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Solid Christian Biblical teachings on how to break free from fear!
A complete guide on how to be free of the fear that is causing you anxiety and
heartache.
Christians from all over the world are pleading for answers.
“Pastor, help me? I am so fearful that I haven’t slept for weeks.....”
“Pastor, the world seems like it is out of control and I’m scared to death. What can I
do to go another day?” “Pastor, I want the joy in my life back.”
“Pastor, I don’t know what is wrong with me, it seems like I am getting fearful of so
much that is going on around me. I am consumed by anxiety and ready to loose it.”
“Pastor Thomas, I have been hiding in my home for months now, fearful about
everything. Is there something I can do?”
Is anxiety controlling your life and causing you problems that seem out of
your control or holding you back from enjoying your life to its fullest?
If so, “Break the Bondage of Fear” may be just what you are looking for.”
This book is a complete guide on how every Christian can overcome and
be victorious over all the fear in your life and the days of the end that we
live in.
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................ 3
Chapter 1 Are you a slave to fear?.............................................................................6
Chapter 2 The pain killer remedy to fear. Big Pharma treating Fear.........................10
Chapter 3 How can we know what fears are putting us into bondage?....................12
Chapter 4 God is our protector! We need not fear....................................................16
Chapter 5 Obtaining the power to overcome all fear!..............................................19
Chapter 6 Do you believe that God can and will, if you ask?....................................21
Chapter 7 Deliverance and Freedom from All Fears..................................................26
Chapter 8 Living Free of the Bondage of Fear...........................................................28
Chapter 9 Jesus Christ has absolute authority over all creation...............................31
Chapter 10 How and Why to Plead the Blood of Jesus Prayer...................................35
Chapter 11 Pleading the Blood of Jesus! A Warfare Prayer of Protection..................37
Reflections from the author...................................................................................... 41
Addendum A- List of Fears........................................................................................ 43
About the Author- Rev/Pastor Thomas Holm.............................................................51
Introduction
Are you sometimes overwhelmed by fear and anxiety?
Do you have Fears that keep you from living free and enjoying life?
Are you fearful about what is happening in the world around you?
Are you ever held back in life, prevented from participating in activities, because
you are scared or overwhelmed with anxiety?
Do you have the kind of fears that can paralyze and prevent you from going out?
Sometimes? Often?
Do your Fears keep you from meeting new people and making friends?
If you do, I have good news for you. You need not live that way.
You need not let fear control and limit your life any longer. Starting today you can
get unto the path of becoming free.
Free of all Fear!
The Bible tells to “Do not Fear”! If God says we should not fear, Christians should be
able to follow His commands, right? God would never tell us to do something that
was unrealistic or impossible.
The Word, the Bible, explicitly states that we are not to fear in verses such as:
Matthew 14:27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer, I
AM! Do not fear.
Matthew 10:26 Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing covered that shall
not be revealed, and nothing hidden which shall not be known.
Luke 1:30 And the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor
with God.
If this is God’s will and command for us, why are so many Christians fearful and
suffering from anxiety?
The bible clearly tells us how to live a life free of fear. Breaking the Bondage of Fear
was written to help you discover the truths contained in the Word and how you can
apply them to your life and truly live free of fear.
The body of Christ is suffering from a lack of solid bible teaching and the truth that
lies therein.
Please believe me when I tell you that there is a solution.
The original teaching contained in this book has been read or seen by over a million
people. That teaching has been greatly enhanced and expanded for this book.
The teachings contained here, will explain that there is a solution and that you can
become free of the anxiety in your life. Free of the soul binding fears that are
causing it. Yes...You can become free and put your fears behind you.
There is hope. You don’t have to feel powerless over your fears any longer.
Regardless of how long you have been living with them or how paralyzing they are
in your life.
Starting today you can begin a process that will Break the Bondage that any Fear is
causing.
I want to assure you from the beginning that you are not alone. There are many
people who are in similar situations and have similar feelings. You don’t have to feel
alone and isolated when trying to face and conquer your fears. Although I know it
can be hard to imagine that someone else could be dealing with the same anxieties
and fears you are trying to overcome. Fear has a way of making itself very personal.
Doesn’t it? Personal to the point where many of us keep them as secrets, because
“no one would understand” or “It would sound silly or even sick if anyone knew the
truth about them.”
Do you have secrets about your fears that keep you from being honest and able to
address and conquer them? Do you have a secret about why you always have to do
certain tasks or activities in a particular way? Do you have secrets about why you
never go out and join certain activities? Do you have a secret about why you feel
like you must always be in control of other people, places or situations in your life?
Do you mostly keep your fears a secret?
Have you ever had to tell a lie so no one would find out about that secret? Have you
ever lied to family members or loved ones to protect your secrets?
Fear and all the anxiety caused by fear are hard to live with. When coupled with
guilt, shame and may be a resentment or two, it can become totally rehabilitating.
And onto the merry-go-round of living a life controlled by fear and anxiety we go.
We all react to fear in different ways. These reactions disrupt our lives and can
cause us all types of problems. Reactions like isolation, being unfriendly to others,
becoming over bearing, angry or hostile, being paralyzed from making a decision
and for many of us we can become very unsociable.
This isn’t a fun way to live, is it? It is hard to find joy when so much of your life is
spent in fear, guilt and maybe shame. It can creep into so many parts of our life
and influence our activities and stymie our relationships. So many of us end up
living our life alone and lonely, even when surrounded by friends and family.
Some of us are so distraught by fear that we are literally prisoners within our own
home. Fear has become the master and we have become its slave. Fear runs our life
and may keep us trapped in the only place of safety we know. At home- Alone, with
the doors locked and the curtains closed.
If this is you, you are about to discover that there is an answer. If you are willing to
change some of your thinking and open to a free solution, you will find the answer
here. If you are willing to implement the solution you can become free. If you aren’t,
you just wasted a couple of bucks and you will probably just consider this another
interesting self-help book that gets tossed unto a pile of them when you are done
with it.
This book was written for those people who are sick and tired of living a life full of
fear and are willing to make a decision to do something, anything to break the curse
and become free.
Are you willing? Can you open your mind to some new ways of thinking?
Do you truly want to be free of the fear that has overtaken your life? Let me ask you
in another way. If you were given a choice of a $50000 gift certificate to the store
of your choice or a plan, with instructions you had to follow, that promised you a
tested plan or way of becoming free from your fears, which would you choose?
Think about that for a moment, a gift certificate for 50 thousand dollars versus a
chance at freedom from the Bondage of Fear. Be honest here. Because if you would
choose the cash, what this book is going to teach you WILL NOT WORK. You have to
be willing to take some action. You need to be willing to let the chains of your
bondage be broken.
You need to be willing to do a little work! Willing to make some changes! Not shovel
dirt type of work, but internal, soul searching type of work. Can you be honest with
yourself?
Are you willing? Can you be honest? If you are, you are ready to start. It’s time to
get into action and Break the Bondage of your Fear!
In order to start our journey down the path of getting free from the fear that has
enslaved you, we need to come together on a few simple definitions, so we can
communicate with each other.
We will be addressing three basic types of fear.
There is God given healthy fear. Healthy fear is the fear that God has given us that
alerts us and gets us into action when there is a real danger in front of us. It is the
type of fear that gives us a rush of adrenaline when a semi-truck is driving out of
control and headed our way. It is what motivates us to get off the railroad track
crossing when a train is barreling down the tracks. It is the reaction we have in our
nature when a child gets too close to a pool, without supervision and a life jacket.
These are healthy fears and we all welcome those God given reactions. These are
good fears and we can all be thank-you for them.
Then there are all the fears that we can create in our minds. They are imaginary
fears and do not exist. They are our own creations and we will be dealing with those
also. Like the fear of entering a dark room or the fear of heights.
Then there are the unhealthy fears. The fears caused by the people, places and
situations that we have experienced in our lives. Unhealthy fears are caused by
negative teachings and experiences, like the lack of being protected as a child or
poor parenting skills and the lack of love and guidance. These types of fears have
been acquired or learned.
They include fears like not being loved, abandonment or a fear of rejection by other
people, including the fear of the unknown. You may be afraid of leaving your place
of safety which, for many of us, is our home. Anxiety may ensnare you at the
thought of speaking in public or of losing your husband, wife or income. Many of our
fears are concerns for our personal safety, security and our wellbeing and that of
our loved ones.
Many fears are simply societal experiences and there can be plenty of them. I have
included a list of some of these fears as an addendum at the back of this book.
