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Praise the Lord Church, today's church service is all about letting go of our fears.

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Today's main scripture is 1st John 4 verse 18 through 19 and this is taken from the

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NIV version. It says, there is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because

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fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love

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because he first loved us.

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So the scripture is saying to us, God's love is perfect. When we're holding on to our

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fears, it means that we don't believe in God's perfect love. We look at the problem as if

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it is in control, then God who is actually in control. God's love, perfect love, casts

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out all of our fears. That doesn't mean that we won't get fearful, it means we can find

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rest in him, peace in him, and assurance in the love of Christ. Fear means being double-minded.

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That means we have faith, then we don't have faith. So are we going to love and trust in

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God's perfect love because he first loved us?

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Our second scripture is Isaiah 41 verse 10 and this is taken from the ESV version. It

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says, fear not for I am with you. Be not dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you.

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I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. God is with us. That's

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what the scripture is telling us. He is living inside of us through the Holy Spirit in our

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hearts, in our minds, and in our spirits. Letting go of our fear means we surrender it to God.

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That means we stop fighting. Instead we say that it is in your hands, Lord, not mine because

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he is the one and only and true God. And he will strengthen us in our time of despair

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and help us in our time of need. He will uphold us and keep us in his righteous firm right

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hand. All we have to do is release it to him because he is our anchor. All we have to do

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is put our faith into him. Our last scripture is 2 Timothy 1 verse 7 and this is taken from

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the New King James Version. It says, for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power

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and of love and of a sound mind. So this scripture is saying, a sound mind means a strong mind.

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That means we are rooted and planted in Christ, in the fullness of Christ. That means God

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is living inside of us and God is as bold as a lion as the scripture says. So we need

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to remember who lives inside of us and we need to remember that God is greater than the fear

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that seems to have a strong hold on us because God is in control. God has given us a spirit

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of power and of love and a sound mind. So our points today are 1. Cast out. God's perfect

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love cast out all fears. A punishment of worry and of stress in this life. Because when we

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let go of the fears that seem to have a grip on us, it means that we are resting in the

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peace of God and not being double minded. That means we are choosing faith over fear.

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2. Anchor. Stop fighting against God and start trusting in Christ because he is the one and

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only true God who is upholding us in our times of despair and will give us strength.

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3. Lives. Christ lives within us through the Holy Spirit in our hearts. But we have a choice

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to make. Are we going to choose to believe and trust what God says or are we going to

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choose to believe what we see? So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,

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then this message will help you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus

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Christ, then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord today. To receive Him into your

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heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10. It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord

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Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart one believes on to righteousness and what the mouth confession is made on to

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salvation. If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with

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Jesus. You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit. This

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truth is not a free past sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices

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and empowers you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved forever and your name is really

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written in the book of life.