THE ENEMY OF YOUR FAITH.

MATHEW 8:25-26, MARK 4:40, LUKE 8:25, ROMANS 8:15, 2 TIMOTY 1:7

‘Fear cometh by hearing, and hearing by the words of the devil; without fear it is impossible to please the devil.’

We are living in the age of fear.
Messages of fear come at you from every side. The news media sees to that. Every news cast and newspaper offers you a smorgasbord of fears to choose from:
• Fear of incurable diseases
• Fear of being discriminated against
• Fear of economic collapse
• Fear of crime
• Fear of failure
• Fear of the unknown
• Etc

Child of God, only when you get fear out of you life will you be able to operate in the faith to which God has called you to walk. You must declare war on fear. As far as your faith is concerned, fear is public enemy No. 1.
There is no way for Satan to operate destructively in your life unless you give place to him. How do you give place to the devil? By giving attention to his words and thereby beginning to operate in fear.
The devils words are…
•A bad report from the doctor saying you have only 3 months to live
•The words on the television or radio news cast declaring the economy is going down the tube or that its not safe to drive the streets at night
•Words of well-meaning family members, friends or co-workers bringing a message of doubt and fear.
•The devil’s words, whispered into your mind(this is often couched as your own thoughts, they are not but the devil’s who fed them into your mind, be wary of him, he is just too sly)
Guard Your Gates. Your eyes and your ears are gateway to your mind and spirit. If you allow CNN’s constant stream of disaster, calamity and tragedy to enter those gates day in day out, it won’t be long before you’re afraid to leave your house, much less do the things God has called you to do. No Matter Where It Comes from, If It Doesn’t Line up with God’s Word, it can open up invitation to destructive spirit of fear, if you pay attention to it.
Fear (Phobia, Inferiority, Insecurity, Anxiety etc) is planted in you by the devil through your five senses of touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing—all the external circumstances of life, example as found in Mathew 14:25-31.

Satan uses the material world around you to try to influence you.
While things of God on the other hand are perceived spiritually (1 Corinthians 2:14).Don’t be moved by the things you can see or hear. Be moved by the unseen: 2 Corinthians 4:18.

The devils tactic is to convince you that the things you see and hear around you are more real than the truth of God’s word.
When you start depending on what you can see rather than what God has said, you are wide open for deception. There is no pace for faith in that kind of life. Why? Because ‘we walk by faith, not by sight’. (2 Corinthians 5:7)

Either you walk in faith or you operate in fear. When one is present, the other leaves. Choose to walk in faith.
‘And with faith nothing is impossible’. Now, begin to do the impossible by faith as you live your life.

-By Creflo A. Dollar
Excerpt adapted by Yusuf Rufa’i.
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