Someone once said that FEAR is a showstopper. I believe that and would add that it is a major roadblock to enjoying life and living in freedom and truth.

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Think about what fear means by definition: an unpleasant feeling of anxiety or apprehension caused by the presence or anticipation of danger; an idea, thought, or other entity that causes feelings of fear; or a concern that bad news is ahead.

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It takes a great deal of energy to manage any of those aspects of fear. If you are walking with underlying fears, you are spending a lot of time in the dark. Fear comes from darkness, from the unknown, from things not seen. Once we know something, we can move through the fear part pretty easily, but if we spend time thinking or worrying about the “what ifs” of life, we are living in the dark.

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If fear is a Way of Life for a person, truth is often not able to present itself because fear and faith can’t exist at the same time. Faith and trust will bring light and life to the worst of situations and breathe truth into a situation. Faith allows us to handle the worst news. Doubt drives fear and blocks out faith. If fear is your default setting, you will live in dread and doubt more than anything. These are dark places and usually lead a person to act in controlling ways.

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Living in fear closes in your world and keeps things at bay that could reveal truth. You get a perspective from fear that closes in other ways of thinking and darkens any power to reveal truth.

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The more this happens, the smaller the world that feels safe. This will keep a person in a prison of their own making due to fear.