There are hundreds of fears that we can acquire and that can be soul binding. It is
these fears that this book was written to specifically address and I assure you that if
you are one of those who is suffering from the bondage that unhealthy fear can put
us under, there is a solution for you in these pages.
When one or more unhealthy fears are controlling our decisions and our life, we are
slaves to a very cruel master. A master that doesn’t have our best interest in mind.
Healthy fear works to our benefit. Unhealthy fear is always a hindrance and a spirit
killer.
Being in Bondage to fear can prevent us from being humble and honest with
ourselves. It can keep us from admitting to ourselves that we are in need of God’s
help and can prevent us from discovering a personal relationship with the one true
living God.
On a purely human level, being in bondage to fear can prevent a person from simply
apologizing to someone when they have done something wrong. Fear can cause a
person to hide from the simplest problems in life. Fear can become the great task
master of our life and put us under bondage.
Unhealthy, unbridled fear can turn some of us into slaves. (Yes, even you!)
Totally imagined fears are also very unhealthy and sometimes need a doctor’s care.
If you have been diagnosed with severe neurosis or schizophrenia I strongly
encourage you to seek a trusted friend or a professional to help you decide if you
should continue with this teaching. Pray for guidance and seek advice.
Chapter 1 Are you a slave to fear?
Do you feel like you are living in Bondage?
If Fear controls or influences significant parts of your life, you are in bondage to your
fear. If your fears are in control of some or all of your decisions, it is your master. If
fear becomes your master, you have become a slave to it. Is this you? Let’s find out.
Once again, are you in bondage to fear and thus a slave?
What is “bondage to fear”? How does one become a slave to fear?
Am I in Bondage to Fear?
We aren’t talking about rope burns here.
Let’s try to make some sense of it and discover if you
fit into our definition and are in Bondage to Fear.
According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary,
Bondage is:
1: the tenure or service of A SERF or A SLAVE
(One is in Bondage as long as they are a slave, a slave to some thing or someone
other than God)
A further understanding of Bondage is that Bondage is the state of “being bound by
a compulsion or emotion--- that is out of ones control.”
In other words, we are in slavery or bondage when a compulsion or emotion controls
or severely influences our lives.
The definition of bondage continues:
2: Being in Bondage is, as in:
A: CAPTIVITY
A biblical example of people being in captivity or in bondage would be the Israelites
when they were captives in Egypt, and then again when they were slaves, under the
control of Babylon for those hundreds of years.
They were captives and slaves of a powerful enemy.
By their own power they could not break the bondage of their masters and rulers.
B: servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force
I.e. people in bondage to an emotion like fear or drugs or alcohol, gambling, or
abusive relationships. Or being bound to a person or compulsion that is out of your
control. Does the fear controlling you feel like an addiction? You may desire with all
your heart to be free of it, but it keeps you enslaved.
Bondage is slavery to people, places, things, emotions and pleasures of
the world.
Bondage or slavery to fear can block a person from finding the Lord and keep us in
Bondage to something sinister and life ruining like drugs, alcoholism, or mood
altering medicines. In order for a person to become free of their addiction, one
needs to be free of the controlling bondage of Fear. We know that only Jesus Christ
is powerful enough to totally break the Bondages that hold us back, in our life.
Let’s see what the Word of God says about Bondage to Fear. Let's discover God's
truth that has been given to us through the Holy Bible. It is very instructive.
Romans 8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you
have received the Spirit of adoption by which we cry, Abba, Father!
In other words, when we become saved and receive the Holy Spirit, that Spirit
doesn't make us slaves who are afraid of Him. Instead, we become his children and
call Him our Father. Not just being knowledgeable of God and all His ways, but in
submission to Him and thus obedient and under His covering and protection.
In Romans 8:15 we learn that the spirit of bondage is the spirit that binds us in fear.
It is the spirit of a slave. God is not the source of enslaving fear.
Do you truly believe that God loves you?
Do you truly believe that God wants you to be free of fear? Free of all manmade, ungodly fear?
If you believe God loves you and does not want you to live a life bound in the spirit
of fear, do you believe He can move your mountain of fear and set you free?
Do you believe He is strong enough to free you- the captive? To free you- the slave?
If your answer is yes, you already hold one of the keys to being set free.
Here is a promise from me and millions of tested, trial by fire, born again Christians.
Only He is strong enough to move the biggest mountains out of your life. God can
and will, when He is asked. There is no other god that can do that and for sure a
“higher power” would be totally impotent.
That is a promise and God does not lie.
If God makes this promise to all His kids, then why do so many suffer from bondages
like fear? Why are you reading this and seeking for an answer. The only three
explanations I can come up with are either that one doesn’t honestly believe that
God can, we haven’t been taught the truth or that somehow we make an exception
of ourselves. The old “that may work for the other guy but God would never do that
for me” excuse.
Unfortunately, so many of us have been taught to believe in an impersonal God that
doesn’t bother Himself with such personal matters.
If that is your feeling or answer, listen to what you are telling yourself? You have
fallen into the trap that society puts so many of us into. It convinces us that God
isn’t really real and that for sure He isn’t a true and living God that cares about
people in a very personal way.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
It is so sad how many members of the Christian community believe that God is
either punitive and that His love is arbitrary or just impersonal and that He doesn’t
get involved with our daily lives. If you fall into one of those categories, I beg you to
keep reading. You will be in for a great eye and mind opening experience.
Fear isn’t a thing or substance. Fear isn’t tangible. We can’t pick it up and move it.
We can’t throw it out of the house when we don’t want it around. It is spiritual. Yes,
fear is a spiritual manifestation that can become a controlling spirit in our lives. If
present, it can go with us where ever we may go and is always there. Somewhere!
Understanding and acting on God given fears gives us protection and safety. When
healthy fears are in the proper proportions in our life they help us to live free. They
are healthy for us. They don’t turn us into slaves. Staying indoors during a lightning
storm protects you and the freedom to live another day. A very good reaction, don’t
you think?
Yes, Godly fear motivates us into action. Worldly, un-natural fear and obsessive fear
enslaves us. The Lord does not want any of His children to live as slaves. At the
heart of God is His desire for us to live in true, righteous liberty and love.
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever practices sin is
the slave of sin.
John 8:35 And the slave does not abide in the house forever, but the Son abides
forever.
John 8:36 Therefore if the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
Can you see the correlation between being a slave to fear and a slave to sin? I’m
not suggesting that all fear is sin, because it isn’t. But the common denominator
that they share is that neither can be totally rectified without powerful, spiritual
intervention. So often, when one is confronted with the dilemma of having to
change something significant in their life, it can seem almost overwhelming. That is
without the help of something or someone, who is much more powerful than us.
If a person is in Bondage to Fear, for example, they can be paralyzed in their
thinking and stuck in a very terrifying world. If they are in Bondage to a sin they are
trapped or a slave to it also. They may be unable to change on their own and for
sure, they are self- limiting the extent of which God will work through them, while
they are enslaved and trapped to their thinking and their actions. Until their
Bondage is broken, they will not be able to get free of un-Godly habits or behaviors.
God says – Do Not Fear! He tells us that often. You want the fears in your life to go
away. I’m sure you don’t enjoy it when the fear in your life dictates how you live and
controls and limits so much of your thoughts, emotions and activities.
Break the Bondage of Fear by putting your faith and thus your trust in Jesus Christ.
He will do for you what you cannot do for yourself.
Only He has the supernatural power to take away your fears and we are going to
prove that to you.
God says – Do Not Fear! Fear separates us from God. Do you feel separated?
Let’s discover how together.
Here are a few questions you can answer to discover more about your fears.
This is simply for your own self-discovery.
This inventory is about how you feel and react to people, places and situations. It
hasn’t been approved by any government agency or professional association. But I
believe you will find it very revealing. You need not try and identify exactly what
fears you are dealing with when answering the following questions. We will get
there soon enough. Just be honest with yourself.
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Do you avoid family or group activities because of your fears? Yes or No
Do you isolate yourself at home or at work, avoiding other people or
activities?
Do you regularly not participate in an enjoyable activity because you are
fearful?
Does a fear about a person, place or situation influence your decisions, on a
regular basis?
Do you try to solve your own problems, because you don’t have the trust to
share them with others?
Do you dream about your fears or have repetitive fearful dreams?
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Do your fears severely interfere with or influence any of your personal
relationships?
Do you react in a hostile or in an overly aggressive way when confronted with
a fearful situation or person?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you more than likely are in
bondage to fear and I ask that you take these teachings seriously. You, especially
you, can now become free!
You can do this. God didn’t make us to be in Bondage.
Chapter 2 The pain killer remedy to fear. Big
Pharma treating Fear.
