Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! Here is the word for your meditation and prayer! I want to share about the spirit of fear. Many people's faith is destroyed by the Spirit of fear. The title of my message is : " OVERCOMING THE SPIRIT OF FEAR!" The Bible says, " For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." ( 2 Timothy 1:7). Fear is a normal, natural flight response to a danger in our surroundings. But what happens when it is something more, when it is an emotion we feel simply getting into our car, leaving our house or being in a crowd." The Bible also says, " For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, " Abba! Father! " ( Romans 8:15). The spirit of slavery leads to fear. But the truth is that we can live a life without fear through the grace and power of God. The enemy will bring fear to us, our own flesh will be tempted to fear, but we can have victory over fear through the power of the Holy Spirit.There may be evil " spirits of fear" that are sent to attack people. I have known of people who were so bound by fear that I knew it to have demonic origin and these people needed believers to pray for them and bind that spirit to see deliverance.( Mark 16:15-17). However, most of the time we can simply turn our attention to the Word of God and deal with the fear through prayer and the word.(1 John 4:18). Perfect love casts out fear!" It is a sin to fear when Jesus said " fear not"? Sometimes the spirit of fear is caused by one's feeling of inadequacy, hopelessness, self piety, doubt, unworthiness, inferiority complex, perpetual torture and physical beating. But you can overcome the spirit of fear by reading and meditatibg on scriptures such as, "I ican do all things through Christ who strengthens me" ( Philippians 4:13). " No weapon formed against me shall prosper....." ( Isaiah 54:17). " Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ ? ........".( Romans 8:35-39). "........ If God is for us, who can be against us?" ( Romans 8:31, Psalm 118:5-11). There are many other scriptures which you can use when praying and meditating everyday, in order to overcome the "spirit of fear". The love of God drives away fear of condemnation. A person without Christ is always full of fear of God's judgement day. God's ( Christ) love casts away fear and worry!( 1 John 4:17-18). The person without Christ is under judgement and has plenty to fear ( John 3:18), but once a person is in Christ, the fear of judgement is gone. You are reconciled to God, and " there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" ( Romans 8:1). The key to overcoming fear is total and complete trust in God. ( Proverbs 3:5-6). To trust God is refusing to give in to fear. Trusting God is how Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego faced the fiery furnace without fear( Daniel 3:15-26). Trusting God is how Stephen stood before his killers fearlessly ( Acts 7). Even in the darkest times, we can trust God to make things right. This trust comes from knowing God and knowing that He is good. This trust also comes from knowing that our help comes from the Lord. ( Psalm 121:1-8 The people who know their God will be strong and take action!" ( Daniel 11:32) " .......Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you." ( Psalm 5:11). In conclusion as I summarize, the word perfect in 1 John 4:18 which means "complete " or " mature", and the love that is referred to is God's selfless agape love. The fear that this perfect love drives out is the fear of punishment. We have God's promise that believers in Christ will not be judged with the world: " God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ" ( 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 1 Corinthians 11:32). We can therefore say like David the plsalmist, " In God I trust and I am not afraid". ( Psalm 57:11). What are you afraid of? Is it rejection, hurt, humiliation or anything else? Fear not? The Lord will take care of your worries and cares. ( 1 Peter 5:7-10, Psalm 55:22). ( Isaiah 43:1). Did you know that the phrase " fear not" is used at least 80 times in the Bible, most likely because God knows the enemy uses fear to decrease our hope, faith, and limit our victories. ( Deuteronomy 31:8, Romans 8:28, Psalm 18:2) Be delivered from the spirit of fear and worry, in the name of Jesus! " Fear Not!" God is on your side.
May God richly bless you !
Evangelist Fanuel Masikati
Contact cell:+263778495363
Email:divinerevelations7@gmail.com
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