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Fear has the ability to cripple someone. It has brought people to the point where it’s hard to even function or be in right mind.
 

Personally, this has been truth for me in the past year. Ever since I saw a horror movie called “Strangers”, the demon of fear has proudly used it’s images to ruin many of my nights. For me, it is the idea of seeing an evil presence or person out to torture, in my presence. I lay at night just picturing images of killers in my house. I see gruesome images of coming home to my husband, only to find a horrid scene. I see demonic faces when I close my eyes. I will lay closer to my husband, curled up. It helps for a second, and then I think about how cuddling more wouldn’t save either of us. I am afraid to close my eyes and afraid to open my eyes. I’m scared to see things in either state. I’ve woken up at night to just turn on all the lights in the house. I make up scenarios in my mind, crying, because I start to feel like it has happened.  I’ve even had a few panic attacks just from my thoughts.
 
The other night was the worse it had been. At work, we had just been talking about serial killers and the details of their attacks. I couldn’t handle that conversation. I felt faint and nauseated. That night I didn’t know what to do. Images went through my mind like crazy. I was afraid to look anywhere. The visions from the devil got so bad. I even saw myself being cast into hell and tortured. At that moment I woke Michael up. He sweetly prayed against them and then told me it was my turn. I needed to speak OUT LOUD against fear. “NO. I WILL NOT BE SCARED. GO AWAY. JESUS IS LIGHT. I WILL NOT GO TO HELL. DEMONS, YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER MY MIND. JESUS LIVES IN ME. HE IS LIGHT AND LIFE. I WILL SPEAK AGAINST DEATH. DEATH HAS NO POWER OVER ME. JESUS HAS OVERCOME DEATH. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME? MY SOUL IS SAVED.”

FEAR is a real and a powerful attack from the devil. He has tortured me with it. I believe in demons. I’ve heard those nasty, filthy things talk and by the power of Jesus, have seen a demon cast out of a person. I am witness to that, and it cannot be denied. I heard a pastor once say that many people do not want to believe in any absolute good; meaning God; however, there is no denying that there is an absolute evil. Genocide, rape, torture, the holocaust. No one can tell me there is not absolute evil, knowing of these things.  With that, we better darn believe there is absolute good or we are saying that evil has power over us. My hope is gone if I believe that there is no power strong enough to cast out the very real and powerful torture of fear that has crippled me. In 2 Timothy it says, “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” I am given a spirit of power. This type of God power is the kind that can cast out these demons that torture and I can be rid of such fear. Jesus has authority over evil if we call out to him.

While I am writing this I am listening to the song “Overcome” by desperation band. It says, “ALL AUTHORITY, EVERY VICTORY, IS YOURS.  JESUS, AWESOME IN POWER FOREVER, YOU OVERCAME.  WE WILL OVERCOME, BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY”

YES!! Jesus has overcome the power of death and darkness and has authority over it. We will overcome the power of evil and death because Jesus has power and has given it to any who calls out to him. We have power over addictions, fear, loneliness, depression, etc.

When I go on the World Race, I AM NOT GOING TO SPREAD SOME RELIGION. That is not what people want! Some religion will not overcome what they have gone through. We are going to testify to a desperate people that there is a good God, greater than life itself, that will overcome their fears, that is greater than their natural disaster, their genocide, AIDS, war, witch doctors, rape, torture, the sex trade, abuse, money, and starvation. On this earth we will have to constantly battle evil, but we must remember that Jesus already overcome darkness, and we have hope beyond this life and will not go to hell but dwell in heavenly places by the power of Jesus and the grace of God. This is no religion. This is truth, and it is an emergency to spread this great love and power so others do not have to be tortured by the absolute evil. Christians even need to know that God is not some religion or church on Sundays. Jesus is absolute good and absolutely more powerful than evil. I have witnessed this power.

In Acts it says, “I may NOT BE SHAKEN, therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.”  and Hebrews says “Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that CANNOT BE SHAKEN, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, FOR OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.”
 
I WILL NOT LET FEAR OR EVIL CONTROL ME.  2 Corinthians says ” FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONTROLS US”


(I just took a breath of relief!, For the Victory is Won!! NO FEAR!! =)