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Perfect Love Casts Out Fear.

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Banishing Fear with God’s Love (Con’t)

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear …” 1 John 4:18 (ESV)

We are facing crazy, unprecedented times. News reports can instill fear and trigger anxieties escalating worry and attack out peace. The coming days seem uncertain. And they are. But nothing is for certain and that can cause some uneasiness.

But really, times were no more certain a month ago, a year ago, or a decade ago. Things have always been uncertain. It’s just that now, we have been awakened to the uncertainty. Things we have put our security in have been shaken, causing fear and panic. 1 John 4:18 tells us “perfect love casts out fear.”

So perhaps look at it this way:

IF God is love, and He is love, love is His character, it’s one of His attributes, love is His nature, it is who He is.

THEN there is no fear in God, for He and His love are perfect. Matthew 5:48 “… your Heavenly Father is perfect.”

“Just as the Father loved me, I loved you, abide in my love.”

John 5:9

Ok, so God is love, His love is perfect and because He is perfect, there is no fear abiding in Him!

Going even further, Isaiah 7:14 …The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and[c] will call him Immanuel. (NIV) – God with us. God is always with us, He and His perfect love is always with us, because He is love!

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Deuteronomy 31:6

It is when we acknowledge and recognize His presence can we experience peace and be free from fear. God alone can banish fear because He is love and His love is perfect. I know this is getting repetitive. He is always with us. We don’t necessarily have to feel His presence. Just acknowledge Him, His presence, recall a Bible verse, pick up a devotional or a Bible and abide in Him.Feelings can be deceitful and can be a false sense of comfort because they are fleeting.

Trust in the Lord your God, abide in Him and banish fear. He is with us always. His perfect love casts out fear!!!!

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The Kedge Anchor - Anchored in Hope “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul…” Hebrews 6:19 The Kedge Anchor - About Welcome to the Kedge Anchor. This blog started from a time in my life where I no longer liked changes. Changes, like the waves in the ocean can turn us upside down sometimes and the currents of this life can take us to places we really didn’t intend to go. But changes are a part of life and the older I get the less I like them. Maybe you can relate. Sometimes storms form over the ocean and totally churn up our lives like the ocean floor. And when all is finally over, we feel depleted, drained, exhausted. Turning to God’s word first is always a good place to start and gain footing again. And sometimes God leads us to other sources for encouragement, family, friends, church family, and oddly enough, for me, back to the still calm waters (of the ocean). Kedging is a nautical term “to draw (a vessel) along by hauling in on the cable of a light anchor that has been dropped at some distance from it, or (of a vessel) to be drawn in this fashion “ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/kedging Kedging is done in calm waters when one needs the boat to move forward or in the case when one is going against the wind. The sailor casts the kedge anchor out in the waters and pulls the boat towards the anchor. In a season of wait, when we feel like we are at a stand still and perhaps we aren’t hearing God’s voice or when we are in the middle of the storm, we can draw to Him. (James 4:8) We can cast our anchor (of hope) out and take a step in faith toward God, read the Bible, recall a favorite verse, and cling to HIs words. He is our anchor for our soul (Heb. 6:19). When the storms and currents of life are changing our course and we find ourselves going against the wind, we can remain steadfast in His Word and love. Be encouraged. You are not alone. “Draw near to God and he will draw near to you…” James 4:8

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