FEAR, NOT A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY
DEVOTIONAL 2014 BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE.
DATE : MONDAY 15 DECEMBER 2014.
THEME : FEAR, NOT A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE.
MEMORISE:
For God hath not given us the
spirit of fear; but of power, and
of love, and of a sound mind.
2Timothy 1:7.




READ: Psalm 91:5-6.
5.Thou shalt not be afraid for
the terror by night; nor for the
arrow that flieth by day;
6.Nor for the pestilence that
walketh in darkness; nor for the
destruction that wasteth at
noonday.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : NEHEMIAH 11:25-13:31 and ECCLESIASTES 9:7-12.


MESSAGE
You have nothing to fear if you
have given your life to Jesus.
Those of us who have
surrendered our lives to Jesus
Christ can say with all boldness
that we shall not be afraid.
Today’s Bible reading says that:
provided you surrender your life
to the Almighty God and provided
you are dwelling in His secret
place, and provided you are
abiding under His shadow, you
have nothing to fear. Fear is from
the devil. There was no fear until
the devil crept in. When God
created Adam and Eve and put
them in the Garden of Eden, it
was all bliss. But from the day the
devil entered into the garden and
convinced them to disobey God,
fear came. After they had sinned,
when they heard God coming,
they ran and hid themselves. Fear
is the exact opposite of faith. The
moment you cross from the side
of the devil to the side of God,
there is no more fear for you.
When you give your life to Christ,
fear must go. Fear comes from
darkness and Jesus Christ is light.
When Jesus comes into your life,
He gives you the spirit of love, of
power, of joy and of a sound
mind. This is why it is rare to find
a true child of God living in fear.
The Bible in Romans 8:14-15
says:
“For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God. For ye have not received the
spirit of bondage again to fear;
but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father.”
Children of God have the Spirit of
God. He assures us that we are
the children of God. You can
boldly say that you have not
received the spirit of fear but of
power, of love and of a sound
mind if you have received the
Spirit of God. Jesus Christ said you
shall receive power after the Holy
Ghost comes upon you. Since we
have received power, we should
not be afraid. I am a child of God.
Fear belongs to the children of
the devil and I am not a child of
the devil. From time immemorial,
God has always put a dividing line
between the righteous and the
wicked. He tries to reward each
according to their works. He
rewards the righteous so that
they will love righteousness and
so that the wicked will see the
benefit of righteousness and turn
from their wicked ways. The Bible
in Psalm 121:7says this
concerning the righteous:
“The LORD shall preserve thee
from all evil: he shall preserve thy
soul.”
With such promises, the children
of God have no cause to fear. I
pray that whatever will
overwhelm your faith and cause
you to panic, the Lord will not
allow such to happen to you in
Jesus’ Name. Do not be afraid;
God is your refuge and your
present help in the time of need.
ACTION POINT:
Check your life, whatever you are
doing that is causing you to
panic, do away with it.
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