As part of my ongoing story of the tail gate minister I am going to talk about a subject that has been planted, nourished and worked into the hearts of the people of this country. Firsst, I am not a pastor. I am a deacon and a sunday school teacher who also leads the outreach ministry for our church.
Fear - what is it doing to us and what are the main causes.
1. Fear causes us not to trust easily
2. Fear will not let us love other completelyl
3. Will initially cause us to turn further away from God to seek a solution
4. Fear will cause us to want and relly on material things more.
5. Fear will not allow us to make that unconditional committment to others.
6. Fear causes worry, anxiety and sickness
Fear is a troublesome tool sent by Satan to deflect and defeat our goal in Christ. The results of the 6 points listed above is stagnation. If you are overwhelmed with fear most of the time you will run and hide. When you become powerless over an awesome fear you will try to duck it by running away.
I f ound the first step for me when fear comes rattling at the door is to identify it. Put a name on it. Tag it. Don't listen to that fool satan who tells you maybe, might, can. Identify and isolate that fear.
Then, once you can see what it is you are really afraid of pray. And I don't mean just pray. I mean literallly go to your knees. Fear is powerful and it takes powerful prayer to run it off. I pray beggingly to the Holy Spirit first. Open pleading with Him to intercede on my behalf to Jesus Christ. Then I pray just as hard to Jesus to intercede with the Father. I pray, I pray, I pray.
I can't give you numbers,I don't keep a log of prayer result s (I should). But if God has answered your prayers before then why don't you believe He will answer them again. You weren't given a prayer allotment. Pray often and with fervor. Also, I pray that if God won't change the sitution, He will change me to accept it.
Our communities, streets and homes are fearful places these days. If you are fearing God all other fears will dissolve. When I talk with folks on the streets I stress this message. Seek God and His Beloved Son and you will be able to toss satan out on the street.
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God Bless,
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