For most of us pain is our greatest fear. Pain such as physical, mental, emotional, or
spiritual pain, is ultimately what we are trying to escape when fear takes over.
Societies answer to our pain is often taking a pill or an adult beverage. Many of us
are given medicine to treat or cover up the pain, not necessarily what is the cause
of the pain. And as a result we have a society where, some say 30%, are on pain
and mood altering addicting drugs.
That is a terrible commentary of our
culture and there are so many lives being
hurt and destroyed because of this
phenomenon.
Isn’t it better to address the cause of all
this physical, emotional, mental or
spiritual pain, instead of just getting a
prescription for it? And there lies our
quandary. It’s the old, which came first
question, the chicken or the egg. Do you treat the pain first or the cause.
Ethically I must advise you to always keep your doctor advised of what is going on,
medically in your life. Let them give you advice on the severity of your problems
and whether they believe that medicine is necessary. There are medical, cellular
conditions that God made medicines for and I never advise not cooperating with the
advice of your doctor concerning these conditions. But taking medicine because you
are fearful?
One needs to have a heart to heart discussion with a good doctor about your pain
management if you are taking meds. Some anxiety conditions should have medical
treatment. But please don’t allow that to be your only solution. There very possibly
is an answer to your fears and anxiety that you are going to be able to address and
then not need the medicine any more.
Here is my legal disclaimer for this book: “Seek God for all things and see your
doctor for his advice and recommendations. Then let the Holy Spirit guide you into
action.”
Fear is one of the strongest emotions, we as human beings respond too. It is also
one of the prime reasons people go to the doctor and psychiatrist for help. There is
not much that can motivate us more than fear. Fear can push us beyond our normal
abilities and provide us almost super human strength. Fear can cripple and render
us ineffective.
Our attempts to escape fear can lead us into making decisions that we believe to be
more pain free and a smoother road to travel. It can lead in the direction of finding a
way to feel like we are in control.
So often we start depending on something outside
of our self to cope with the events of life’s problems
as they unfold and the pains that we receive,
Sometimes our fear is that we may not be able to
handle life without the aid of drugs (legal and
illegal), alcohol, or whatever it is that we have used
to dull the pain and help us to escape reality. Many
of us have become quite dependent on them. They
can become the daily crutch we use to get us through the day. We can become such
good friends with our “pain killer” that we would be lost without it.
Sometimes the use of these chemicals can become such a habitual part of our life
that our bodies start to physically crave them. Chemical changes in our bodies
occur that can tell us every day how badly we need these substances. If a person’s
use of these “pain killers” or emotional uppers becomes centered on “feeling good”,
instead on “pain relief”, then our use of these drugs may have given us a physical
addiction problem. I encourage you to seek out a medical professional, to help you
determine if you are in this situation.
Do you have any idea how much money the pharmaceutical industry (that’s the
drug companies), makes selling these antidotes for our fears? It is in the billions of
dollars. They and the FDA have no motivation to try and help people like yourself
get rid of your fear. To them and this is a sad commentary, selling the treatment for
your fear in the form of a prescription, is so profitable that they, I believe, actually
support entertainment programs that instill fear into people’s lives. Isn’t that sad
and sick?
To many of us, the thought of a life without these drugs can be frightening.
It is a scary thing to face life alone after years of looking to something to get us
through and give us aid and comfort.
The fact of the matter is that we can pass through that doorway into a life free from
the bondage of addiction, but our fear must be addressed. Much drug use can be
traced directly back to ones need to try and cope with the fear in one’s life.
Let us turn to the Bible and God’s promises to us.
After all, we should have been able to admit by now that we cannot do this alone
and that we need God’s help. All of us need the type of supernatural help, at times,
that only God can provide.
But we need not fear a solution. When we turn to Him for help, He tells us not to be
afraid. He speaks to us with truths such as:
Luke 12.4-5 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and
after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who,
after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear
Him”.
There’s the proper priority, fear and respect God, not man. Fear God, not your
situation.
That alone may not make it any less fearful, but it should make it more hopeful. Just
because something may be difficult does not mean that it is impossible.
To leave behind a life of bondage to fear and pills or booze is a goal well worth
attaining and it can be done as it has been done by millions before you. You aren’t
alone in this journey. Although, I do understand that it probably feels like it.
We need support to help us deal with fear, to give us the hope we need to carry on
from day to day. If you have an addiction problem in your life, I promise you that
there is a solution. You can once and for all get off the never ending circle of pain
and defeat. The daily cycle of trying to face your fears and using your crutch to
survive the day can be broken. The cycle of using your chemical of choice or your
habitual diversion, like gambling, to escape your fears can be stopped. You can cut
off the addiction cycle, which in turn produces more fears, which then requires more
“pain killing”. And on and on it goes, day after day, after day, after day! Yes, I
promise you. There is a solution and many before you have found it. It may be a
journey instead of an event, but it will be a most worthwhile and rewarding one.
What you will discover is that you had become a slave to many masters and each of
them can be dispelled from your life.
The good news is that there is a non-chemical solution available. And you are not
the exception from it. You are not unique with this problem. It will all start with you
reaching out and asking for help. Please don’t exclude yourself from the healing
powers and blessings that God has in store for you.
If you make a decision, you can start becoming free today. The cycle of fear and
using can be broken. If you will open your heart and mind, Jesus has given us
everything we will need to overcome this bondage. He can be the answer to your
dilemma.
I encourage you to please keep reading. In the next chapter we are going to dig in
and start discovering exactly what’s causing your turmoil and anxiety.
Let’s move on to evicting the soul binding fears that are enslaving you.
Chapter 3 How can we know what fears are putting
us into bondage?
Do you have one primary Fear in your life? Or
are you like so many of us and deal with a
plethora of fears? (that is a rash of them)
Have you made a commitment to yourself to
get serious and try to address these seemingly
overwhelming problems? If not, why not? If so,
congratulations! But where do we start?
How can we know how to figure all this out?
Fear can be a deep and confusing issue. How
do we go about untangling what the causes of the fear in our lives are?
For some of us it is fairly easy. We can identify the person, place or situation that
causes us to be overwhelmed by fear. It is easier to get focused on the problem
when there is just one incident or just a few people or situations, from our past, that
stirs up a fear that put us into bondage.
We may have had an encounter with a drunk uncle as a child, that scared or hurt us
so badly that we have had nightmares about him ever since. You may have been
the victim of a violent attack that rears up in your mind every time you drive by the
location where it happened or think about it. Or you may have seen a scary movie
that still brings fearful memories into your mind. There are hundreds of known fears
that can bind us and cause crippling anxiety.
Our goal is to untangle these stuffed away fears from our memories and
address them in such a way that they may no longer be a haunting
problem in our life.
The Word of God tells us to EXAMINE our self. Examine our self and identify the
areas in our life where we are separated from God. Fear can only manifest within us
when we are separated from Him. Once fear or the spirit of fear is allowed in, it will
further separate us from God. It can become a never ending cycle. Through selfexamination we can uncover our weaknesses and our fears. The Word tells us to
examine ourselves and find out where we fall short of His perfect will for us. It
specifically gives us instruction to examine whether or not we are living and thus
trusting in our faith in God.
2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be
reprobates? MKJV
The CEV states it this way.
2Co 13:5 Test yourselves and find out if you really are true to your faith. If you pass
the test, you will discover that Christ is living in you. But if Christ isn’t living in you,
you have failed.
Yes, examine or test one self. Test yourself in a very deep and prayerful
examination. Now is the time to take an honest inventory. Compare your thoughts,
actions and your memories, to the perfect will of God for you.
When we ask the Lord in prayer, He will reveal to us the truth. The Holy Spirit is the
spirit of truth. He’ll always be honest with us. We need to be honest with Him also.
And there isn’t much point in trying to hide something from God. He knows all
already. The honesty part is for our benefit, not His.
When you do an examination or self-inventory, you will be revealing the areas in
your life where you are not trusting in the Lord for your protection and safe keeping.
You will reveal to yourself the areas where you are operating outside of God’s
protection and strength.
Later, in this chapter you are provided with a self-examination form that will help
you to identify and sort out your fears.
Make a list of what fears you are a slave to!
Now we are going to get serious and address your fears directly. It is time
to put our learning’s and new found power into action. We are going to identify each
of your fears and put together an action plan to eliminate the fears that are putting
you into Bondage. I am going to ask you to take a fear inventory and write your
fears down on paper or onto the following form. If your reader permits or you are
reading a pdf you will be able to write your answers directly onto the form. If you
can’t, just copy the form unto a piece of paper. It is short and won’t take much time.
