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Posted on November 30, 2008 by ann777 | Posted under Religion
How to Eliminate Fear Out of Your Life
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your health diagnoses, your future? Maybe you are not even aware that you're being tormented by a deep- seated fear. Fear affects your whole internal system causing your immune system to deplete and eventually, if allowed to persist, can turn into stress, depression and every conceivable illness. "The thing which I greatly feared is come upon me." (Job 3: 25) Alas, Job's grievous comment is all too often true. We have all heard people around us say things like: "See, I knew that would happen" or "I told you so," with a somewhat triumphant face at having predicted it. The sad truth is that you do predict it when you say it. Pre-dict means to say beforehand. A fundamental law is that what you sow is what you will get. By speaking the negative, you do affect your belief system. You can have faith for healing or good things and speak those into being. But, the opposite is also true for the negative. The question is not so much as to whether you are fearful under certain circumstances. There are very few people who don't face fear on a daily basis. It's much more important to know what to do about fear trying to control you. So, what is the antidote for fear? When fear strikes to the very depths of your being, that's the time you need a great deal of love. Yes, love! Fear promotes discouragement and ends in defeat. On the other hand, love promotes hope, which produces overcoming faith. Isn't that the exact opposite of what fear does? It's no wonder then that love is the greatest of the three ingredients to victorious Christian life: faith, hope and love! (1 Cor. 13: 13) God is love and to love God is the first and greatest commandment. God has given us the commandments ultimately for our own good. "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 love Him because He first loved us." (1 John 4: 18 - 19) The best source for acquiring that love and peace you so desperately need is the Bible. All the answers to every fear and problem are there. Talk to God and wait quietly to allow Him to reach out to you. He always does both through the Scriptures He leads you to and the peace that accompanies being in His presence. "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another... If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us." (1 John 4: 11 - 12) It has been my experience time and time again that when I was most in need of prayer and comfort, circumstances presented themselves for me to pray for others in even worse situations. It's a sobering and humbling experience to realize that your problems may be insignificant to those of others. To exercise faith for someone else's situation, especially at a time that you don't feel you have it in you, can bring about a miracle! That is putting love and faith into action. That's some powerful duo to get worry and fear scurrying. Remember these words: "God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." ( 2 Tim. 1: 7) You are more than a conqueror. Nothing can separate you from the love of God (Rom. 8: 37 - 38) About The Author: Ann is the author of “With Wings as Eagles," an inspirational and encouraging testimonial of how we can overcome terrible circumstances in our lives. Get it here: http://with-wings-as-eagles.com Get her inspirational newsletter here: http://www.lifealteringwords.com |
Tags: FEAR, FEARFUL, WORRY, ANTIDOTE, ELIMINATEFEAR, LOVE, BIBLE, GOD
