June 24, 2024 … Fear Is A LIAR …

June 24, 2024 … Fear Is A LIAR  …       

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Zach Williams singing Fear Is A Liar … powerfully singing of how we Christians must live in the truth that our fears never come from God, who can (and will) give us His strength and power to fend off our fears. 

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Highlight Passage: … Exodus 20:20  [NLT] … 

20 “Don’t be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of Him will keep you from sinning!”.          

…  God, thru Moses, teaches the truth to dispel the fears of God’s people.                                                                                    

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Exodus 20:18-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Moses shows God’s people that their fears of God should only be to show us God’s awesome power and love.                                                                                                

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 23:4, 34:4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  King David testifies in song of how he (and we) should deal with our fears.   

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10  [NLT] … 

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I AM your God.  I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.   

… God’s promise, thru the Prophet Isaiah, of the Lord’s strength to lift believers up when they (we) are weak and fearful.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:15  [NLT] …  

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when He adopted you as His own children.   

… The Apostle Paul shares God’s promise that He has adopted those who fear and gives them His protection as their (our) Father.    

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] …   

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 

… Paul also shows fellow Christians that we can - and MUST - take our fears, with a thankful heart, to God Who will provide those with worries and fears with God’s peace.       

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 1:7 [NLT] …  

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.   

… Paul shows Timothy (and us) that God never is the author of fear, …  but rather of love, strength, and self control.   

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:7 [NLT] …  

7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you..   

… God, thru Peter, promises God’s caring Spirit to dispel our fears.     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Kenneth Peterson -  AT THIS LINK  -   tells of their being over 400 types of phobias, which are irrational fears which often can paralyze those who have such fears, making it difficult no make rational choices.    

But if my readers have really meditated on God’s word, provided above, and agree with Zach William’s song, … we realize that God is never behind our phobias or our fears.  And, I’m praying that we stand with God’s truth that  hat “fears” are from Satan, as he tries to paralyze Christians from receiving God’s empowering grace, which comes from our faith and trust in God to protect and provide His strength for those who love and follow our Lord in living our lives for God’s glory … today and tomorrow.  

Common!   Let’s all stand up and be counted as God’s kids, … i.e.., those who know that our fears are liars!  

         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your strength, Lord, to cast aside my fear as I move forward with my Lord’s empowering grace.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to reject our fears and to faithfully follow Your truth, Lord, today and tomorrow.     … Amen

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