For so many people they have lived their lives in fear..and still live their lives in fear..fear of what other people think of them…fear of failure..fear of loneliness…fear of defeat..fear of not being able to be good enough..fear from divorce..but then if we stop long enough to look at the way others fight fear…for many live their lives day in and day out from fear from that ole devil..fear to leave their homes..fear to get a job..fear to drive..they face depression..they face anxiety..they face torment literally day after day..never speak up to their Pastor..to their family or even their friends..all from thinking that others will wonder what’s wrong with them..why are they living this way..see that ole devil comes to steal, kill and to destroy us..John 10:10..and when any of us face certain things in life that brings fear..at that moment in time we kinda of freeze and become afraid of ever trying whatever it was again all for the fear of it happening again..so our minds begin to remember as they always do when something happens especially when something bad happens..we don’t forget it not at all..and it’s not easy forgetting it..for some they have to take medicine to try and help them just to get through their days..for others they just live with it..for they never would want anyone to know this pain that their facing..but guys I have come to say that only Jesus can free us from fear..for the word of God says that fear has torment.but it goes on to say that perfect love drives out fear..1 John 4:18..and only the Lord is that perfect love..Amen..so we have to know that fear is not at all from the Lord..and for many they feel as if they pray but it’s still there..but guys probably were freed from it..but as I said the mind is that battlefield for us all..for we have to remember that the word of God says that the Lord has not given us a spirit of fear..but of power and of love and of a sound mind..2 Timothy 1:7..so today we have to renew our minds..Romans 12:2..we do that by the word of God..and we have to put feet to our thoughts..we have to know that we can do whatever it is that we need to do…for the Lord has made us free..and we should always keep ourselves free..don’t give the enemy a foothold in your life..for if you do he will keep taking away from you and your life..and if you are one of these people today that fights and battles with fear then another thing I will say is find someone in whom you can deeply trust and ask them to pray with you..for the devil wants you to be quiet he doesn’t want you to speak up..but put feet to whatever it is that you need to..we have to start all of us somewhere in our lives..and today is no better day then to start taking back your life..Amen..for little by little you will get yourself back..but whatever you do don’t give up and never grow weary for God hears you and God is helping you..the lesson in it all is that we have to be willing to help ourselves..we have to move forward and not let fear paralyze us into living a life that God Almighty never intended for you or me to be living..for we are God’s children..so let us stand tall today helping one another along the way in this thing that we all call life..for we need one another..so let us all begin today taking back everything that the ole devil stole and has stolen from us..In Jesus’ name, I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi