The Spirit of Fear

2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)

7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

If you have a spirit of fear, you didn't get it from God.  Fear comes from the world, the news, social media, and friends.  Just because the world places a package of fear at your door.  It doesn't mean that you have to open it.  

Earl McClellon, guest speaking at Church of the Highlands.  

Failure is no big deal.

If you have that fear, get that fear off of you! If you fail, your Father, God, is there to catch you.  Please do not fear failure! Our Father, God, is committed to catching you.

Preston Morrison, Gateway Church 

What causes me to worry?

The devil wants you to worry over lack. In lack, there is fear.  Worry is a sign that you've forgotten that God is with you in the room. 

Mike Haman, Healing Place Church

What to do when you don't understand

First, doubt enters in because we fail to understand that God is working our circumstances together for our favor.  Then, fear enters in because we abandon our faith in God's ability to save us.  Finally, we experience God's Discipline... Our blessings are put off for another day.   

1. Doubt- The battle of Gideon- Judges 6:13- "If the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us?

2. Fear  - "Fear is the abandonment of our faith in God's abilities".

Numbers 13:28- "However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there"

3. God's Discipline - Israel wandered in the desert for 40 more years.

We miss experiencing God's presence and miracles.

We miss God's blessing...Israel did not enter the land.

(by Earl Seals, President of N2 Publising)