Let’s slow down right here for a moment. The inventory you are about to take is
very important. It is essential that you be honest with yourself, so that you can be
honest with God when you are ready to call on Him. Take some time when filling out
the inventory form. Take stock of your life just as a business needs to take inventory
each year to determine how healthy it is operating. We write down exactly how it is,
not how we would like it to be.
Let us call on our Father in Heaven for some help with this.
Just put this into your own words.
In Jesus name we humble ourselves and ask for help.
In prayer we ask that He help us to be honest with ourselves and with Him. We
admit to Him that we cannot do this by ourselves. We need His guidance and
wisdom.
We admit that we aren’t powerful enough
and that only He is. We repent of our sins
and any part we have had in bringing the
spirit of fear into our life.
Ask Him to guide you, to protect you from old
memories that are hurtful and to use this
inventory for His heavenly purposes.
We ask for the strength to be willing.
Tell Him thank-you from the bottom of your heart.
Amen!
Just relax now. The Lord is going to walk you through this. He is strong, when we are
weak. If you have a trusted friend that you want with you when you work on the
following assessment form, feel free to invite them. Many of us do not feel strong
enough to tackle this alone. Just be careful whom you invite. We are going to go
deep here. And God is now with you to give you strength and to help and guide you.
Let us now go to the provided self-examination form. It would be a good idea to
reprint it outside of your book reader, if you can.
Get yourself a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage and a pen.
In the first column of the inventory form:
List all of your fears. List them one fear at a time down the left column. Fear #1,
Fear #2, etc. Don’t worry about in what order they are in. As you think about them
just write them down. This may seem difficult at first, but my experience is that
once you start writing they will be flowing out. Don’t get up tight about trying to
remember all of them at one time either. You can take as long as you need to make
a full list. They are your fears and all you are doing is putting a name on them and
writing them down. Nothing threatening here, One word of caution. If this process
starts provoking any uncontrollable emotions or violent thoughts, please stop at
once and call on a Christian friend to be with you or a trained professional. You can
choose to set it aside for a day at any time. You aren’t being timed or graded.
In the second column
Write a short explanation of what causes that fear. Was this fear the result of a
person, place or situation? Write down why you believe you get fearful if you can.
You don’t have to write a book about each, just a note to remind yourself.
In the third column
Is there is some change you can make in your life that would eliminate the cause of
the fear, write it down here. Is there something within your power that can be
changed?
Is there something you do, think or say that helps bring up this fear? This includes
asking yourself if your own selfishness and self-centeredness is involved.
Is the fear imagined or real?
Try to determine if this is a healthy God given fear. All fears are not bad. Some are
natural and we have them for our own safety or the health and safety of others. Is
this fear real? Is there something you can do or change that will eliminate it?
In the fourth column.
Do we need God, the Almighty and Powerful One, to intercede and remove our fear?
Answer--Yes or I don’t think so or at least not yet.
In the following chapters we will be giving you the information and help to ask God
to intervene. You can come back to this questionnaire when we address it in prayer
and Deliverance.
Do you need help letting go of this fear and praying for the breaking of the Bondage
to it? If you do, whom should you ask? Do you have a trusted friend? A pastor?
Honesty avails us everything. Honesty will help bring you to a freedom you may not
have experienced for a very long time.
Keep this form after you have filled it out. We aren’t done with it yet. Your answers
to this form will serve as your guide when we “Break the Bondage of your Fears”.
Please don’t be alone if this is overly difficult. This isn’t a test and you don’t have to
show anyone.
It is also perfectly OK to set your Fear form aside for hours or even days, if needed.
We aren’t in a race here. But we are on a mission. You are doing something that is
going to be productive. Don’t make it so it hurts. If you want to you don’t have to
use real person’s names or the real names of places. And the name you give to the
person, place or situation is totally up to you. Just give it a label of some kind.
Remember God is protecting you and guiding you. He will not let you down.
When discerning what fears are from God, versus what fears are caused by the
Devil and his demons, one test we can use is 1 John 1: 1-4.
1John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try (test) the spirits to see if they
are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1John 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus
Christ has come in the flesh is of God;
1John 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the
flesh is not of God. And this is the antichrist you heard is coming, and even now is
already in the world.
1John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He
who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Testing for the spirit of truth or error is also called discernment. No fear that puts
you into Bondage is from God. We ask the Father in prayer to speak to us and reveal
what His will and wisdom is concerning our fear and for the willingness to hear His
voice.
When we examine our list, if the person, place, situation, thoughts or words are not
godly, it is not of God and He will confirm that. The spirit of truth always reveals and
separates evil from good.
Lastly, if you are involved in counseling or a twelve step program and have
identified your fears already, just use those notes to fill in the inventory. You don’t
have to dredge up all those bad feelings another time.
“Jesus, thank-you for your guidance, mercy, gentleness and love. I love you. Please
protect and comfort me. Amen.
Chapter 4 God is our protector! We need not fear
Do you believe that God cares enough about you to perform a miracle?
He loves you. Some days it may not feel like it, but His love is always there. It is us
that get off the path. He is always there waiting for us to come to Him. And I
guarantee you...you are not an exception and He will always welcome you.
Let’s take a moment and read what the Word of God says about His abilities to
protect us and keep us safe. This important lesson is in Psalm 91 of the Old
Testament. Slow down here please and read one verse at a time, along with the
notes. Or read each verse and commentary twice. Meditate on each thought and let
the Lord minister truths to you.
Father God, I need you now. I surrender to your ways. I desire to be taught your
truths. Please minister to me Lord as I try to let your Word and promises come into
my soul. I want to believe that you can help me so badly. Please help me Lord! I ask
this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Study and meditate on the following Psalm, th e Psalm of Protection! The Psalm of
Refuge! The Psalm of Strength!
We need not fear. God is our protector.
There are three speakers in this Psalm. First we hear from a group of people.
Secondly, the Psalmist speaks. Thirdly, from God Himself.
Verse 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.
All of us who live and TRUST in God each day with An Enduring Faith will be under
His protection. There is a place where you and I can live at peace in Christ Jesus. A
place of glorious safety, a place of glorious peace and joy. A place that is absent of
fear. A place where we can always go to experience God's power and God's
protection.
2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will
trust."
I will declare each day that He is God and that I need Him. Without His strength I
can do nothing to conquer my fears.
3 Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous
pestilence.
You are my safe place Lord, a strong, defended place. We can truly trust You- the
One true living God. You God will save me from the hidden traps of Satan, that await
me and the new illnesses that are coming upon the people. Only you can take away
my fears.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
He will cover you like a mother bird protects her young. You will be safe under His
“wings”. God will do what he promised. Put on the armor of God. Pick up the truth
and your shield of faith, which the Psalmist calls the buckler. The full armor of God
was present in the Old Testament, too.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Do not be afraid of the bad spirits of the night. Or the words shot at you during the
day. Or the illnesses that sweep the land. Or any of the people, places or situations
that you will encounter.
Or the fear caused by the quakings of society and other peoples souls.
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays
waste at noonday.
Do not fear the illnesses and destruction sweeping the land. God is to be trusted for
your protection.
7 A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall
not come near you.
During this final age, death from nuclear radioactivity, war and diseases will kill
many. But your belief and faith in the Almighty will keep your soul safe. Your faith
can be assured.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.
During these times God will give you the strength to see and watch the lost die of
their hate, anger, compulsions, and sin. We don’t have joy over it. But, you will be
given the power to avoid or stay away from it, whatever it is.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your
dwelling place,
We make a commitment to live IN Him each day.
10 No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For you, the LORD only, makes you safe. Because the Most High is the home they
cannot take away. We call on His name for protection every day.
Mat 4:5 Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle
of the Temple.
Mat 4:6 And he said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is
written, "He shall give His angels charge concerning You, and in their hands they
shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone."
Mat 4:7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, "You shall not tempt the Lord your
God."
(Matthew 4:6-7). We do not tempt the evil one, (either).
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
Orders have been given to our guardian angels. They are to take charge and help
keep us in the ways of God. The angels were created as servants of God, and their
duty is that of serving the Lord and of serving those who are following after the
Lord. "He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy way. To bear
thee up lest at any time you would dash your foot against a stone," (Stumble
because of sin.)
12 In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
The angels will protect your every step. When authorized they will turn the sin
away.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you
shall trample underfoot.
The evil ones and the devil will be put down, cast away. You have been given
spiritual authority. vs. 13-16 is God’s response.
14 "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him
on high, because he has known My name. God will make all people safe that love
Him. Danger will not hurt him that knows (and trusts in) God’s name.
