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Monday, February 25, 2008

Fear not
Rev Dr Ulf Ekman

Is 41:10
"fear not" was mentioned about 365 times in the Bible. .: Fear not everyday!

Fear is the opposite of faith. Faith pleases God, so fear does not please God.

We need to combat fear. Fear causes one to hide in the crowd and not fulfill our potential, so God wants to help us move out of fear and into faith.

Matt 25:24
Parable of the Talents
v 24 The perception of the man of 1 talent of his master was that of "a hard man"
v25 "And I was afraid" Wrong perceptions causes us to react in fear. The man did not know his master, hence fear puts negative ideas into our heads. We need to have faith in our hearts and this pushes fear out of our lives.

"fear of God" does not mean to be afraid and to shun away from God. It means to respect God. He is our Father, so He will make us feel at home, feel a sense of belonging, protection, security, provision.

Romans 8:14-15
"did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear"
When we are born again, something breaks and we receive the Holy Spirit by adoption, which puts our spirit in sync with God's. The Holy Spirit then speaks through within us to our minds. This is unlike the devil, which speaks straight to the mind.

Acts 18:19
"do not be afraid, but I speak..."
The word of God will break the fear in our lives. If God is with us, who can be against us!

Romans 8
Be free of the carnal mind.

2 Tim
We have the spirit of soundness!

Fear is the lack of trust. Fear is the intuitive understanding that my personal power is not enough for what I'm supposed to do, and the lack is where fear comes in.

God loves you, so don't hate yourself! Be who you are. We are not created by Xerox, and not to be a lousy copy of someone else!

You will never lose what you give up. You lose what you hold on too tightly.

We will always be something special to the Lord.
Is 43:1-3
"For I am the LORD your God"

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Power of Prayer:
  1. Michelle - Going for job interview this week, pray that she will be able to secure the job which involves her interviewing selected personnels.
  2. Wan Xiu - Increasingly better job opportunities to come her way, and bosses that respect her decision to go to SOT. For her to be able to go to Shanghai.
  3. Paul Jones, Pearl, Grace, ME! - Exams, exams, exams. (I have income tax mid-terms so do pray along the lines of remembering all the small details of different types of taxation and knowing how to apply them. :))
  4. ... add on?
- suatwei

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