Many years ago, while I was preaching in one of our Phoenix churches, I called for those who needed healing. A few folks came up for prayer. Then by inspiration I called for those who were fearful of getting sick and three to four times as many people responded for prayer.
I learned a lesson that night. The fear of illness can be as tormenting as the actual illness. We are afraid of cancer and we are afraid of covid-19. And in fear we rarely make sound decisions. We react and we over-react to fear even more than to pain.
It is the fear of covid that has caused our government leaders to do stupid things. It is the fear of leukemia that makes us happy when someone has a "good" day. It is our fear of death that makes medical providers ruin a person's life trying to keep them alive.
God has not given us a spirit of fear. He has given us the spirit of power, and love, and of a sound mind. Thank God for that!
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