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Before, during, and after any fight, there is the fear of the unknown. My message to you is: Dont let fear rule your life. Dont let fear stop you from living. As long as this world remains there will be fear among us. People will always have something to fear. But because fear is all around us, we dont have to let fear be in us. Understand that this is an individual choice.

We as soldiers in Jesus Christs Army are not supposed to give in to fear. Fear is not part of our God given nature. God has given us the ability and power to love, have a peaceful life, and live with the mind of Christ. Fear is nowhere in Gods plan for the Christian. Whenever fear pops its ugly head up, we must say No to it. Your flesh will almost always want to say Yes to fear. Saying, Yes to fear is like saying No to God and His will. Just dont choose fear and faith will automatically be accepted. Accepting faith will automatically deny fear. The Bible never says that we wont experience fear, or fear something or someone. The Bible says that we should not let the spirit of fear control us. Fear should never replace faith.

Wherever there is doubt, there is fear. Doubt and fear are companions. When fear enters in faith moves out. Fear can come upon us so quickly. What we do and how soon we do it will determine the outcome when we are confronted with fear. Fear can be manifested by thoughts, words, and action. Fear is a negative form of faith, and faith is the combatant to fear.

Our enemy is an enemy that rules mostly by fear. He will try and fill your heart with fear by the tactics he uses. And he is good at it, I might add. But to tell you the truth, he is no match for the army of God. The enemy will use anything he can to get your mind off of spiritual things. But we as good soldiers in Jesus Christs Army cant allow this to happen. We must stay focused on spiritual things, because this is a spiritual war that we are fighting. We know the mission and the objective. Now all we have to do is execute it to bring it to pass. The enemy will most likely be silent until he is confronted. Once he knows what your plans are, he will begin his psychological warfare campaign. This is why it is important to stay focused on the mission and its objective. If you are reading this and havent experienced any problem from the enemy, may I suggest that it is possible that you havent done anything to offend him? Because the more we increase in spiritual maturity, the greater the opposition is against the enemy. His tactics to bring fear upon you will increase. No matter how much fear he brings using his psychological games we cannot lose sight of what it is we are called to do.

Good soldiers will not allow the enemys propaganda tactics to interfere with their mission of faith. The enemy is crafty and creative; he will develop propaganda tools that are not true. He will test you as a good soldier. He is looking for ways to undermine the purpose of your mission. He will try to weaken our character and manipulate us so that we will fail to live up to our spiritual potential. If we dont remain focused in our fighting as to what the mission is, the enemy will have us playing in his back yard. One of the qualifications of being a good soldier is the ability to stay focused, and not let the enemys psychological warfare cause you to waver in your thinking or fighting. The enemy would love nothing more than to get the soldiers of Jesus Christs Army focused on anything but their mission. Your mission as a good soldier in Jesus Christs Army is to win souls. Good soldiers in this Army go from glory-to-glory, to faith-to-faith, not from fear to fear. Christians can use the faith they were dealt to cause the promises of Gods written Word to come to pass in their life.

Fear will stop or slow down these promises. Fear will prevent hope from coming alive. Fear will cause you to give up fighting, lose the fight, or not fight at all. One of the things that our Commander in Chief requires of us as good soldiers is to put up a good fight in faith. Soldiers in the army of Jesus Christ have taken an oath to fight the good fight of faith. And remember while you are fighting your fight, others are watching as they struggle in their own fight. Sometimes we worry and focus too much on the outcome of the battle. The battle does not belong to us. Good soldiers keep their minds on their assigned duties, and complete them at all cost. Dont let fear cause you to lose your focus. When you lose focus, you lose hope.

Fear will make you sick, both physically sick and spiritually sick. Thats why it is important to speak the Word of God to your fears. If you think for one minute that fear is not real, you are fooling yourself. Evil things can happen to you if you dont speak the Word over your fears. Furthermore, good things can happen to you if you do speak the Word over your fears. Whether you are speaking fear or thinking fear, its fear, and you must change your thoughts of fear to thoughts of faith.

Jesus Christs Army has to get more violent than its enemy. Remember we are engaged in a spiritual war, and the enemys main goal is to get the soldiers in Gods Army in fear. It is time to let faith rise up in the army of Jesus Christ and defect fear.
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