15 He shall call upon Me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him and honor him.
When we call on His name, God will answer us- you and me. When the enemy
attacks, God will be there on our side with all His forces.
16 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation."
Do you believe that God can and will protect you? Or are you the one and only
exception? The answer, of course, is that there are no exceptions to the outpouring
of God’s love and His power of protection.
Chapter 5 Obtaining the power to overcome all
fear!
My friend, God through Jesus Christ, can overcome any and all your fears. Only He
has the power to make permanent changes in your life. He wants only what is good
for your life. Only He has the power to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
When all this comes to an end, we who have been guaranteed salvation, thus are
born again, will be able to look back and be well satisfied.
We will then understand and praise Him even more! Always remember that in the
last chapter of the bible, GOD, you and I win, if you make the decision to include
yourself!
The big lesson of Psalms 91 is “who” is going to keep us safe and do the battle until
the end. This applies to believers who are born again Christians. Are you confident
where you are going to spend eternity when all this ends? There is an end for all of
us some day, for some of us, it maybe today.
There is only one way to know and be assured– Ask our Father in heaven in Jesus
Christ’s name in prayer today!
Are You Saved from damnation, the eternal fate of so many? Are you sure?
Ask Him. Find out and be assured.
Rom 8:16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of
God and saved.
When we ask the Lord, in Jesus Christ’s name, He assures us with His peace and
understanding. If for any reason you question your salvation, go to a quiet place,
alone, and talk to Jesus. Repent of your sins and commit your life to Him. Then go to
a bible believing church and get baptized.
He is faithful! He always listens
and always responds!
Yes, He is very, very faithful.
We go to a quiet place and
humble ourselves before the one
true living God.
(That most likely means kneeling
down before Him)
But don’t worry about where He
is. Our God is Omni-present.
Which means He is available everywhere and will deal with you where-ever you go
to.
We submit to Him in prayer. We repent of our sins and sinful thoughts and turn our
will and lives over to His care. We surrender to Him and all His ways.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13
“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” Rom 3:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.” Romans 6:23
“Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has
raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.” Romans 10:9.
”For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one
confesses unto salvation.” Romans 10:10
It’s all between you and God. This may be your moment. Please don’t let it
pass. God’s tugging at your heart right now!
If you want to be assured eternal salvation today, just pray this simple prayer with
sincerity, humility and from the bottom of your soul. Print it out and read it, if you
need to. But mean it! Pray it from your heart. If you have never done this I beg you
too.
Is it time to stop everything and make sure of your eternal salvation and thus your
relationship with God? If it is, I invite you, right now to go to a quiet place and pray
the following prayer. (Download any corporate church teachings that are getting in
your way). This may be your big opportunity. You will be joining His family and
taking a big step in receiving the power from God to Overcome your fears and a
whole lot more.
“Dear Jesus, I believe in You. I believe You are the only Son of God and that You shed
your blood and died for my sins, and that you were buried and rose again as it is
written in the bible. I declare that you are 100% God. I’m sorry for the things I’ve
done that hurt You. Forgive me for all my sins Lord Jesus.
Come into my heart today Lord Jesus, take charge of my life and show me the way
You want me to be. With Your ever present help, I renounce all my sinful practices of
the past. Cleanse my heart with Your precious blood. I believe You are the creator
and the only way to salvation. I surrender my will and my life to you. Please fill me
with your Holy Spirit. In Jesus Christ’s holy name I ask, Amen”
My friend, if you prayed that prayer and meant it from the bottom of your heart,
your eternal salvation is assured! You will never be alone again! Please make sure
that you get baptized soon and ask to receive the Holy Spirit. You are becoming part
of something that is so special and that will be with you for the rest of your days.
Your eternal destiny has just been assured. No amount of “good works” could do
what you are doing today! And this eternal gift is free! You can now live each and
every day with An Enduring Faith that will help you to overcome all obstacles and all
your fears. You now are assured that you have joined His family and that He is now
in charge of your security. Psalm 91 can now come alive for you.
Chapter 6 Do you believe that God can and will, if
you ask?
Do you believe that God, through Jesus Christ, can and will Overcome all fears and
keep you safe.
An Enduring Faith is a faith in God, Our
Lord Jesus Christ, that will carry and
sustain us through the trying and
dangerous times that we live in.
An Enduring Faith is a faith in God that
will Overcome all the obstacles of these
coming days. Victoriously!
Living with An Enduring Faith can only happen If our Eternal Salvation is assured!
An Enduring Faith is not a suggested replacement to your churches doctrine of faith
as long as that doctrine is biblically based. It is simply a teaching about biblical
learnings.
At the Heart of An Enduring Faith is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As stated in the New
Testament of the Holy Bible.
He or she that walks and lives with an Enduring Faith will be kept Safe from the evil
one during these evil days! This is one of the great promises of God in Matthew 24.
Jesus returning to gather His children and bring them home, to spare them of His
wrath to come is a great promise during times of trouble.
Mat 24:13 But he who endures to the end, the same shall be kept safe.
Matthew 24 tells us to endure to the end. The end of what, the end of time? End of
the age? End of the tribulation?
He or she that walks and lives with an Enduring Faith, to the end of our time, will be
kept Safe from temptation, the Evil One and all his minions! We are the generation
that will meet the Lord “In the Clouds”.
The answer to our daily problems is to walk with a faith and belief that the Lord has
accomplished everything. A faith that assures you that your sins have been
forgiven. A faith that will strengthen, protect and carry you through all evil for all
your days! A faith that has set you free!
Always try and remember, the spirit of fear cannot exist in the presence of
God.
The Scriptures speak the absolute truth. They are the Word of God. They can guide
us in whatever situation we are in and through any trouble we find ourselves up
against.
Take the time to search and meditate on the Word of God daily and find the answer
to your problems and concerns. Overcome them.
"He has given us His very great and precious promises..." 2 Peter 1:4
These promises are put on our heart by Christ, if we are born again. They are taught
in the Bible and confirmed by the Holy Spirit. The Lord wants us to realize these
promises as truths every day.
The Word was given to us to teach us and encourage us.
"The Lord will keep you from all harm--he will watch over your life; the Lord will
watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore." Psalm 121:7, 8
" When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through
the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will
not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." Isaiah 43:1,2
"But whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm"
Proverbs 1:33.
WE MUST BELIEVE in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Not the gospels that man
promotes.
Believe on Jesus for life---Eternal Life
John 6:40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son
and believes on Him should have everlasting life. And I will raise him up at the last
day.
John 6:41 Then the Jews murmured about Him, because He said, I am the bread
which came down from Heaven.
John 6:42 And they said, Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and
mother we know? How now does this One say, I have come down from Heaven?
John 6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Do not murmur with one
another.
John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who has sent Me draw him, and
I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all be taught of God."
Therefore everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to Me.
John 6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God, He has
seen the Father.
John 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes on Me has everlasting life.
Let us repeat that again. Anyone, he or she, that truly believes on or in Jesus Christ
will be saved and have eternal life! Wow! That was Jesus talking.
Rom 10:13 For everyone, "whoever shall call on the name of the Lord will be
saved."
John 12:46 "I have come into the world as light, so that no one who believes in me
should stay in darkness."
John 1:12 "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, He gave
the right to become children of God."
AND we will receive a lot more.
Believe on Jesus and receive PEACE
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give as the world
gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
Phil. 4:7 "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Believe on Jesus and receive True LOVE
Proverbs 8:17 "I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me."
Jeremiah 31:3 " I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with
loving-kindness."
1 Cor. 2:9 "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has
prepared for those who love him."
Believe on Jesus and receive True JOY
John 15:11 "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy maybe
complete"
Believe on Jesus and receive True JOY
John 15:11 "I have told you this so that my
joy may be in you and your joy maybe
complete"
Father, please help me and bring joy back into my life. I
want so much to have a joyful life.
In Jesus’ name I ask.
Amen
John 16:22 "...but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away
your joy."
Believe on Jesus and receive PROTECTION AND STRENGTH
Psalm 91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall rest under the
shadow of the Almighty.
1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my
salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Real Courage
Isaiah 40:29 " He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak "
Isaiah 43:1 " Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name;
you are mine"
Believe on Jesus and receive True Faith
Heb.11:1 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not
see"
Gal. 3:26 "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus"
2 Cor. 5:7 "We live by faith, not by sight"
Believe on Jesus and receive Comfort
Psalm 46:1 " God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble."
John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world! "
Matt. 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you
rest."
Believe on Jesus and receive Mercy
Isaiah 30:18 "...the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you
compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! "
Psalm 103:13 "As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has
compassion on those who fear him."
