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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016
The secret to living a fear-free life
Fear is an enemy that tor-
ments the soul and seeks to
steal our life. Conquering it is
not something that we do in
one day, or even in 1,000 days.
It is something that we con-
quer one day at a time with
God’s help.
Fear can show up unexpect-
edly. One of our goals should
be to recognize it so we can
deal with it right away.
Recently, I was waking up at
about 2 or 3 in the morning
and then having difficulty
going back to sleep. After two
nights of that, I found myself
going to bed with a vague sort
of fear that it would happen
again, and sure enough it did.
After about three nights of the
same thing, God reminded me
that I could pray and resist
Satan, the source of all fear.
According to God’s Word,
the sleep of the righteous
should be sweet (see Proverbs
3:24). I prayed immediately
and went back to sleep and
have not had any problems
since then.
We have power and authori-
ty over the enemy, but authori-
ty is useless if it is not exer-
cised.
Being free from fear doesn’t
mean that we will never expe-
rience it or be confronted by it.
It means that we are commit-
ted to not allowing it to rule
our lives, and when necessary
we will do what we need to do,
even if we have to do it afraid.
Each time you feel fear and
decide to “do it afraid,” you
will enjoy your new freedom
so much that you will soon be
totally unwilling to do without
it. You will become deter-
mined to end your days of
slavery to fear. That does not
mean that you won’t still need
to confront your fears, but it
does mean that you will be
more and more willing to keep
confronting them.
Galatians 5:1 (AMPC) says,
“In [this] freedom Christ has
made us free [and completely
liberated us]; stand fast then,
and do not be hampered and
held ensnared and submit
again to a yoke of slavery
[which you have once put
off].”
This scripture is very clear
that even though we have been
completely liberated from a
yoke of bondage, we will need
at times to “stand fast,” and
not allow ourselves to be
entrapped by it again.
Satan is very shrewd and he
doesn’t give up easily. I guess
we can say that he never com-
pletely gives up the hope of
drawing us back into bondage.
We must live watchfully, ready
to recognize and immediately
confront the things that steal
our liberty in Christ.
The Bible says that the
righteous man falls seven
times and gets up again (see
Proverbs 24:16). I love that
scripture and I am greatly
encouraged by it.
Even the most righteous
person fails to do everything
he knows to do all the time,
but he is committed to not giv-
ing up.
If you have a weak moment,
that doesn’t mean you have
lost your victory. But if we
give up, we won’t be in a posi-
tion to get help from God,
because we receive His help
through faith, not through
hopelessness. We need to stay
positive, hopeful and filled
with faith, and when we do, we
can overcome anything with
God’s help.
I often say that anyone can
succeed if they refuse to give
up.
Some fears are more deeply
rooted in us than other ones,
and for that reason, they may
be ones we have to resist more
aggressively. Mine is the fear
of making people angry. My
father was always angry, and I
never really knew if I had done
something to make him that
way or not.
I would like to be able to say
that after all of these years of
teaching others, I no longer
have to deal with this fear, but
that’s not the case. However,
the good news is now I recog-
nize it and I deal with it, so I
still have the victory.
Being able to recognize the
lies, deceit and strategies of
the devil is so important. We
should always be ready to
resist him at the onset of his
attacks, because the longer we
let a fear remain, the more dif-
ficult it is to get rid of. So
make a decision to be a person
of action.
You have what it takes to
win.
The Word of God says that
we are more than conquerors
through Christ who loves us
(Romans 8:37). God has given
us all that we could ever need
to overcome our fears through
Christ. He has blessed us with
every blessing in the spiritual
realm (Ephesians 1:3). He has
given us power and authority
over all the power the devil
possesses (Luke 10:19).
We have what it takes, but
we must be active in our faith
and never give up.
Don’t be impatient.
Possessing the full freedom
that is yours in Christ is a jour-
ney. It is something we gain
and then need to maintain.
Always enjoy your progress
instead of merely looking at
how far you have to go.
Today is a new day, and
every day you can be one step
closer to conquering your
fears.
Volunteers needed at
OCHS Christmas Store
Oregon
Coast
Humane
Society
(OCHS) is in need of
volunteers to assist
with
this
year’s
Christmas
Store,
which opened Nov. 1.
The hours are flexi-
ble and the mood is
light and festive as
friends and neighbors
shop for new bargains
which are added daily.
The large assort-
ment of Christmas dec-
orations include indoor
and outdoor Christmas
lights, wreaths, nativi-
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Coast
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and
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Spirituali-Tea to learn
about Baha’u’llah
On Monday, Nov. 7, at 6:30
p.m., everyone is invited to
join a group of friends from
varied spiritual paths to dis-
cuss “Who was Baha’u’llah,
the founder and prophet of the
Baha’i Faith?”
Like many prophets and
founders of the world’s great
faiths, Baha’u’llah suffered
enormously as a result of his
new teachings. He taught
world peace, racial and reli-
gious unity, the essential har-
mony of science and religion,
the equality of men and
women and the elimination of
the extremes of poverty and
wealth. He advocated compul-
sory universal education, the
adoption of a universal auxil-
iary language and the forma-
tion of a global system of gov-
ernance.
The main goal of the Baha’i
Faith will always center
around one ultimate aim — the
peaceful unification of the
entire human race.
The gathering will end at 8
p.m. with prayers for the
requests left in the Prayer Pole
in the garden of the Florence
Playhouse and those shared by
the group.
The Heintz home is located
at 875 Seventh St.
For more information call
Suzanne Mann-Heintz at 541-
590-0779.
Unitarians to hear about
accepting the universe, self
Sunday, Nov. 6 from 10
until 11 a.m. at the Florence
Unitarian Universalist Fellow-
ship, the Rev. Dr. Marcia
Pearce will lead the worship
service titled: “There is More
of Me.”
Pearce appreciates and
oftentimes quotes Margaret
Fuller, a Transcendentalist
author and educator who
would affirm often, “I accept
the universe.”
Pearce says, “Sometimes
we wonder if the universe
accepts us. It does of course,
but do we accept ourselves?
We think we know how great
the universe is, but do we
know how great we are in it?”
Walt Whitman wrote that
“We are not just contained
between our hat and our
boots.”
The UU Fellowship is locat-
Fall Church
Bazaar today
The Presbyterian Church of
the Siuslaw will hold its annual
Fall Church Bazaar on
Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. at at 3996 Highway 101.
Items and gifts available for
purchase will be high quality
homemade craft items, includ-
ing sewn, quilted, woven, knit-
ted, crocheted and carved wood
items, along with baked goods,
jams, jellies and candy.
Come get holiday shopping
done early.
For more information, call
the church office at 541-997-
7136.
ed at 87738 Highway 101 at
Heceta Beach Road and is
wheelchair accessible. Each
service
concludes
with
refreshments and dialogue cir-
cle to explore the questions
that come up during each serv-
ice.
For more information, visit
florenceuuf.org or call 541-
997-2840.
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