What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.
Job 3:25
NLT Bible
The Bible tells us that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love and power and a sound mind. Yet, so many believers are gripped by fear, letting it control their thoughts, words and actions. They live on the brink, always with a feeling of dread and apprehension about some impending calamity. Living like this means that we are allowing fear to control us and we expect bad things to happen.
For instance, we may feel that our children will not succeed and maybe something terrible will happen when they go out, or we may hear of layoffs at work and immediately, we envision that we will be affected and this fear consumes us and we verbalize it to anyone willing to listen. Sometimes we allow fear to infiltrate every area of our lives and it robs us of being happy and living purpose filled lives. We need to understand that God is in control and He is greater than our fears. All we have to do is surrender our lives to Him, give Him our fears and concerns and let His peace envelop us. We need to change the way we think and replace our fears with positive thoughts, expecting good things to happen.
Thank you Lord for Your peace. Sometimes I fear that bad things will happen and I allow it to consume my thoughts, my words and it affects the way I live. Lord, I surrender all my fears to You and with Your help, I will live a good and purposeful life. I love you, Jesus. Amen!
Be Blessed!
Lydia
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