Fearless: How to Conquer Fear ForeverExemple

DAY 1 — Perfect Love Casts Out Fear In this month’s devotional, I want to share how you can be free from fear forever. Fear is at the root of just about every negative thing that happens in our lives. We’re afraid of failing, being alone, or rejection; afraid of running out of money; afraid that people will let us down; afraid that we won’t find a spouse or the one we found will leave us (or in some cases that they WON’T leave us—ha, ha!). We’re afraid something bad may happen to us or our children—and the list goes on and on. All fear is rooted in the core belief that God’s Word won’t work. For example, the fear of not having enough is rooted in the fear that Philippians 4:19 isn’t true. If you believe that “God will supply all your needs according to His riches...” then fear leaves. God loves us because He IS love. God doesn’t look at us based on our performance, flaws, or shortcomings. When He sees us, He sees Jesus. God doesn’t love us because we are lovely. In fact, we are often anything but lovely! He doesn’t love us because of something we’ve done. And He doesn’t judge us because of something we haven’t done. We have to understand the nature of God. He is GOOD—all the time! God doesn’t take life; He gives life. God doesn’t hurt, He heals. The life of Jesus is the picture of God’s love for us. Jesus never takes healing away; He gives healing. He doesn’t take sight away; He gives sight. He doesn’t withhold food; He multiplies it! “There is no fear in love, but perfect love banishes all fear.”— 1 John 4:18 In tomorrow's devotional, we are going to look more closely at God's perfect, unconditional love that banishes all fear.