I have FINALLY come to the passage we ALL have been waiting for on fear!!!  

2 Timothy 1:7, For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Throughout this episode, and with this passage, I hope to better understand our fears - the healthy ones and the unhealthy ones - and what God's Word has to say about them.  In particular, if God's Word tells us clearly in 2 Timothy 1:7 that God is NOT the source of unhealthy fears, what tools does He afford us to combat those fears, right here in this passage?

I also talk about how some of our healthy fears (like fear of standing in the way of an oncoming train or being mauled by a charging lion) can morph into unhealthy fears.  

Above all, as we explore "Our Fears:  The Good, The Bad, and The Under Control," I remind us from 1 John 4:18 that fear involves torment, and God's agape love casts out that fear, and with it, the torment that it brings.

Join me today for Rinse and Repeat!

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