UPROOTING THE SPIRIT OF FEAR

Fear is a very serious attack that the enemy uses against humanity. Its good to learn how to defend ourselves against this evil. Fear Intends to destroy our faith .Fear comes in many shapes and sizes, but the final outcome is the same to steal, kill and destroy.

God has provided the ability to overcome fear and know that faith brings us victory.

Fear Defined:
Fear can be defined as uneasiness, or anxiousness, but in a Biblical point of view ,fear is more than a feeling, but it is a spirit.

2Timothy 1:7 says,

God hath not given us the spirit of fear ,but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. When a believer is influenced by the Holy spirit we call it an anointing .The anointing of the Holy spirit empowers and His empowerment enables a Christian to do things they could never do in their own strength and wisdom.

The presence of a spirit of fear in your life also brings with an anointing-which is a negative one-Destructive anointing.

•  Instead of empowering you, fear paralyzes you.

•  Instead of giving you wisdom, fear causes you to make poor decisions.

Fear always rushes in when faith is not present. We get a clear picture of this very thing happening in one of the incidents in the ministry of Jesus.

Matthew 8:25,26 Do you see the connections Jesus made?

“Why are you afraid? you have little faith, Jesus was attributing their fearfulness to a lack of faith.

-If you have faith ,you will not have fear.
-If you have fear, it is because you have little faith .Perhaps you know that attention to God's word brings faith.

Romans 10:17
-But did you realize that attention to Satan's words brings fear into your circumstances?

-You give the devil place by paying attention to his words and thereby beginning to operate in fear.

-Fear will open the door for the devil to come in and kill, steal and destroy. Fear comes by hearing and hearing means it can enter you when paying attention to people when are speaking negatively about you.

Fear produces bondage, faith produces Liberty . Faith brings freedom which is why the devil works so hard to keep Christians in fear and out of faith.

Matthew 14:25-31 -This is the account of Jesus walking on the water.
Simon Peter fired faith and re-hired fear and so do many Christians.

Job 3:25
Job had been living in Fear for years. Infact one of the first things we are told about Job is that He was continually offering sacrifices for His Children. He was afraid they might committed some awful sin.

Job was consumed with fear.

-He was afraid His children were going to curse God.

-He was afraid was going to lose everything as a result and Job's fear caused God's hedge of protection around Him be lifted. God did not lift the hedge but Job's fear did.

How does fear comes? as a reciprocal of faith, fear comes by hearing and hearing by words of the devil

Examine yourself, what are you afraid of? what worries and anxieties consistently occupy your thoughts? Are you afraid you will never find a suitable Wife or Husband?

Are you afraid of losing your spouse?
Are you afraid of not finding a job?

Are you afraid that your Children are going to be rebellious?
Please I urge you to identify your fears and then attack them, make a quality decision to uproot any fears which as been plaguing you for years-Purpose to remove it RIGHT NOW!!

Read Numbers 13:30 onwards, t he ten spies saw giants.

Caleb and Joshua saw the Covenant Israel had with almighty God. The same God later delivered David from Goliath, Shedrack, Meshach and Abednego from the fiery furnace, and Daniel from the Jaws of the hungry Lions. Compared to the size of Caleb's God, those giants looked like Ants.

The spies operated in Strong Fear, Caleb and Joshua operated in strong Faith.

3 KEYS TO UPROOTING THE SPIRIT OF FEAR.
•  Making a quality decision. Look at Psalm 118:6
•  Understanding the magnitude of God's protection. Look at Isaiah 43:1,2
•  Develop Confidence in God's Promises. Look at Isaiah 55:11,Galatians 6:9

3 KEYS TO STAYING FREE FROM FEAR
(1) Live right. 1John 3:21

(2) Speak the word--- You must generate faith by speaking God's word regardless of the way circumstances look around you--- Isaiah 54:17 NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER!!!

(3) Stay in the Light of the presence of God 1John 1:7 ---- Fear will cause you to try to hide yourself from the light of God. Remember Adam's response after He disobeyed God! Genesis 3:8-10

The next thing you know from Adam and Eve, you are hiding out from God in Fear and the devil is speaking to you negatively.

Do not fall unto that trap- when you miss it—Repent!! Read 1 john 1:9


GET RID OF THAT FEAR
There is no place of fear in the life of a believer. The spirit of fear will Rob you of everything that is sweet and good about the Christian Life on this earth .It will steal your peace and torment your soul. But that is not the worst thing about fear, The most devastating aspect of fear is that, as the reciprocal of faith ,it opens the door to the very things you fear the most. It is time to get rid of fear!!! All of the steps you need to take to come out of fear and get into faith are actions!

•  START CHANGING THE WAY YOU TALK.
•  STOP SPEAKING OUT WORDS OF FEAR AND DOUBT.
•  BEGIN TO SPEAK GOD'S PROMISES THAT APPLY TO YOUR SITUATIONS.
•  DO THESE THINGS AND THE SPIRIT OF FEAR WILL BE UPROOTED FROM YOUR LIFE.THEN LOOK OUT! A LOT OF BLESSINGS,POWER AND PEACE ARE HEADED YOUR WAY!