Breaking The Grip Of Fear
February 18, 2018
Sessions 1, 2, 3
2 Timothy 1:7; 1 John 4:16-18
What is Fear? An internal forecast of an undesired result. {Not a reaction for well-being’s sake, but an inner atmosphere, a condition.}
What does Fear look like?
Symptoms of the Root cause; rejection; failure; displeasing others; abandonment; lack; death; dying; disease; disability; etc.
What are the Results of Fear?
Attracts what we don’t want; lack of intimacy; control; manipulations; over compensation; flight; isolation; resistance to LOVE; self-absorption
Fear insults and violates the Character of God (1 John 4:16-18)
Blocks faith from working
How does Fear develop?
The Root …. Unbelief – A failure to believe and act on God’s Truth
Inherited and chosen
Open gates …. The soul; fear’s agents
Thoughts, images, internal words; corresponding words, actions.
The evil agent encouraging fear (2 Timothy 1:7)
How Do I Overcome Fear?
The Revelation of Fear’s destruction
The Faceoff; NO MORE; the process
Have to recognize and FACE our fears! “NO MORE!!”
Reveal; Repent (it violates God’s heart); Resist [the authority of the spoken Word; Renouncing]
How Do I Receive Greater Revelation Of The Love Of God Which Casts Out All Fear?
Receive, by Faith, the Love of God …. Continually! (Romans 5:5; 1 John 4:16, 18)
★At the heart of my fear is the failure to believe God’s Truth and act accordingly.
