Learning to live life free from fear, worry and anxiety is a process that must be worked through with patience.

Baby steps toward your goal of becoming fear-less and free is the only realistic way of obtaining the peacefulness you seek. I am a true witness in the power of this process. I was an intensely worried, anxious person, walking in the sheer defeat that only fear can bring. I have learned that, even though, the God-inspired steps of achieving fearlessness is not easy, it is absolutely obtainable…Jesus demonstrated it throughout his earthly life.

Remember Him in the Garden at Gethsemane? He was so stressed before His ordeal on the cross, that the scriptures record in Luke 22:44 (Amplified Version):
“And being in an agony [of mind], He prayed [all the] more earnestly and intently, and His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground.”
But…even in his anxiety and stress, He surrendered His fears over to His Father in Heaven.
In Matthew 26: 39 (Amplified) it says, “And going a little farther, He threw Himself upon the ground on His face and prayed saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will [not what I desire], but as You will and desire.”

Now don’t misunderstand my observation…Jesus still had to go to the cross. But I believe that God comforted and strengthened Jesus beyond his human ability when He surrendered his fears and anxieties over to His Father who is also Our Heavenly Father.

I am learning to do this same thing …I am surrendering my worries and fears and following Jesus’ example. When I first started doing this I didn’t feel any less afraid, but as I continue to meditate on the Word of God that tells me to “cast the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully (I Peter 5:7 AMP),” I am becoming more and more peaceful, un-burdened…and much less fearful.

God gives us the grace to come to Him and express our concerns, troubles, fears, and any dark thoughts that weigh us down and stop our emotional, spiritual and physical growth. Try Him in the things He has given us to live better, richer, fuller lives…and believe you can live FREE!

More soon…Blessings,
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