Jesus Christ commanded the church to fear not
Fear is mentioned in the Bible over 600 times
It's no small subject in the Word of God
From Genesis to Revelation
Abraham to John on the Isle of Patmos we hear that commandment given over and over fear not
That command was given to Abraham
That command was given to Israel that command was given to Moses
It was given to David who ran from Saul for years who lived in caves before he became a king
That command was given to Daniel who was going into the Lions Den
That command was given to the city of Jerusalem the angel Gabriel gave that message to Mary to Peter who was sinking
in the swirling tide of the Sea of Galilee
To Paul who had been on a ship for 14 days and it looked like all would be lost
The angel of the Lord appeared and said fear not
fear not, fear not
Every time you see in the Bible fear not
Which is all over the Bible. Fear not for I am with you fear not for I am with you fear not for I am with you
Fear not for I will never leave you nor forsake you
That's the main reason
That the Bible gives for us not fearing is to know that God is with us and that if he's with us
He loves us and he will take care of us that God says over and over fear not
For I am with you, remember
Not talking about not having the feeling of fear. We're talking about not letting it stop you
We can't live our lives in fear
And dread of what's going on and what's going to happen
Satan wants us to shrink back in fear and live little tiny useless lives
But God wants us to be brave and bold
Do not be afraid
It is said in different ways different variations
But it's basically the same thing fear not do not be afraid
Be fearless
Fear ye not
Over and over and over again in different ways. God wants to say to us the exact same thing
in fact
It is so critical and so important to him that he gets to the New
Testament and Paul writes a letter to a young man named Timothy and he says Tim
This is what you need to know that he has not given us a spirit of fear
He says of all the important things Timothy that you need to know in your life
and in this ministry that God is sending you through - as you go through things in this journey of life that you will inevitably
Go through he says would you remember that what our God does not give is fear. He gives power
and love and a sound
mind
Fear is a real thief in our lives
Isaiah 41:10 says fear not there's nothing to fear. Well, isn't that interesting for I am with you
That's the only answer he gives because I'm with you and so if we really know who the Lord is
I'm not talking about just going to church but I mean if you really know who the Lord is
Then we don't have to know what he's going to do. We don't have to know when he's going to do it
We don't have to know what the way is going to be. We just say Lord I know you're with me and therefore
I can do what I need to do
Because when fear causes you to stop and to do nothing, it's the master spirit
I believe that the enemy uses to try to keep us from fulfilling our destiny
And so he tells us there's no way he says you you got to be afraid of this, you know
If you failed before then you got to be afraid that you're gonna fail again, but God says fear not
For I am with you. I love that. There's nothing to fear. Do not look around you
in terror and be dismayed, you know, it's one of our problems. We look around us too much instead of looking up
The more you stare at your problems, the more you rehearse your problems the bigger, they're gonna get
Every time you go through something difficult. It makes you a little bit stronger just a little bit stronger
Fear is a fact of life
Fear of the future, fear of danger, fear of the past
others fear the loss of their job, the loss of your health
There's a sudden and unexplainable pain and it brings fear to your mind
Some of you fear the loss of position, the loss of self-esteem
You fear
failure, you fear the criticism of other people, you fear exposure, you fear being
disliked, there's a fear of death. There's the fear of the unknown
The era of human history is the era of
anxiety and fear
When the fear knocks at your door
Send faith to answer and no one will be there. Isaiah wrote
I will trust and I will not be afraid. We have to understand that fear
First of all is a demonic spirit it's not from God. I think it's the enemy's favorite
Tool in his toolbox
The sole purpose of which is to keep us from making progress and going forward
Fears whole design is to stop you in your tracks or to drive you back where you came from
Instead of
You going forward and becoming all that God wants you to be
If we believe that our God does not give a spirit of fear
But you find or I find in my life
that there is a spirit of fear attached to something specific in your life or in your journey
An opportunity that you're intimidated by
A relationship an endeavor a ministry
An interest of yours that just seems to cause you to feel a little bit paralyzed and insecurity of or fear
If you and I know what we know now based on the Scriptures that God does not give fear
But you sense that there is a spirit of fear attached to something in your life
And you know God didn't give it that means you know who did
And if the enemy has placed a spirit of fear on something in your life
it must mean that he is trying his best to keep you away from something
And if he's trying to keep you away from it that must mean there's something in it that he does not want you to have
He wants you and had to be so paralyzed so crippled so disarmed so
disinterested from the very thing that he knows is exactly what God wants to take you through
So that he can bring you to a new place in him
Do not be afraid
A believer in Jesus Christ can only have one attitude toward fear and this must be their attitude. I will not fear.
I will not fear
Fear prevents forward progress
Is there anyone here who ever feels like that
you have let fear keep you from doing what you know you were supposed to be doing
I beg you not to give up but to press through
and to be all that God wants you to be
Do all that he wants you to do
So you can have all that he wants you
to have
The reason why you have no reason to be afraid my friend as God calls you to go here or do that or go through
this particular thing in your life. It's not because you're so capable
It's not because you're so prepared it is because you have a daddy who loves you
He has already gone behind the scenes. He has already
orchestrated and
manipulated events and people and circumstances so that all he needs is a woman that's willing to say
Yes, Lord
and stand there at the plate of His grace and his glory in his
Calling on your life and to do what he's called you to do and if you and I will just do it
We will realize we've been set up to hit a home run every single time
So if right now there is something crippling you the enemy is working overtime to cause you to be afraid in your life
Will you hear this message from the Holy Spirit today step up to the plate do not be afraid
Your God has got your back. If God is for us
Then what difference does it make
Really who's against us
Because God is certainly greater than anything or anybody
that could come against us and you know I think that where we get into trouble is we believe that God is for other people
But are we sure that he's for us
Can I tell you something you having a problem is not a sign that God doesn't care
It does not mean that God doesn't see you it does not mean that he does not care about you
He wants to help you in your time of need and trouble. We give the enemy access to our lives through fear
and we give God access to our life through faith
We don't have to be afraid of things
God will take care of us
Whatever's coming up in your future, even the stuff that you don't know about. God will take care of you
Come on I said God will take care of you
Get it in your head God will take care of you
And that's really all we need to know God's gonna take care of us God has not given us a spirit of fear