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NO FEAR

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love,” 1 John 4:18 ESV. To run from our fears leaves us in a state of relentless anxiety. To bulldoze through our fears in unwarranted self-confidence can destroy us and others. There is a better way; to run to God with our fears is to face them and destroy them. “I can handle this!” are “famous last words,” often spoken just before befalling an impending catastrophe. Confidence is great if rightly placed, but hubris is the beginning of many sorrows. The fear of God delivers us from fear of anything else. Glorious LORD of All, while I myself can do nothing without Your mercy, power, and grace, in Your strength, “I can run through a troop and leap over walls.” “I can do all things” while nestled safely in Your Promises, Strength, and Authority.

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  1. Gary. BNovember 29, 2020 at 9:16 AM

    Amen think I I’ll weave this in the message this morning thank you 🙏 brother for the missing link

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