The Spirit of Fear | Public Enemy Number One | P. Jason Lozano

<p>Public Enemy Number One – The Spirit of Fear<br/><br/>1. Fear Thoughts Produce a Defeated Expectation <br/><br/>2 Tim 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear (dread, uneasiness, anxiousness) but of power and of love and of a sound mind.<br/><br/>• Fear is a spirit and like all spirits they have no hope of salvation<br/><br/>Luke 21:26-28 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” (look up not down or at bad circumstances) <br/><br/>• Sound mind - safe thinking, good judgement, disciplined thought patterns, the ability to understand, make right decisions, and it also means self-controlled thoughts, and fear makes people irrational <br/>• Men’s hearts will fail them because of fear based expectation <br/>• What we expect will produce faith and connect us to victory (joy) or fear will produce torment and connect us to defeat and death <br/><br/>I Jn 4:18 There’s no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, for fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love <br/><br/>2. Fear Always Rushes in When Faith is Not Present <br/><br/>Mk 4:35,37-38 “Let us cross over to the other side.” And a great storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, (“Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”)<br/><br/>• I’m afraid of what, we must identify and confront this with the truth <br/><br/>Jn 8:31-32 “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”<br/><br/>3. Conquering Fear Through the Heart and Mouth Connection #release<br/><br/>Lk 8:25 Bu