Power for Abundant Living

Believing:Faithand Fearyou do not use this brand of toothpaste, you aregoing to have an increased number of cavities; you areafraid of increasing your cavities so you buy this kindof toothpaste. If you do not do this, you are going toget that. It is all based on fear.Have you ever picked up a newspaper and noticedhow positive the stories are? Ninety per cent of whatone reads in the newspaper is negative. Automobileaccidents, murders, suicides - all negative. Why? Becausethis is what people have been living. We havebeen living on negatives so long that when somebodyelse comes along with a positive diet, we think hemust be crazy.Proverbs 29:25 says "The fear of man bringeth asnare ..." Every time a man has fear he is ensnared,'he is bound.Isaiah 8:12:Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whomthis people shall say, A confederacy; neither fearye their fear, nor be afraid.These people were being enslaved as a nation becausethey were afraid of other people. Yet The Wordsaid, "Neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid."There are many examples like this in The Word. I45