“Perhaps your feelings differ; you need a friend who sticks closer than a brother to help you live above fear. Have you heard of the Spirit that cancels fear?” This was the concluding statement of my first letter on Love and Fear, and we’ve established the Father and Son cancel our fears, but how does the indwelling of the Spirit of God eliminate fear? Before we dive in, hii friends, it’s TheOchuwaghena from Ahavah, how are you faring today? Yes, I didn’t forget to check up on you as usual.😄
The Sweet Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. We established in the letter God the Spirit He’s a lover. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Love that cancels fear. 2 Timothy 1:7 NLT says: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline”. The Spirit of fear was never given to you by God, and God desires to see you live above fear. The Holy Spirit causes restlessness to things that are not of God in the life of a Child of God, therefore fear must give way. He replaces our fears for hope, so the believer can boldly say: I Know My Redeemer Lives. He fills your heart with the Word of God, so we can stand and declare; “I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread” Psalms 37:25 NKJV. The indwelling Spirit in believers assures us that our tomorrow will be great so join me in singing:
“Because He lives I can face tomorrow
Because He lives all fear is gone”
Holy Spirit, The Strengthener. Child of God what is causing you to fear? What is that mountain before you son of God? Don’t you know you serve a big God? They that know their God shall be strong! They shall carry out great exploits! The Holy Spirit is our advantage. A mighty Spirit dwells within you. There is no darkness or situation mightier than He is. So be strong and courageous. Fear not. Why the anxiety? Greater is He that is in You than he that is in the world. Maybe you feel you’re small. Nothing too special about you, just one of the eight billion people on this earth. Umm, I get, I mean, I’m a left-handed Edo girl, 5’5’’ tall, claiming to be 5’6’’. But I’m not random. I am a Child of God and the mighty Spirit of God in me testifies so (Romans 8:16). The same goes with you if you’ve said Yes to Jesus. You are of great importance and you can overcome this world! There’s a Force that dwells in you, I call Him - The Strengthener and He can make you a mighty man of valour if you let Him. I have a verse for You:
Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind]. 1 John 4:4 AMP
Our dearest Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit has the power to drown your fears in His Love. He has His hands stretched out, and all you need to do is reach out. “Holy Spirit help me, I’m scared”. Then you will realise you were never alone. Don’t fight your battles by yourself, remember, it’s not by your might or power but by the Spirit of God (Zechariah 4:6). The Holy Spirit is an ever-present partner saying “We are going together, you’re not alone”. Can I tell you a secret? If the Holy Spirit will not go with me, I rather not go. I’m too scared to go alone. I understand why David said “Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me” Psalms 51:11 NKJV. Please don’t live independent of the Spirit’s help. Don’t live in isolation when you can make Him your partner. He was sent because Jesus knew we couldn’t do it on our own, so why live without His help? Dear believer, I have another beautiful verse for you:
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— John 14:16 NKJV
Our most precious Comforter. I love how He says “You’re going to be alright”. How He reminds me of Scriptures like Hebrews 4:15-16. Or days He says “Jesus loves you Ochuwa. He knows how your pains feel because He bore them before you did”. The Holy Spirit’s words mean the world to me because I know He says what the Father and Son would want me to know (John 16:13). I love the fact we don’t have to fake it with Him, we don’t have to act tough or pretend we got it all figured out. Not at all. He’ll tell you He’s here to help. He’s here to strengthen you. You can trust the Holy Spirit with your life because He was there when God’s will for you was written in the volume of the books. The Holy Spirit guides, that’s why even in the valley of the shadow of death we will fear no evil. For He is with us, and He will lead us. Let Him lead you out of your fears. Can I give you another verse?
Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left. Isaiah 30:21 NLT
Ruach Elohim. It’s my prayer that when our minds get noisy and our hearts get heavy, we’ll hear the Holy Spirit. I pray we continually partner with Him in our daily activities. I pray we are sensitive to His guidance and promptings. I pray He heals every broken heart and repairs every breach. I pray His love plasters our holes and makes us whole. I pray He helps us overcome fear and becomes real to us while we make Him our partner and a very close friend. Amen. I love you dearly, but my Friend, the Holy Spirit, loves you more. He can’t wait to speak to you, please say hi to Him. You’ll hear from us again, but for now, take care friend.🫂
With Love💓,
Ochuwa and her friend, The sweet Holy Spirit
Thank you Ochuwaghena❤️
Holy Spirit, My Friend.
Thank youuuuu so much for this!
Made me see again that I'm never alone, I have the Holy Spirit!