Believe on Jesus and receive Guidance
Psalm 32:8 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel
you and watch over you."
Isaiah 42:16 "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar
paths I will guide them, I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the
rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."
Believe on Jesus and be LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS WORD – TO BE
AT PEACE THROUGH ALL THINGS
Gal 5:24 But those belonging to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and
lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Believe on Jesus and WALK WITH HIM – ALL POWER GIVEN TO HIM
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth.
Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Walking with An Enduring Faith, He will never forsake US
Living one day at a time, in the confidence of an ENDURING FAITH that Jesus Christ
CAN and WILL protect, sustain and guide us is our assurance to you.
The most import part of An Enduring Faith is that we have the right relationship with
Him! Only then can we be at peace with and under the authority of our creator-Jesus Christ. Simply knowing about Jesus Christ, is far from the entire answer.
Simply attending church and trying to be a good person is not going to sustain and
protect you.
I invite you to listen to a wonderful presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by Erik
Ludy. It is a You Tube video. If you cannot open it in this reading program, copy and
paste it into a browser. It will be well worth it. It is a beautiful presentation.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nPIOkdNL-QQ
Do you believe that God can and will help you, if you ask and allow Him too? Do you
believe that Jesus has the power and authority to take charge in your over all evil in
your life?
The lesson so far is that if we can believe on Jesus Christ and trust In Him, He and
only He has the power to Overcome all evil and fear, in and around our lives. I ask
you. Do you believe? Have you put your faith and trust In Him?
Only He is strong enough to relieve us from all Fear and Anxiety in our life. Do you
believe?
Chapter 7 Deliverance and Freedom from All Fears
We are now going to pray our fears away and trust in God to remove them, using
the time tested Deliverance Prayer.
The Deliverance prayer is a very powerful prayer. Deliverance is a foundational
teaching of the bible. The following prayer will bring the power of Jesus Christ and
the Holy Spirit into your life and conquer the spirit of fear.
It is important to remember, that the Blood of Jesus and what He accomplished for
us on the cross is powerful enough to wash us from all past and present sin. As long
as we repent of it and accept His forgiveness. The Blood of Jesus is also powerful
enough to remove all fears from your life. I offer this prayer to everyone who is in
any type of bondage to fear. The spirit of fear MUST FLEE when put under the
authority of Jesus Christ and under the power of the Blood. But it is all about our
Lord Jesus Christ and His authority. The victory He has already claimed for our lives,
not which prayer we are taught to say.
Read it through a few times before you try to offer it in prayer.
In the hands of a true believer, with a repentant and surrendered heart, one can
truly see the mountains be moved. The enemy moved back. Victory over evil
claimed.
Chains will be broken and miracles will occur. His next one can be yours!
Prayer for Deliverance from your Fears
Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus Christ, believing He is Your Son,
fully God and through whom is the only way to heaven. Who has redeemed me from
all past sin through the shedding of His Blood. I believe He is now resurrected and
sits at Your right hand as my Lord.
Father, in the Name of Jesus, I repent of being fearful in anyway or about anything
or anyone, that was not within your will for me. I ask you to show me any hidden
fear in my life. Father, forgive me for my fearfulness.
(Next we are going to take our fear list we have identified, one at a time, confess
them and give them to the Lord.) (Repeat the statement for each identified fear.)
I confess to You that I have the following un-godly fear, the fear of ______, and plead
for your power and strength to remove them from me. In the name of Jesus Christ I
plead for Deliverance from the fear of _______.
I confess to You that I have the following un-godly fear, the fear of ______, and plead
for your power and strength to remove them from me. In the name of Jesus Christ I
plead for Deliverance from the fear of _______.
I also ask for relief from any and all unknown fears. Please help me Lord Jesus. I
want a life of freedom from all fear that isn’t from you.
(Wait on the Holy Spirit to help you. Then repeat the above, naming any fear that
comes to mind and wasn’t on your first list)
In the Name of and under the authority of Jesus Christ, I rebuke the spirits of fear
and command them to leave me now. Under the authority of Jesus Christ and by the
Power of the Holy Spirit I bind, loose and cast off me any spirit of fear that exists
and has been attached to or within me.
God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power and love and a sound mind. Fear,
you must leave me now!
(Name the fears you have identified and that the Holy Spirit has revealed to you
once more)
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for delivering me from these fears. The named fears are no
longer mine. I ask you to fill the swept and garnished places of my soul with
courage, strength and wisdom, that I may now walk in trust and confidence in Your
Word and with your protection.
(optional) Lord Jesus, it is You who said, "I leave you peace, my peace I give you,"
through the power of the Holy Ghost of God, we may be liberated from every evil
spirit and enjoy Your peace always.
In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. I thank you."
And Thank – you Jesus.
Amen
After you say this prayer it is very important that you spend some time with the
Lord. From experience I can tell you that this is something you should absolutely do.
Take an hour or two and meditate on the Word. Open your bible and read your
favorite passages. There is power in the Word and we are sealing your healing and
Deliverance. We are sealing it with the Word of God and through the power of the
Holy Spirit.
Please don’t hesitate to repeat the Deliverance prayer, if you feel the need. Old
habits can creep back in and you don’t want any of them to take root and put you
back into Bondage. Many of us need to say it with a trusted prayer partner or group.
“Through the prayers of two or more......”
But what you are going to learn about next is going to give you protection that will
carry you through the rest of your days. You need not be in Bondage to Fear ever
again.
There is a special freedom In Christ! Live in it and enjoy it. Rejoice!
May God Bless you and your family and keep you safe!
Rev Thomas
Chapter 8 Living Free of the Bondage of Fear.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to live free of fear each and every day?
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a way we could be assured that we were not
going to be drawn back into that horrible place that you are now leaving?
It is one thing to break free from all the fears that
had put you in chains. It is quite another to be able
to look forward to each new day with the confidence
that fear is not going to raise its ugly head and
ensnare you once again. Well, there is a way and you
have already found it! Our assurance rests in our
Lords loving and protective hands. He never wavers
in His love for you.
We may need to learn how to talk to the Lord again
or for the first time and re-learn how to pray.
The answer is living your life in a faith that trusts our
Lord Jesus Christ, trusting In Him enough, to know
absolutely, that He is going to protect you. He will do that for you. He already
guides and protects millions of us from the evil one each and every day. There is no
reason you are an exception to His love. He NEVER EVER discriminates in His love
for all. When we are saved and filled with the Holy Spirit we receive everything from
Him that we will need to live a life free of fear. Walking with the Holy Spirit and
trusting in Him we can, indeed, live every day free of the Bondage of Fear. You don’t
have to return to that place ever again. You are now reborn or born again and are
walking with the spirit of God within you.
You are now spiritually adopted into the family of believers, just like a child is
adopted into a new family. You are now what the bible refers to as a “Son (or
daughter) of God”. And along with your new adoption papers comes a new
authority.
As you are probably aware of, Jesus, as God, has spiritual authority over all of His
creation. He can take authority and cause all the natural world to move. But He is
still allowing us to live with our free will as He has done for 6000 years. And all this
authority has been given to each and every born again Christian. Do you have any
idea how much of a force we could be if the entire body of Christ were taught about
the Lord’s authority?
This teaching on the authority of Jesus Christ is one of the most needed and least
taught by mainline Christian denominational churches everywhere. It is such a
shame. The Word of God renews, lifts our spirit and with faith lifts us up over the evil
deeds of the devil.
There are many celebrities and fad philosophies that claim to hold the keys to being
able to “Break the Chains of Fear” and claim to hold the secret to “Becoming free of
all your Bondages to Fear”. These are claims I am citing are not anyone’s title to a
book. But they all suggest worldly answers to our spiritual problems. If one can’t
find a self-help book that satisfies them, just wait a month. Another popular advice
book will be released. There are, however, books giving good Bible based teaching
and I encourage you to use whatever the Lord leads you to learn from. As I will show
you, the bible is our source for this knowledge and the Holy Spirit is our guide and
our power.
There is only one authority that you can call on “every time” to protect you, that will
always be there for you and will never change. And that authority is God. God, the
Father. God, the Son and God, the Holy Spirit. God has authority over all of creation
and because He now dwells “inside you”, He continues too through you. God’s Word
shows us examples of how to be transformed and to make a decision to turn our
lives and bodies over to God. We do not need to take the fallen worlds style and
standards, which allows evil to run our lives. Open your eyes and fill your heart and
mind with God’s loving plan for your life.
You can be an Overcomer!
