Fear is one of those emotions that I never trivialize or minimize. It's one of those emotions that

I never underestimate. And if you've read some of my books, like if God is in control, why my life

is such a mess, you have read some of my testimony of how

at times I've experienced what I would call a rash, raw, and naked fear.

I know how fear can be one of the most demoralizing experience in human existence.

I know that.

And there is nothing wrong with experiencing fear at times.

The question is, how do you overcome fear?

How do you defeat fear?

How do you overwhelm fear?

That's really what matters.

Because if fear is not overcome in your life and in my life, why do I say this? Because I have seen it. When continuous fear stays in your life, it robs you of joy. Continuous fear deprives you of your

effectiveness for Christ. Continuous fear will steal your God-given potential for Him. Continuous fear

will render you useless for the kingdom of God, because continuous

fear is Satan's method of keeping you from understanding your mission in life, that you are

an apostle of Jesus Christ in your workplace and your school,

that you will be hindered from witnessing to the power of salvation when you live in fear.

But the only thing I understood through the years of overcoming an overwhelming fear is faith.

I have experienced in my own life that whenever fear is up, faith is down.

And whenever faith is up, fear is down. It's like that seesaw. You see, courage is not an

absence of fear, but courage is fear that has been overwhelmed by faith.

Somebody was lamenting the fact of how fear has kept modern-day Christians, believers, from

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