For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love and a sound mind -2 Tim. 1:7.
Fear is the opposite of faith and where faith is there is no fear. If faith is from God then fear is from the devil and if God moves on our faith then the devil moves on our fear. The devil will try to get us to believe in his lies which develops fear and fear causes us to worry about things that have absolutely no impact on our lives or our future wellbeing. The solution is to pray rather than worry and the devil with his source of fear will flee from us.
Draw nigh unto the Lord in prayer and He will draw nigh unto you. Then submit yourselves to God and resist the devil and he will flee. Give no place to the devil. Remember, he is like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. The word of God says he is like a roaring lion not that he is a roaring lion. There is a big difference. You see, he has the ability to drive fear in someone if that person will allow him, but he is harmless. He roars but that's as far as his intimidation skills go. No further.
Resist him when you submit yourself to God and he will flee. As far as defeating him totally goes, just build up your faith in God. Without faith it is impossible to please God for him that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek HIm.
Prayer: God please keep reminding us that faith dispells fear and prayer removes all worrying which is the product of fear. Amen.
Encouragement: There is absolutely nothing to fear when you believe in God. Perfect love casts out all fear.
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