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The <strong>Power</strong> of Believingwould happen to them?These parents were not the only ones in the Biblewho manifested fear. In John 20:19 is a record of thedisciples.42Then the same day at evening [This is the day ofthe resurrection appearance of Jesus.], being thefirst day of the week, when the doors were shutwhere the disciples were assembled <strong>for</strong> fear ofthe Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, andsaith unto them, Peace be unto you.The disciples were behind closed doors <strong>for</strong> fear ofthe Jews. Fear always puts us behind closed doors; italways binds us; it always enslaves us.Years ago I knew a minister whose wife had passedaway leaving him with seven children. About a yearlater he married another woman who had five childrenand they lived happily together. About a blockand a half away from them lived a woman who hadjust one son. The woman with the one son was alwaysfrustrated, always nervous, always afraid, while thisminister and his wife who had twelve children neverseemed to worry, to be upset, or to have the leastanxiety about their children. When the woman's childstarted to kindergarten, the mother would walk withhim across the street to the next block where the

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