Fear has many different definitions;
Google say's- Fear: An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
The Bible say's in 2 Timothy 1:7: "God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control" In this case they use the word fear as "fright" or "dread".
I Cor. 2:3 - "I was with you in weakness and in fear" With fear meaning "phobia"
I know I have my fair share of fears; the unknown, trusting, future, death, how others think of me, snakes, heights, suffering, and pain. All of those fears listed are called Non- personal.
Some Inter- personal fear's I and you may face; relationships, love, broken relationships, disapproval, what others think, what others might do, rejection, what will happen to our family, abandonment, the world, opponent, embarrassed, loneliness, having nothing to say, or offending someone.
The last kind of fear there is, is called Intra- personal. These fears include: Failure, inadequacy, inability, responsibility, success, our capability to hurt, being out of control, security, being dependent, being fearful, being exposed, or insignificance.
Just reading those fears, cause me to fear. Fear can cause us to do many things -have anxiety, sleep deprieve, headaches, muscual tension, or hyperactivity. Fear causes procrastination, or never trying. It makes us give up on things we never tried.
Why do we fear? We feel threatened, perceived danger, feel powerless, genuine guilt, false guilt, or rejection.
But the greatest thing that fear causes is, get in the way of God's plan for us. IFear causes us to question our Lord, as if He is weak, as if he doesn't know what He is doing. Fear is the enemy. God is good. With God there is no fear, so how do i get rid of these fears? How do I learn to trust God? How do I look past my fears to Jesus?
God's answer to all fear is faith. All your fears are gone when you believe God is good. When you understand all his intentions are for the best. When you see that God is all- knowing and all -powerful!
26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.[a] 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. -Matthew 10: 26-31
Fear. Only. God.
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