Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia. It dulls our miracle memory. It makes us forget what Jesus has done and how good God is. (I forget where I obtained this quote.)
18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4
An excellent reminder for an ongoing struggle. It's amazing how sometimes we do not even recognize fears that are controlling us! We may even use language like "concerned" or "worried." Along these lines, I have also been thinking of Ephesians 6 and the injunction to "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil" with a focus of "take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil one." Yeah, I've felt some fiery darts. Stand strong, friends!
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