The Key to Overcoming Every Fear You Face
by Joyce MeyerEveryone experiences fear in their life. There are big fears we are very aware of and little ones we may not even realize we have.
I've learned that it's very important to understand what fear is and how it works against us because if we don't, it can keep us from becoming what God created us to be, which means we won't fulfill our purpose in life.
Fear's Evil Scheme
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God wants us to walk by faith, and Satan wants us to walk by fear.
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Fear is a tool the devil uses against us to make us miserable and
destroy our lives. It begins as a thought and then creates emotions that
can rule us. It often becomes a strong, intense feeling that tries to
move us to make a foolish action or tries to prevent us from doing
something that would be good for us. Because it's such a common way that
Satan attacks people's lives, I think of it as the master spirit he
uses to manipulate people and keep them out of God's will. Simply put, fear is the opposite of faith. God wants us to walk by faith, and Satan wants us to walk by fear. When we learn to live by faith and not let fear rule our life, we can live a fulfilling, satisfying, peaceful and joyful life in Christ.
Like I said before, fear begins with a thought. Proverbs 23:7 tells us that "as [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he" (NKJV). I like to say it like this: Where the mind goes, the man follows.
