Fear

 

I think one of the most devastating strongholds in my opinion is being gripped with fear. It was the first trick of the enemy. He placed fear into Adam and Eve by his deception of lies that God was withholding something good from them. The result of that fear causing them to disobey God came with a terrible price displayed in a sin-filled world. The enemy uses the same tactics today, he tries to grip our hearts with fear foremost to make us think God does not love us because of our sin. The word of God says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but power, love, and self-discipline (2 Tim 1:7 NLT). Fear is not from God, for He is Love. “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love (I John 4:18 NKJV). How do we become made perfect in love? By accepting it as a free gift, given to us through Christ Jesus. No works are needed there is nothing we can do to ever earn it. God is asking us to accept his love believing that it will cast out all fear, sickness, and torment. Believe in the Father’s love for you today, displayed perfectly in Him sacrificing his Son for YOU. He will take it from there. 

 

The light of God’s love shined within us when he sent his matchless Son into the world so that we might live through him. This is love:  He loved us long before we loved him. It was his love, not ours. He proved it by sending his Son to be the pleasing sacrificial offering to take away our sins. 1 John 4:9-10 TPT

 

 

 

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OH!! How He LOVES YOU

So many of us struggle with being fulfilled and feeling validated. The world dictates to us daily on all the things we must do in order to be happy and satisfied in this life. However, the more we strive after these things the less unfulfilled we feel. God’s word instructs us to do one thing. To “believe” in God’s deep, unconditional, irrevocable love for us in every area of our life. True fulfillment only comes by believing and being rooted and grounded in God’s love for us on an individual level. It is the only perfect love that satisfies in every area. God created us first and foremost to be in relationship with HIM, that only comes from our confidence in His love for us. God devised a specific plan and purpose in order to be in relationship with His children and to lavish his great love on us. How he longs to bless you and love on you intimately. I would suggest this is the love we are all seeking, and this is the one thing the enemy works hard to shield over our eyes. The enemy has deceived many into believing that we must work for God’s love and that he is untouchable and unreachable. The Word of God says we must do one thing “labor to believe,” in the love of God. It is the one truth that sets us free. We must labor daily in the Grace of truth that we are the righteousness of God through Christ and nothing or no one can come against that precious love. Receive God’s love in every situation and he will push back the weapons trying to come against you. His indescribable love is the force that defeated the enemy and demonstrated an unmatched love for mankind. Who is like our God? Absolutely no one. Oh, how he deeply cares for you! 

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. Eph 1:4 NLT