35. FEAR, FREEDOM FROM   -page 284--

         For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. For perfect love casts out fear (2Tim.1:7; 1Jn.4:18).

         1. Fear God & all other fears will disappear.
         2. You can't fight an unseen unknown enemy!--If you know who your enemy is & where he's at & what he's up to, then you can face him & fight it out!
         3. I have lived too long among the stars to fear the night.
         4. If we fear God, we shall cease to fear man.
         5. A baby may smile in his sleep while he watches spirit movies, if his parents are people of faith & trust, or he may scream in fright in his sleep while he sees horror movies, if his parents have a spirit of fear.
         6. When adults get frightened it's contagious, & children catch it too.
         7. Fear is a communicable disease: Others can catch it.
         8. Face your fears, acknowledge them, confess them & take a positive stand against them!
         9. Face the fear of man in the power of His Spirit on the promises of His Word, & you cannot fail!
         10. There is nothing to be afraid of when it comes to the Devil!--He was defeated 2000 years ago!
         11. Face your fears & fight'm!
         12. Fear is Devil-worship! You have to fight fear like you fight the Devil, & you can't just let him take over!
         13. It pays to face your fears, recognise they're there, decide between the real & the unreal, the truth & the lie, & go on the attack to dispel the vaporous fiction of the fairy tale & to drive away the genuine reality of real threat!
         14. Faith & fear cannot totally occupy your mind, heart & spirit at the same time.
         15. To recognise & face the problem helps to attack it.
         16. You cannot have faith & fear at the same time.
         17. You've gotta face your fears & face the facts, before you can get the victory.
         18. Freedom from fear is one of the greatest freedoms of all. Freedom from fear is faith.
         19. To confess your fears is really to confess your innermost self.
         20. Fear is the opposite of faith, & without faith you can have no power.
         21. Face your fears...draw a line of distinction by facing them--between that which is the truth & those fears which are the lies of the Devil!
         22. It doesn't pay to try to gloss the trouble over, or just turn your back on it & ignore it & hope it'll go away.
         23. We don't have to worry or fear Satan's power, because we are protected by the power of the Holy Spirit.
         24. Don't be so worried about the future that you can't enjoy life today.
         25. Uncertainty & the fear of the unknown is the worst fear of all!
         26. Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the
conquest of fear.
         27. Help us, Lord, not to be freaked out of our faith & scared out of our trust & booed out of our praise!
         28. If your knees are knocking, kneel on them.
         29. Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
         30. Keep Faith as a constant companion. When Fear knocks at your door, send Faith to answer it.
         31. God's Word teaches you that if you fear a fear, it will come upon you!
         32. Your fears can become demons which will torment you!
         33. Out of the evil imaginations of your own heart & mind you can create spiritual monsters that can destroy you--your own fears, your own evil spirits!
         34. Watch out for the evil imaginations of your heart, lest they become realities that can destroy you!
         35. Almost the Devil's total power is in fear.
         36. You have to fight fear like you have to fight the Devil!
         37. We must free men from fear with faith, from hatred with love, from sorrow with joy, from poverty with plenty & from death with eternal happiness.
         38. When you have faith, you can't have fear: Faith is the opposite of fear.
         39. The two greatest sources of worry & fear are the past & the future--remorse over the past & fear of the future--& God's Word forbids worry about either!
         40. The best way a ship can ride out the storm is when it faces directly into the wind & the waves.
         41. Chase away the shades of night,
         By letting in God's Love & Light.
         42. Read the Word to feed your faith & starve your fear!
         43. Just as the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, fear of Satan is really the beginning of death!
         44. The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one!
         45. And though this World with devils filled,
         Should threaten to undo us!
         --We will not fear, for God hath willed,
         His Truth to triumph through us!
         46. To fear the Devil is giving him just the kind of worship that he wants.
         47. The heart does not have room to embrace fear & trust at the same time; when one goes in, the other goes out.
         48. If you fear someone more than you do God & you obey them instead of the Lord, you are worshipping them. You are falling down & worshipping before Satan himself & that person, worshipping the Devil, obeying the Devil, cowed by the Devil, intimidated by Satan, afraid to say anything or do anything for fear of offending him, just wanting to please the God-damned Devil & that person!
         49. How do you get rid of darkness? You just let the light in.--And the darkness turns tail & runs!
         50. Don't listen to the Devil, he's a liar!--The father of deceit & the father of lies. "A liar from the beginning", Jesus said, so why should you listen to his doubts & his fears & his lies when he says all those terrible things & tries to scare you out?
         51. Worry is a sign of fear & fear is not faith. If you trust in the Lord you know He is going to take care of you & you don't have to worry.
         52. The impotent do not have enough spirit or power, because they're holding back & not willing to give all. They're not willing to lie stripped before their Lord & let Him empower them. You have to have faith in God's Love in order to obey & come & strip off the outer garments of appearances, cover-ups & false fronts, & expose yourself to the Lord, totally yielding yourself to Him in submission & humility.
         53. When we look back at what the Lord's already done for us in the past, we know good & well He's going to take care of us in the future, so why worry.

         (See also No.171, 203, 306, 323, 341, 367, 599, 628, 686, 710, 831, 857, 947, 1378, 1432, 1459.)

         54.
GEN.15:1b Fear not,...I am thy shield, & thy exceeding great reward.
         55.
DEU.31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
         56.
DEU.31:8 And the Lord, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
         57.
JOS.1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
         58.
PSAa.3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
         59.
PSA.27:1 The Lord is my light and my Salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
         60.
PSA.34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
         61.
PSA.46:1-3 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the Earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
         62.
PSA.56:3,4 What time I am afraid, I will trust in    Thee. In God I will praise His Word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
         63.
PSA.56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
         64.
PSA.91:5,6 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
         65.
PSA.112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
         66.
PSA.118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
         67.
PRO.1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
         68.
PRO.3:24-26 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
         69.
ISA.12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid.
         70.
ISA.41:13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
         71.
ISA.51:12, 13 I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy Maker, that hath stretched forth heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
         72.
ISA.54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
         73
. JER.1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
         74.
EZE.2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
         75.
MAT.6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
         76.
MAT.10:30,31 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
         77.
MAT.14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
         78.
MARK 5:36b Be not afraid, only believe.
         79.
ROM.8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
         80.
PHI.1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of Salvation, and that of God.
         81.
COL.1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His Dear Son.
         82.
2TI.1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
         83.
HEB.13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
         84.
1JN.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.


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