, dominion, joy, happiness, through gratitude, love, and understanding.

Instead of spending our time with fearful thoughts, let us spend our thoughtful time working and watching continually for the Good God brings to us all! Then we will have dominion instead of fear and excuses to enjoy today.

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1 King James Version of The Holy Bible Luke 12 vss. 32-37 (to ;)
2 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy 442 lines 25-32