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Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, novelist and life coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Monday, May 29, 2023, and this is Episode #22 of Series 2023. This episode is titled "Fear: The Thief of Freedom."

 

The past few years have exposed an alarming truth: Fear will motivate people to give up their freedom.

Now, before you balk at my statement, let me ask you a few questions:

During the pandemic . . . 

Did you wear a mask?

Did you stay locked down in your home?

Did you give fist bumps instead of handshakes?

If you're like most people, you did all three.

But have you ever asked yourself why? Most likely, the reason you did all three is that you were afraid.

Afraid of what?

Afraid of getting sick. Why? Because you were afraid of dying.

1. You wore a mask because you were afraid of getting sick and dying.

2. You stayed in lockdown for the same reason. You were afraid of possibly exposing yourself to sick people, getting sick yourself, and dying.

3. You gave fist bumps instead of handshakes because you were afraid of getting sick and dying.

In each case, you gave up some of your freedom in exchange for safety and protection from dying. 

Studies have shown that the root of all fear is the fear of physical death. A person will give up anything, even his freedom, in order to be relieved of the fear of death. In order to be safe and protected from death.

During the pandemic, did you ever ask yourself if the mask was really protecting you? If the lockdown was really keeping you safe? If the fist bump really warded off sickness and death?

Most likely, you did not. Most likely, your fear was so great that you didn't stop to think. Or challenge. Most likely, you just went along with the crowd. You just believed everything the government told you. You did exactly what the government said to do. You never questioned the government's advice nor its motives. You just followed along in lockstep with the rest of the world.

All because you were afraid.

Today, nearly a full four years later, we are paying the price for our fear. We are facing an increasingly controlling government--both national and global--who has used and continues to use fear to implement its ulterior motive of subjugating us. And, frankly, they've done a good job.

The pandemic did not happen by chance. It was planned. And fear was the catalyst to getting the results we are witnessing today: the rise of a one-world government that will control every aspect of your life and rob you of your freedom. 

All of this was prophesied in the Bible, especially in the Books of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation. A world that has rejected Truth will live in fear. And fear is the thief of freedom.

Yet, God has given us the antidote to fear. His Name is Jesus Christ. But the world refuses to believe in Him.