Spirit Of Fear

Patty Kerst

December 14, 2008

I saw a big sign flashing the word FEAR. I believe it is a warning sign that the enemy is using fear to cause people to act irrationally. I hear the Lord saying, when you operate in fear you are disconnected from Me. When you operate in faith I am right there to help you, to instruct you and to guide you. Do not allow fear to operate, instead let My perfect love cast out all fear and seek Me in faith, because faith works by My love. Walk in love, walk in faith, speak to the fear, (mountain) be removed and speak to the wind and waves be still.

1 John 4:17-18 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. NKJV

Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. NKJV

Matt 8:26-27 26 But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?" NKJV

Mark 4:39-41 39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?" 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!" NKJV

2 Cor 4:13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, NKJV

I see three things—one for the individual believer to walk in faith and cast out any fear in their own lives, two for the Body of Christ to rise up corporately and rebuke the “spirit of fear” and three, say to the people who are in fear to connect to the Lord Jesus Christ who is the only way. We are seeing the things of the world shake, if we don’t connect to the Lord and operate in faith we will be shaken.