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Defeat Fear and Worry! 

Something wonderful should be happening as we continue on in our spiritual journey! We should be experiencing more peace and joy and less worry and fear. I think that at least half of the people that ask for prayer are worried or fearful. Both of these things are tools of the enemy, they rob us of peace and joy. We can confess these things and receive prayer and for a time have peace, usually in a short time the worry and fear return.

There is an answer to this problem of going in and out of fear and worry. The answer to this problem, or better still the victory over fear and worry is our faith. When we are worried and fearful our faith is not active. Faith is a substance that needs to be applied to each situation. When we apply faith in a situation where worry and fear have appeared, worry and fear disappear. Faith and fear and worry cannot be in the same place at the same time.

We learned that to free a person from fear and worry, all we had to do was stir up the faith in that person. When their faith became active they were instantly free.

Each one of us must learn to stir up and keep active our own faith, that is our victory. Fears and worry are always waiting for the opportunity to attack our mind and emotions as different events crop up in our daily life. If fear and worry are able to grab you it is a sure sign your faith is not active in that area.    

Another important question! 

There are times we should be offended and make people aware we are offended and we do not!  And there are other times when we should not take offence and we do.

When people say and do things that are truly offensive to us and we say and do nothing about it somehow it makes us smaller in our eyes and in the eyes of others; we lose something of ourselves.

Other times we are offended so easily when no offence was intended and we strike out and speak out, we again suffer loss. It might be the loss of a friend or loss of some truth God is trying to show us.

I have a question and I pray that you will not be offended by it.

John 10:27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”

John 10:4 “When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.”

Do you know His voice?

God has not lost His voice! He is still speaking in this day and age. I am not asking if you read the bible or what your pastor has to say to you on Sunday. My question is a very important one. Your Father in heaven is speaking to you; do you hear or know His voice?

Several years ago I asked this question to a friend and he replied; “I have written several books about it haven’t I?  He didn’t really answer my question and he was offended and I lost his friendship.

We can write books about how God speaks. We can be a Christian for many years, we can pray every day, go to church every Sunday, be a pastor or minister and still not know or hear Gods voice. We can know the bible very well and not know His voice.

Do you know your earthly fathers voice? I expect most of you do. Do you know your mothers voice, or your brothers or sisters voice? I am sure most of you do.

Why do we know their voices?

Because we have spent a lot of time together, we are familiar with them. We get to know our Father’s voice by spending time with Him in a personal way. In time, we don’t have to worry about recognizing His voice. The moment He speaks to us we know his voice and follow Him.