Fear must be faced and defeated by those who desire success. If you desire to reach the goals you have set for yourself, you have began a process which leads to success, however you may define it. But, planning is not sufficient to guarantee victory. There must be constant pursuit of the goals, day by day, step by step, with a mind-set and determination that you will not give up, you will not let up, you will not quit until you have accomplished what you set out to do and attained what you are seeking. While there will be challenges and obstacles along the way, one of the greatest inhibitors of mankind is an evil thing, a force called fear. Its opposite is another spiritual force called faith, which has the potential and ability to defeat its counterpart, when applied to our lives. Faith will always overcome fear.
Fear is a force, because it causes the person who permits it to stop in the pursuit of the goals. Fear will make cowards out of potential champions and makes weaklings out of those who do not realize their God-given strength to overcome any adversity.
People succumb to the spirit of fear and back off from the pursuit of their purpose. Afraid of that which is seemingly real, yet unreal because it is not based in truth, they procrastinate and put things off, thinking that the things perceived as problems which can arise are issues which they cannot ignore or resolve.
Yet, there are those who, amidst the appearance of identical fears, push past those emotions of terror and conquer the giant which tries to intimidate the senses. The motto of these champions is simple: There will be no retreat and there will be no surrender.
To win in life you must realize that fears will come. Feelings of lack of ability and lack of resources, emotions of tension and stress because of the situations which stare you in the face, feelings of shame if the goal is not realized causing apprehension and dismay, will reveal themselves and you must be able to get past them, with the stubborn resolve that you are not quitting and you will see your goals through.
Here are five tips to conquering your fears:
1. Realize that feelings of fear will come, but you do not have to yield to them. Clouds of doubts will arise and try to hide the glory of the goals and dreams before you. But you have to hold your dream and purpose steadfastly and make up your mind that fear will not stop you from reaching your desired haven.
2. Faith will defeat fear at all times and in all things. So you must believe in your purpose and dream.
3. You can produce and strengthen your faith in your dreams, by confessing and affirming positive words to yourself over and over again. Words paint pictures. Words can lift you up or bring you down. Words can make you or break you. So learn how to speak positively. This in itself will take practice, lots of it, until you become perfected and matured in the art of speaking positive words, for the purpose of inducing faith within your heart, to overcome fears.
4. The greatest kind of words you can speak is God's Word (the BIBLE). Find a few Scriptures which you can use to speak to yourself every morning and evening, until they become alive within you and faith arises and pushes the doubts and fears out. Some you can use are 2 Timothy 1:7, Philippians 4:13 and Isaiah 41:10. These are some of my favorites.
5. Regardless of how you feel, keep taking action in the pursuit of your goals. Never, ever give up and never quit. Keep at it until fear realizes that you are not going to be hindered or deterred.
If you keep acting on your plans, goals and dreams, with the determination that you will have what you want, in the Will of God, you are bound to have all of the success you seek.
Sheldon D. Newton is an inspirational and motivational speaker, teacher, pastor and seminar lecturer. He is the author of various life-transforming books including: Refuse to Live the Common Life, The Positive Power of Biblical Affirmations, Humility and the Honor of God and True Spirituality, which are available at http://www.amazon.com/
His burning purpose is to see lives transformed through the application of timeless and godly principles, which will enable them to live better lives of peace, wholeness and fulfillment. Visit his website at: http://www.sheldondnewtonministries.org/
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