We have authority over fear:
1. Plead the Precious Blood of Jesus. Give the fear to God.
2. Be yourself.
3. Stop hiding or repressing your emotions but let reason and will guide your actions.
4. Do not hang on to your fear, especially the fear of hurting someone’s feelings.
5. Do what it is you are fearing, or do whatever fear is preventing you from doing.
Be assertive, not aggressive but assert yourself.
“Whoever fears is not perfect in love.”
--1 John 4:18
“Whoever is afraid doesn’t know to love.”
--Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer
“I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.”
--Saint Teresa of Avila
1 John:
Love has no room for fear;
rather, perfect love casts out all fear.
And since fear has to do with punishment,
love is not yet perfect in one who is afraid.
“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”
--Saint Francis of Assisi
“...work out your salvation with fear and trembling.”
--Philippians 2:12
“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves--regret for the past and fear of the future.”
--Fulton Oursler
“The future is called perhaps, which is the only possible thing to call the future.
And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.”
--Saint John Chrysostom
“Men do not fear a hostile and powerful army as much as the powers of hell fear
the name and protection of Mary.”
--Saint Bonaventure
"If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common
denominator of human achievement."
--Jimmy Carter
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