The Spirit of Fear
Scripture reading: Deut. 31: 6 Worship Song: I Will Fear No More Meditation: Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat. Fear is often caused by unpleasant experiences or trauma. Fear has the power to paralyze people to the point where they are rendered incapable of doing anything or achieving anything. It is an overwhelming, disturbing force that has the power to sway, distort, and rupture the human mind. For most of us, it would be best if we never encountered fear a day in our lives. Fear does not come from God; it comes from Satan. The devil intends to keep us repressed by fear, to keep us from doing God’s will, and to keep us from being used by God. Fear will keep us from praying for someone and from believing that God can work a miracle in our lives. Fear will keep us from witnessing to others, afraid of what people might think or say. Fear will keep us from giving to God, afraid that we won’t have e...