Throwing Off Fear

     Fear covers me like a thick blanket wrapped over my face--- heavy, choking out air, but I throw it off because “…God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”(2 Timothy 1:7NKJV). I am not helpless as I wait for my child to come back into the light. God has given me a spirit of power. The Holy Spirit is alive in me and He is roaring like a lion, strong and mighty; and as God leads, I pray and He does things. He moves. He is alive and active and passionately pursuing my child. He is not worried. He is confident. He knows how to save the lost. He specializes in miracles, and in redeeming the lives of those with no hope. He has a plan. He is a mighty warrior and He has already defeated every evil power that would come against my child. This is the whole reason He came---“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”(Luke 19:10 NIV). He delights to show mercy. He raises the dead. He brings dry bones to life. “For nothing is impossible with God.”(Luke 1:37 NLT). I do not see all that happens when I pray, but God says in James 5:16 “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, my sins are forgiven. Because of His great mercy I am clean and righteous before Him, and my prayers are powerful and effective. The voice of fear lies. It tells me I am helpless. But I refuse to let it cover me. I throw it off in Jesus’ name, and take my place of royal authority… on my knees.

 

LORD God, I come to You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. You died for me and my children, and have broken the power of sin over our lives. Thank-you Jesus. I come to you boldly as Your bride and as Your beloved child and I ask You to reach out Your hand to my children, LORD. Open their eyes that they can see Your love for them personally. Help them to see Your hand extended out to them beckoning them into Your embrace. Please bring conviction to their hearts when they sin, that they would recognize their sin and turn from it and follow You. Please protect them, LORD. You came to “bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners…”(Isaiah 61:1). So I ask You LORD, where my children need healing, please heal them. Where they need to know the truth, please shine the light of Your Word and set them free. I declare life and freedom over my children in Jesus’ name. I declare that they belong to You, Jesus. Thank-you LORD that You hear my prayers. Every other name bows to You, Jesus. I love You. “I wait for You, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.”(Psalm 38:15). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.