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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP454 FEAR…GOOD OR BAD?

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP454 FEAR…GOOD OR BAD?

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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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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP440 FIGHTING FEAR

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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  FIGHTING FEAR

In Job we find a verse that sums up why we should not walk in fear.

Job 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

 The fear was bigger to us than our faith in God. When people focus on their fears, they will find a way to manifest. It’s like if you ever read your horoscope of the morning and it says something’s going to happen, if you truly believe that horoscopes are real then you’ll find a way to make that happen. Then they will say, my horoscope said that this thing was gonna happen. If you wait until the end of the day and read it, none of that happened, because it wasn’t what you focused on, the suggestion was not there to manipulate your thoughts.

The same goes for fear, if worry and anxiety is at the forefront of your thoughts, then the things you worry about will manifest in your life. Fear is from the enemy. He wants nothing more than to distract our focus from God. He loves to cause us to be caught up in fear. When we walk in fear we cannot hear God clearly. We spend a lot of energy being tormented by the enemy.

I 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.

We will not fear if we can fully accept that Jesus has got us. Fear is the enemy trying to get us to lean on our own understanding and ideas. Fear causes us to read things into our situations that do not belong. And through the manipulation of the enemy we start to believe the fears. Anyone who has ever been bound by the spirit of fear or by anxiety will verify that it is torment. Which puts us where the enemy wants us. But we don’t have to live in torment. Jesus is our peace. We fight the battle in our minds. We fight the fiery darts of fear and anxiety with the word of God. Keeping our focus on our faith will go a long way in alleviating the lies that create fear.

2 Tim 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

This says that fear doesn’t come from God. If it’s not from God then there is only one other place it could come from; our enemy. God gives us power to overcome the enemy. He gives us power to endure our trials. He gives us love and peace in our minds. We have a choice in the matter, whose report are we going to believe? God’s report says we have a sound mind. God’s report that says we have peace that passes all understanding.  Will we allow fear to overtake us and believe all the lies of the enemy. The battle is truly in our minds. We can be overcomers by quoting the word to the enemy. If you don’t know it well enough to quote it, open the word and read it to the enemy. When we resist the devil, he has to flee and take his fear and anxiety with him.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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