One of the conquerors to fear is just having love. Agape love is not self-preservation love which in itself is selfish, but a love for the other person you are witnessing to. It’s a sacrificial love. Love for the other person should help us take any pressure from people who stand against the bible, and biblical truth. Not only love for the other person who we are witnessing to, but also love for the Lord Himself, and being obedient to the calling He has given us.
1 John 4:17-19 – Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.
A couple of years ago my wife was sick and had to get a spinal tap and opted not to have the blood patch (which if you don’t receive a blood patch it can be extremely painful). Her mother was living in Illinois was clinically depressed and also very fearful of driving. But the love she had for her daughter overpowered her fear of driving, and she drove the entire eight hours to Iowa.
Having a love for the person you are witnessing to should overpower any fear we have in seeking and saving that which is lost. If you don’t feel love for others, ask God to give you His heart in the matter.
When I come across lost people, many ask me, “If God is such a loving God, why is it that He sends people to hell to punish them forever?” God gave them a way out through Jesus Christ, they just choose to deny it, and want another way.
John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
God doesn’t want people to go to hell, and neither do I. Do you really believe that verse? I mean really believe it? Love others and live out the verse and go share your faith while you still have time.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Ways To Conquer Fear In Witnessing - Let Love Swallow Your Fears
B.S. Indiana State University Electronic Engineering. Got born again 2003. Got laid off from the best company to then getting hired by the worst company all the while my wife begging me to leave my job and do what we always dreamed of doing...writing that dang book. So in January of 2018 I decided to give God what He rightfully deserved...my everything, and quit that terrible job to become a writer, evangelize the lost, teach inductive bible study, and serve God.
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