I would like to tell a story about what happened to my wife and me about a year
ago. It demonstrates very well the principle we are dealing with here.
This is a true story of a Diamondback Snake that came knocking at our door.
It was my first experience with a Diamondback Snake and it turned out to be a real
big one, at least in my world.
Most of us have heard about the dreaded Diamondback Rattle snake.
It is one of the most poisonous snakes in the SW United States. In late 2012 I had
my first experience with one. Having lived in Arizona for almost fifteen years I have
heard many stories and have seen them in zoo's and only a couple dead ones on
the road. I had seen a few baby rattlers here and there, but I had not come face to
face with a full grown one.
That day I was in my office writing. Kate saw the cat watching something outside
and beginning to get agitated. Kate went over to the door and was stunned.
Right outside our door was a 4 1/2 foot
Diamondback snake, hissing and rattling at the
cat, through the screen door.
Kate yelled—“Thomas—Come here - quickly!!!!
Thomas!!!!! Get out here!!!! Help!!! Please!!!
I bounded out of my chair- suspecting an issue or a little trouble of some kind and
went to the door alongside Kate who was staring through the screen at a monster
outside. And it was a monster, at least in my world. And it didn’t seem very friendly.
I grew up in the mid-west and we did not have many poisonous critters, snakes or
otherwise. I did not have a reservoir of experience to draw upon.
So I proceeded to go out to protect my girls, with no clue of what to do. As I stepped
out of the door, I moved very slowly. The snake was wriggling to the left and off by
the sidewalk. This was a big snake and the famous rattles were sounding the alarm.
Now here’s the scene. I’m standing outside, facing off with this snake. Kate was
yelling at me. Saying things like “don’t get too close, you’ll get killed”. Or, "Thomas,
he's moving towards you-RUN!" So I did the best thing I knew. I got my lawn chair
out and sat down to study the situation. I honestly didn’t have a clue. When I had
called on the Lord, the spirit was poured out and it came to my mind to plead the
Blood. I said a prayer for the Lord’s protection as promised in Psalm 91 and plead
the Blood of Jesus on the situation.
That snake was coiled, with her head reaching up and hissing. With a leg that barely
works and only being off my cane for a few months, I didn’t feel like much of a
match. So I quietly called on the One with all the power. When I called on the name
of Jesus and plead “the Blood of Jesus" prayer” for protection, the snake responded
by moving over next to the house and coiling up. Every time she would move
towards me I would toss a few pebbles her way to get her attention, put my hand up
and command her to move away and “Be Still”. She obeyed directly each time. I
didn’t know whether or not I should be surprised. God was proving something to
me.
This went on for an hour and a half. She'd raise her head and wriggle toward me,
flash her tongue and I'd command her to "Be still" “Go back.” She would pull back
and recoil each and every time. (Are you having a hard time believing this story?)
We had called the fire department and explained the situation when this little drama
had first started. They took the report and said they would try and get someone
over to help. They know that I am disabled and not very agile on my feet. The
dispatcher understood that it was best for me to not to try and capture this beast.
So we waited and waited and waited.
For almost two hours we waited and about every ten or fifteen minutes that snake
would rear up and start coming my way and it would get commanded to move back.
Each time it retreated back next to the building. When the fire department finally
arrived all was under control. The fireman just walked over with a long handled
snake tool and put her into a bag. They then escorted her back out into the desert.
It was just me in my chair with a cup of coffee and most of all Jesus, keeping watch
over this Diamondback snake.
Under the authority of Jesus Christ and out of the mouth of a believer, All of
Creation must obey. (Having a hard time believing? Keep reading.)
With God’s help I am now a man with experience in dealing with the great
southwest viper!
It is a cute story with a big lesson for all of us. Don’t hesitate to test on something
harmless.
When we are a baptized, born again believer, we are automatically are
under the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ and we have “the authority”
to say:
“Under the authority of Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Ghost, I
command the spirit of Fear (or any other spirit) to come out of _______!” and “I
rebuke you in the name of Yeshua, the Lord Jesus Christ”! Thank-you Jesus. Amen.
Or, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus Christ”
When proclaimed, the spirits of Fear must obey, they have no choice. They all must
obey under the authority of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit of God has spoken through
you. God is more powerful than any fallen spirit. They were once angels until they
revolted against God and made the decision to follow Lucifer. Fallen angels are
demons.
But it is important that we are prepared for the battles of the natural fallen world
that come upon us. If you want a life that is free of worldly Fear, God has provided
us the Holy Spirit and the tools, the Word and prayers.
You can live each day with NO FEAR!
You are about to be given the keys to the Kingdom for living fearlessly.
By learning to be in submission to Him and His ways in all humility and walking each
day in obedience. The Spirit of God is your guide.
Living and operating under the authority of Jesus Christ, through the power of the
Holy Spirit, should be a goal of every born again, spirit filled Christian. It is the
ultimate of An Enduring Faith, which we are all going to need during these “last
days” that we live in. You know in your soul that this is true as we watch people of
the world rising up in anger and shuttering in fear.
1John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He
who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Who is Jesus talking to here? He is talking to His children, all those who are saved
and assured their salvation through Him.
There is misinformation and non- biblical teachings in many churches today. We
have to know- that we know- that we are assured salvation and an eternal heavenly
place with Christ.
How does one know they are saved for sure? Because, with His assurance we will be
able to operate under His authority and able to perform deliverance.
We will know that we know Jesus Christ and are walking with the Spirit of God:
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When we- keep His commandments (1 John 2:3)
When we- are in Christ by keeping His word (1 John 2:5)
When- the love of God has truly been perfected in us by keeping Christ’s
word (1 John 2:5)
When at- the last hour, because antichrist is coming and many antichrists
have appeared, we will have discernment (1 John 2:18)
When-everyone who hates his brother is a murderer – you know that no
murderer has eternal life (1 John 3:15)
When-He who knows God listens to the Scriptures, he who is not from God
will not, By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (1 John 4:6)
When-We know we abide in God because He gave us His Holy Spirit (1 John
4:13)
When-We are assured that we have eternal life (1 John 5:13)
Do you know Jesus? Does He know you?
When we are assured of our salvation—-We just know! We aren’t necessarily
perfect, but we know perfectly, that we are one of His kids. We are part of His
family.
There is only one way to know and be assured– Ask our Father in heaven in Jesus
Christ’s’ name in prayer today.
Rom 8:16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of
God.
When we ask the Lord, in Jesus Christ’s name, He assures us with His peace and
understanding. If for any reason you question your salvation, go to a quiet place,
alone, and talk to Jesus. Repent of your sins and commit your life to Him. Then go to
a bible believing church and get baptized. Ask for an anointing from God that will
stir your spirit.
He is faithful! He always listens and always responds to our needs.
When we petition the Lord, in Jesus Christ’s name, He assures us with His peace and
understanding and freely hands out His gifts of the Spirit.
Chapter 9 Jesus Christ has absolute authority over
all creation.
When a person is saved and filled with the Holy Spirit and baptized, do we
automatically receive this authority?
Yes. But so many of us have not been taught about this authority and it usually
needs to be activated. We can ask for an anointing from God that activates the gifts
we have been given. This is often done by the placing on of hands and the prayers
of another anointed Christian believer or pastor. The bible refers to it as “the stirring
of the spirit” and the anointing.
When a believer has the anointing of the Holy Spirit one will have the authority to
command the natural fallen spirit world. It is the Holy Spirit within you that has the
power. Not your natural spirit but God’s spirit.
Authority – taken from Dictionary.com
au·thor·i·ty
1. the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes;
jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
2. a power or right delegated or given; authorization: Who has the authority to
grant permission?
3. a person or body of persons in whom authority is vested, as a governmental
agency.
Synonyms for authority
1. Rule, power, sway. Authority, control, influence, denote a power or right to direct
the actions or thoughts of others. Authority is a power or right, usually because of
rank or office, to issue commands and to punish for violations: to have authority
over subordinates. Control is either power or influence applied to the complete and
successful direction or manipulation of persons or things: to be in control of a
project. Influence is a personal and unofficial power derived from deference of
others to one’s character, ability, or station; it may be exerted unconsciously or
may operate through persuasion: to have influence over one’s friends. 3. Sovereign,
arbiter.
What does it mean to be under the authority of Jesus Christ?
The following are some of the authorities or powers that are given to those who are
born again, Holy Spirit filled members of the family and the Kingdom of God, along
with bible references. The following gifts are available to all baptized and filled with
the Holy Spirit believers in Jesus Christ.
