Fellowship Hall

I've heard that it says fear not 365 times in the bible. I've never counted it. There are many kinds of fear. Fear of failing, a trembling scared to death fear, fear of not being accepted, fear of the unknown, and so on.  2 Timothy 1:7  God has not given us  the spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind. That scripture indicates that fear comes from a spirit, which we know is from the devil, originally.  It is like I read a few weeks ago, " If you had no fear, what could you do?  " I know I need to work on this area and if I do,  there must be others who need to do so.  God has been speaking to me all this week on this subject, Most every preacher I tuned in, even if just in the last few minutes, spoke to me, Joyce Meyers says, " Courage is forward  motion in the presence of fear."  That is what God intends us to do.  The enemy will try to stop us any way he can, especially with fear.  If he can prevent us from fulfilling our destiny, we have failed what God intended us to do.  But, be of good cheer, if we have failed in the past, God will give us grace to finish, if we are willing to stand up and face those fears .  We need to try the spirits and keep listening to God. We must prove that something is of God or self.  Let me give you an example, I went to school with a girl who ran for class president every year. She lost every year until she became Senior class president . Her persistence paid off.  Our failures are very good teachers.  God uses them to teach us and help others in the process.  Ephesians 6:11: Put on the whole armor of God that we may be able to withstand the wiles (tricks) of the devil. 12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers, against principalities, against spiritual wickedness in high places. By faith we receive from God; with fear we receive from the devil.  Who do you want to receive from, God or the devil?  Philippians 4 13: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Building up our most holy faith in Christ Jesus,.let us not run from those fears but stand and boldly proclaim I will go forth and fulfill God's will for me. It will not hurt one bit to tell the devil, whenever he comes to distract you from what God has called you to do.  Let us do instead of dream so that God our Father may be glorified in it all.