Breaking The Grip Of Fear

February 4, 2018

Session 1

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

★At the heart of my fear is the failure to believe God’s Truth and act accordingly.