Comments on: Fear Not

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:54:50 +0000

Thank you very much for such an eye opening article. I am a homeschooling mother of 3 and constantly feel like Alida (other commenter) that I am “being left behind by life.” I love creativity. I love music. I love sewing. I love the old fashioned life. And my gut tells me to live it! To enjoy the simpler things in life that are today too often forgotten. I have a tendency to be a whiner and a quitter. But daily, reading wonderful articles like this, I am striving to be confident. Confident in the person God made me and thankful for my good qualities. Knowing that we are all special and unique. And Lord willing, I can pass this knowledge on to my family
~Jill

By: Alida

Alida — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:56:56 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you ! This article was TODAY an answer to prayer for me. I was driven by guilt/fear all my life, as I was raised to ‘not waste my time on useless things’, that in our home’s definition, included the things that I love, the things that I’m talented enough in to enjoy and be creative with. Now that I’m raising three children, that old, constant feeling of guilt chaffs my nerves to bits. ‘Don’t waste your time painting / making music / working in the garden, there’s cooking, washing, cleaning, feeding, learning to be done !’ And at the end of each day I feel frustrated and ‘left behind by life’, and my children suffered because of my lack of creativity, because there is always ‘something more important’ to do. My dear mother has lost her zest for life because of this same fear-lie, but thank God that He showed me this root of fear in my own life. I don’t want it anymore, I want creativity, freedom and fearless rest and joy. I want my children to thrive because I am creative and happy in doing what I love.
May God bless you abundantly, I’ve already received so much wonderful freedom through your ministry, just by reading your books and articles.
Alida

By: Spencer Kroencke

Spencer Kroencke — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:25:28 +0000

Evil men understand not judgment, but they that seek the Lord understand all things. I was just recently convicted to do a study on fear. It is interesting to me that in 4 years no one has commented on this. The first group of people that are listed as candidates for the lake of fire before whoremongers, liars, and the like are the fearful. Thank you for this insight brother. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowlege.