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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  FEAR GOOD OR BAD

To have fear of God is a good thing. But this type of fear is a reverence.  It means you respect who God is and you respect his power and restraint. Some would like to instill an unhealthy fear of God. Like you have to walk so perfectly that if you get out of line even in the slightest, he is waiting to send down a lightening bolt and zap you. They forget about grace.

That is not my God. My God is loving and kind, he is patient and long suffering.  He knows us in ways we don’t even know ourselves. He knew we could never be perfect within ourselves. That is why Jesus came to give us the perfect plan to redeem us from our nature.

However, there are people that preach grace like it is a license to sin and live any way you choose because God’s grace is sufficient.  This is not true either. 

Romans 6:1-2  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

We are made new creations. We no long live in sin. If your church is telling you that his grace is so big that you can do whatever you wish and you will be saved. Think again my friend.

We have to live as close to God as we possibly can, and if you slip up God will forgive us. But that is not a reason to walk in sin daily and be disillusioned that you will be saved.

This is what it means to fear the Lord. But there is another type of fear that has gripped the hearts of people today; unhealthy fear. This is when the lies of the enemy come whispering to you in the night that all sorts of horrible things could happen and probably will happen.

When we start to forget to fear God, the enemy will replace that reverence with his counterfeit fear. His fear causes painful anxiety, paralyzing procrastination because of the fear of doing the wrong thing, then he brings depression and anxiety to round out his trap.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

God is love…he teaches us how to love. There is no fear in God because his mere presence will destroy unhealthy fear, anxiety and depression.  Unhealthy fear bring with it torment. Fear of the Lord in the right balance will bring joy, peace and strength.

This is why I encourage you to be brave, because it takes bravery to stand for the truth. It takes bravery to draw closer to God. Because as soon as you try, the enemy will try to stop you. But he will lose, because the closer you get to God, the more strength He will pour into you. We have no reason to fear our enemy.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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