THE FEAR FACTOR

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John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you,

not as the world gives do I give to you.

Let not your heart be troubled,

neither let it be afraid.

Just remember...courage is not the absence of fear but the mastery of it.

A John Hopkins University doctor says, "We do not know why it is that worriers die sooner than the non-worriers, but that is a fact."

And we are certainly creative in all the fears...

Unusual fears: Ophthalmophobia - fear of being stared at;

Arachibutyrophobia - fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth; Paraskavedekatriaphobia - fear of Friday 13th;    Genuphobia - fear of knees;

Pogonophobia - fear of beards;

Alektorophobia - fear of chickens;   Coulrophobia - fear of clowns;

Dendrophobia - fear of trees;    Didaskaleinophobia - fear of going to school; Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - fear of long words;

Thanatophobia - fear of death; Athazagoraphobia - fear of being forgotten or ignored;

Ochlophobia - fear of crowds;

Nyctophobia - fear of darkness;

Scopophobia - fear of being looked at by other people;

Kakorrhaphiophobia - fear of failure;     Monophobia - fear of loneliness;

Gamophobia - fear of marriage;

Peniaphobia - fear of poverty;

Hypengyophobia - fear of responsibility;       Categelophobia - fear of being made fun of;       Schoolphobia - fear of school;

Theophobia - fear of God;

Hadephobia - fear of Hell.

And yes...fear of fear

Can anxiety be banished, never to return again?  ’Fraid not.  Can it be managed so that it becomes a weight you can live with?  Sure can.

So then, is there a cure for excessive worry?  Where and how can a pound of fortitude be found to control a pound of fear before it becomes a ton of anxiety?  And that’s the rub, because many a fear that was wise can become an anxiety that isn’t. 

What then can God do about it?  

Wait upon the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thy heart. (Psalm 27:14)  It is good to be able to stand on your own two feet, but some additional propping up by God certainly isn’t out of order.

Put it this way... Sometimes the Lord calms the storm. Sometimes he lets the storm rage and calms his child.

Thou wilt keep Him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee… (Isaiah 26:3)  Call it prayer partnership.  Call it linking with your Creator.  Call it spiritual common sense.

…though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. (Psalm 23)  Be not afraid to live and you will not be afraid to die.

An Indian fable talks about a mouse that was constantly in fear of cat.

So one day, a magician changed the mouse into a cat.

But then the cat was afraid of a dog. So the magician changed the cat into a dog. But the dog was afraid of a tiger.

So the magician changed the dog into a tiger. But then the tiger was afraid of a hunter. Finally, in exasperation, the magician said, "Be a mouse again, you have only the heart of a mouse and I cannot help you."

        I like the way one little old lady, almost ninety, put it.  She lived all by herself far out in the country.  When asked if she was ever afraid she simply replied, “Why should I be?  Faith closes the door at night and Mercy opens it in the morning.”

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