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Freedom from Fear – The Bible Answer

2 Timothy 1:7 – For God has not given me a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.

In this one very popular verse on fear is the perfect and complete answer to victory over fear.

  • Power
  • Love
  • A sound and disciplined mine

These are three forces that will overcome fear when applied.  It isn’t just a matter of saying the scripture, but of doing what it says.  God tells us over and over again not to fear.  This verse contains tools that will lead to your victory.

POWER – Jesus has defeated the enemy. He has taken away his power against us, completely disarmed him and given us the authority over him. He has raised us up to it in heavenly places with Him far above all of the troubles of life.

Colossians 1:13 – We are delivered from the authority and dominion of darkness.

Matthew 28:18 – All authority in heaven and earth was given Him (and us in Him).  (See Ephesians 1:20-22; 2:6)

Luke 10:19 – We have power over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall harm us.

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Written on February 26th, 2011 , How To..., Victory Always
Prayer in the New Testament

Patterns in New Testament Prayers

The Bible teaches much on prayer. There are many specific instructions as to how to pray, and there are also many examples of prayer we can learn from.  Look at how the New Testament church prayed.  There are patterns there that we can follow. The more closely we know the Word of God and conform to it in our prayers, the more results we are going to have. There are patterns we can see in the prayers that the Apostle Paul prayed in the Epistles as well as actual examples of prayers he prayed.

For example, he mentions praying with thanksgiving in almost all of the prayers he prayed for the churches, much more than heavy or travailing prayer. I have been to prayer groups where everyone put on their sad face and whiny voice when it came time to pray. But this isn’t scriptural. From Paul’s example, we can see that that most of our prayer should be clothed in thanksgiving. Unceasing prayer is also mentioned many times. See the below scripture references where these things are mentioned.

The closer our prayers are to the Word, the more full of power they are.  The Word is God’s power unto our salvation.  When we have scripture on a specific subject, that is the will of God.  We shouldn’t pray out of our own understanding and knowledge, because there is a danger of trying to pray what we want to happen or what we think should happen rather than the will of God.  Many pray tradition and the ideas of men for others rather than the will of God.

It is of utmost importance, therefore, that we learn what the New Testament teaches on prayer. We should study it out for ourselves and not just learn to pray by listening to others.

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Written on February 19th, 2011 , How To..., Prayer
A Present Help Part 2

This is a completion of a teaching from two weeks ago, “A Present Help”.  If you missed the first part, you can find it here.

God’s Help is Real and Always There – You Must Draw Near and Take it

Psalm 46:1 – God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Living – God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.

God is always with me, a very present help in trouble, always ready to help in times of trouble. Sometimes we feel like He is far away or that He won’t help, but according to the Word, He is near and will help – always!  every time!  How do we get the help He offers?

Hebrews 2:18 – For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. Amp – able (immediately) to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried…

Hebrews 4:14-16 – For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Amp – that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in good time for every need (appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it).

The Lord is touched with the feelings of your infirmities, He always is moved with compassion and cares what you are going through, but that alone isn’t enough.  He is willing to help, but is moved to help you when you come boldly and TAKE of the mercy and grace that is always there. He will help me always!

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God is able and willing to come to my aid when I am tempted.  Every Time!

The first step is to know He is there and will help.  The second step and the step which is most important is that you act on your knowledge and come boldly to His throne of mercy and TAKE; RECEIVE what you have need of in every time of need – just as the scripture above says – appropriate help and well timed help coming just when we need in in every time of need.

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Written on February 12th, 2011 , Faith, Victory Always
How Close He Is…

God is always the same regardless of feeling.  The Eternal God is real and full of power and mercy at all times.  Who He is, what He is, and what He has promised is not dependent on how much I feel He is real.

Matthew 28:20 (Amplified) – Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age.

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Amen (so let it be).

He is with me all my days, perpetually, uniformly and on every occasion.  This is true regardless of my feelings.  God is always the same and always with me the same, but my perception and my feelings continually change.

How close He is to me never changes, but how close I stay to Him (in my awareness of Him and in my active fellowship with Him) can change based on me.  This is something within my power.   I can learn to live where His unchangeable presence and wonderful promises are as real to me when I don’t feel Him and when I don’t.

Truth is not based on my moods or passing emotions or the present circumstances around me but on the eternal realities and on the unchanging nature of God and the eternal Word of God.

I need to learn to rely on the fact of His unchangeable presence not the feeling or assurance of it.  Relying on feeling His presence throws things out of balance, because when I no longer feel Him, He seems to be gone.  If I don’t know better, I may even think He is gone.  But when I rely on a fact that is always the same, His presence never changes – because the fact never changes.  Truth is eternal.

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Written on February 5th, 2011 , Faith, Presence of God

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