1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.

We are to live in this world but not be of this world.  Practice daily turning away from and tuning out the influences of this world.  The Bible should be our best guidance daily, not the news or the opinion of the world.  If the Bible isn’t we can get discouraged and overcome with fear quickly.  The other problem is we can go down a path we were never meant to go down.  The things of this world will pass away, but the will of God abides forever.