Saturday, January 25, 2014

What A Nightmare!

I rarely have dreams.  I rarely have nightmares.  I had one last night…..a bad dream…..a nightmare really.  When I woke up, I was afraid…..terrified actually…..then greatly relieved when I realized that the nightmare was not real. 

When I woke up and realized that the nightmare was not real, I remembered an acronym that a friend of mine gave me recently using the word FEAR.  It goes like this:

False

Evidence

Appearing

Real

And that acronym exactly described my nightmare.  What I dreamed seemed so real at the time.  Before I woke up, I remembered thinking that I couldn’t live with what had happened, it was that terrible.  And I was that terrified. 

This is how our enemy attacks us in life.  He makes things appear real when they aren’t.  The evidence is false.  He does this in so many different ways in our life.  He looks at our circumstances and twists them all around so that the truth gets lost in the weeds.  He makes what is false, appear real.  He is the master of lies.

But if we go into our battles with this knowledge, believing what Jesus said in John 8:31 (“If you hold to my teaching, you are truly my disciples.  Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”) and then fight with the weapons that God has given us (truth, righteousness, peace, salvation, faith, The Word and prayer…Ephesians 6:10-18), the outcome with be favorable to us.  We won’t believe the false evidence because we will know the truth.  And when we know the truth, then we will be set free from the lies. 

And then, when we are set free from the lies, we will be set free from the fears so that we can live out Philippians 4:6-7 which says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”

Set Free from lies & fears…

Set Free from lies & fears…..

Set Free from lies & fears!

Praise God…..we will be SET FREE!

“For God has not given us a spirit of ear, but a spirit of love, power

and a sound mind.”

II Timothy 1:7

And that is exactly what happened to me after my nightmare.  When I came to the conclusion that the nightmare was not real, my anxiousness left, I was able to focus on God and pray.  As I prayed and gave thanks to God for setting me free, from the false evidence that appeared real, I was flooded with a peace that transcended all understanding.

I am Free, I am Free

Praise God!

I am Free indeed!

Do you need to be set free from False Evidence Appearing Real?  If so, I encourage you to memorize and then meditate on John 8:31, II Timothy 1:7 and Philippians 4:6-7. 

Freedom in Christ comes through

reading, believing and meditating

on the Words of God and Christ

found in The Bible.

Encouraging You Today In Christ!

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