Bigger
than Fear
TODAY’S
SCRIPTURE
For whatever is born of God
overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our
faith.
1 John 5:4, NASB.
TODAY’S
WORD
Fear always presents itself
much bigger than it really is. It’s always the worst-case scenario. It always
tries to get you worried, anxious, uptight and panicked. Fear’s goal is to
separate you from God by trying to get you to doubt His Word. But when the spirit
of fear comes, recognize that it has no power unless you give it power. Don’t
give it power by speaking what fear speaks. Don’t give it power by meditating
on it. Instead, let the power of the Word of God rise up within you. Declare
what God says; declare that God has given you all authority in heaven and
earth. Declare that no weapon formed against you shall prosper.
Remember, no matter how big
fear presents itself, it’s no match for the power of Almighty God. When you
yield yourself to Him, you tap into His power. Greater is He that is in you
than he that is in the world. God is bigger than your problems and bigger than
fear. Let faith rise up in your heart because faith is the victory that
overcomes the world.
PRAYER
FOR TODAY
Father, thank You for Your
perfect love which drives out all fear. I choose to meditate on Your Word which
feeds my faith and empowers me to overcome. I bless You and praise You today
for Your goodness and grace in my life in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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“Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God — truly righteous and holy.” (Ephesians 4:21-24 NLT)
Change in your life requires new thinking. The battle to change the defects in your life is always a mental battle. It starts in the mind, and it’s won or lost there.
Ephesians 4:23 says, “Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes” (NLT). You’re not going to change until your thoughts and attitude change. This is why a daily quiet time is important. The time you spend intentionally studying God’s Word and in prayer is the spiritual renewal in your mind. If you’re not doing that, you’re not going to have the power to change.
Do you know what the theological term for “change of mind” is? It is the word “repentance.” To repent literally means to change your mind.
The word “repent” is actually a Greek word — metanoia. Metanoia means to change your mind — to turn from death to life, sin to forgiveness, guilt to peace of mind, Hell to Heaven, my way to God’s way. The most positive change in your life will be when you repent of your sin and turn from regret to peace of mind and forgiveness.
You have to learn to think in new ways about your defects. Defects are often strengths being misused. That’s a new way of thinking. You probably never thought of that, but that’s repentance! That’s a change of mind. Your defects are often the strengths God gave you being misused.
You have to change the way you think. Philippians 2:5 says, “You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.”
God wants you to learn to think like Jesus. How do you do that? Again, it’s a choice. You’ve got to make a choice and say, “Lord, how would Jesus think about this?” The more you fill your mind with the Word of God, the easier that’s going to be.
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