*The following list and some of the writings about the authority of Jesus Christ was
sent to my ministry by Jim Searcy, my friend, who lives in Cyprus. Jim’s ministry is
www.gjigt.com and www.moresureword.com. I love the truths contained so much
that I have included it for your benefit. Thank-you, Jim.
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Authority to communicate with the Father (Heb.4:14-16; 10:19-21)
Authority to communicate with Jesus Christ (Rom.8:33-34; Heb.7:25;
1.John.2:25-26)
Authority to request things of the Father (John.15:16; 16:23-26)
Authority over evil spirits (Mark.16:17; Acts 16:16-18)
Authority over the physical universe (Matt.21:18-21; Luke.9:54)
Authority to heal (Mark.16:18; Acts 3:1-6; 5:15)
Authority to govern the church (Acts 15:1-32; 1 Cor.1:10; 5:1-7; 2Thess.3:6)
Authority to proclaim the gospel (Matt.28:19-20; Mark.16:15; Acts 1:8)
Authority over life and death (Acts 5:1-15; 1 Cor.5:3-5; Rev.11:3-5)
Authority to resurrect the dead (Acts 9:36-42; 20:6-10)
Authority to bring a curse on the wicked (Acts 13:8-11)
Authority to baptize into the Family of God (Matt.28:19-20)
You also have the Authority over all of His creation.
Gen 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and
fill the earth, and subdue it. And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over
the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.
The above list is very impressive. Under the authority of Jesus Christ, many of our
human problems can be dealt with. I urge you to take the time and understand each
biblical lesson.
There are certain authorities and powers that are only given to the spiritual leaders
of the elect. There are many gifts and authorities of spiritual powers given to the
entire body of Christ. The Lord hands out powers and authorities as He determines.
Not everyone receives all of the attributes of the authorities or powers (1Cor.12:112), but each of the elect of God is given what they need, by the Holy Spirit, in order
to successfully fulfill God’s purpose for them. See Matt 7:7-11; 1.Cor 12:8-10; 13:113; James 1:5; 2Peter.1:5-8; 1John.5:14.
Some of us have been gifted authorities and powers that we do not realize we have
and are not using. What a terrible shame. If a person has a specialized gift, such as
those of a prophet, evangelist, or the discernment of spirits, that person is expected
by God to use these gifts or authorities as God intended.
The scriptures do not reveal exactly how each person is made aware of the spiritual
gifts they have been given. But those who have been given these special powers
should know that they have them. How? By a revelation from God through the
Spirit.
Moses was told by God himself (Ex.3:15-22; 4:1-9); Elisha the prophet was told by
Elijah the prophet; Christ told his disciples (Mk.3:14-15; Matt.28:19-20);
“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name they shall cast out
devils;….they shall lay hands upon the sick, and they shall recover” (Mk.16:17-18
KJV).
In the book of Acts, we see that Peter used the power and authority that he had
been given over the natural laws of this world, to heal a man who had been lame
from birth:
“Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being
the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom
they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of
them that entered into the temple; . . . then Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with
John, said, Look on us. And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something
from them. Then Peter said, Silver and gold I have none; but such as I have I give
you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise and walk” (Acts 3:1-6 KJV). See also
Acts 3:16.
Peter used the following words.
“Such as I have, I give you“. This statement makes it very clear that Peter had the
authority and power to heal the sick. When Peter said,
“In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise and walk“, he was not only announcing
by whose authority he was healing the man, but, he was also commanding the
healing by the authority and power of Jesus Christ. On his own Peter was powerless.
On our own we are powerless.
Act 16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to
the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he
came out the same hour.
When we are under the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, we already have “the
authority” to say:
“Under the authority of Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Ghost, I
command (the spirit) to come out of _______!”
“I command the spirit of fear to come out of __________!”
When proclaimed, all spirits must obey. The spirit of fear must obey.
Luke 9:1 And He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and
authority over all demons......
I don’t recommend replacing parts of the above command with your own thinking.
We are developing a discipline that is exact and we can call on in a moment’s
notice. When we are put in a dangerous situation or a position of need to take
charge and “command the spirit world to correct action”, these exact words must be
the first thing we think of.
Over one third of the bible deals with this subject and yet many pastors insist that it
is not relevant for today. But they are absolutely pertinent for this world right now.
Read the above command as many times as you need to memorize it. It will become
your most important spiritual warfare tool. The most powerful spiritually
commanding words you will be uttering.
When spoken out the mouth of a born again, spirit filled believer that is truly all that
needs to be said. The spirit of fear is what has put you into bondage and all you
may need is to make the above command in prayer.
The condition of our own spirit and soul is often what gets us in trouble. When there
is something in our life that hasn’t been repented for or when there are issues in our
life that are bothering us, like fear, our spiritual power and authority is diminished.
In order to speak to the spirit world under authority consistently, we have more to
learn.
Positional Authority
In order for spiritual warfare to be effective, the born again believer must be in a
position of surrender or submission to God and His ways. The believer’s heart
should be in a state of repentance and a thorough examination of oneself should be
done. Every Christian needs to get their house in order, before we have true
Positional Authority. I encourage you to not skip this part. A healthy relationship with
the Lord is the solid ground upon which we stand when conducting any type of
spiritual warfare.
In the hands of a true believer, with a repentant and surrendered heart, one can
truly see the mountains be moved. The enemy moved back. Victory over evil
claimed.
Putting the Authority into action.
Allow me to be blunt. The Spirit of Fear is a demon and God has authority over all
demons or spirits. When one evokes the power of God against an evil spirit
(demon), we are using brute force tactics. We aren’t trying to get the spirit to
understand and cooperate. They already have an understanding. They understand
that somehow they were given an opening into your life and they took it. That
opening was not necessarily your fault, by the way.
It is important for all of us to understand that operating IN or under the authority of
Jesus Christ carries with it a responsibility. It is never to be used for our own devises
or purposes. It is only to be utilized for promoting the kingdom of God or helping a
member of the body of Christ. The only exception, and it really isn’t an exception, is
when the Holy Spirit puts it on your heart to heal or spiritually help someone,
including yourself, for their health, safety and well-being. Many souls have been
won because of signs, wonders and Godly miracles. It is never to be done for our
own glory or self-edification, or out of our natural spirit.
Allow me to summarize. The words you use are very important. The demonic is
usually not going to pay much attention to you if you are operating on your own will
or authority. When we are In God’s authority the bible tells us what we should say.
Any deviation from these commands can not only hurt your chances for success,
but it could cause a situation that actually empowers or just gets the spirit you are
confronting all worked up and more ornery or hostile.
John.14:12-14 KJV “Truly, truly, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works that I
do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the
Father. And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may
be glorified in the Son. If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it”.
Mark.16:17-18 KJV “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name they
shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new languages; They shall take up
serpents; and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; ……they
shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover”. See also Acts 1:4-5, 8; 5:1-15;
6:8; 13:8-11; 15:12.
Study and pray about what is contained here. The Holy Spirit will guide you.
RULE # 1 NEVER challenge the devil himself. Satan. Lucifer. That is God’s job and
God’s alone. Do not ever attempt to “BIND” him. That is left up to God. We bind and
loose the demons. We rebuke the workings of the devil.
RULE #2 Before you practice serious spiritual warfare you should examine yourself
and make sure you are not deceiving yourself by living with or in any of the works of
the flesh or sin. We have a special 15 page report entitled: the Rapture ForeWarning
Advisory, available at http://www.thejosephplan.org.
RULE #3 Are you saved? Only you can know for sure. If you are a truly saved, born
again, Holy Spirit filled Christian you already have the spiritual authority to precede
with this teaching. If you are not sure you are saved, please stop right here and get
the job done. This is a serious activity that should not be delved into alone by an
unsaved or immature Christian. Yes, there are differences.
Living under the Authority of Jesus Christ requires one to believe that the Spirit
within them (the Holy Spirit) is truly more powerful and does indeed give you a new
strength that you didn’t have before.
Under the authority of Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit, the
spirit of fear must leave you, if you command it to. Period! No discussion or
arguments.
Chapter 10 How and Why to Plead the Blood of
Jesus Prayer
Here’s How and Why to plead and pray “The Blood of Jesus Prayer”.
The most powerful prayer of protection available to a born again Christian! Used by
millions.
I recommend that all born again Christians learn how to use the following prayer.
But this isn’t something you just jump into and do. Please take the time to study this
entire presentation before using it.
First – it may not accomplish very much unless it is said by a true believer. A born
again Christian! In fact it could literally back fire. You should be a saved, born again,
filled with the Holy Spirit Christian to use this prayer properly. With the assurance of
salvation comes the justification and authority to use this prayer and the power to
direct it.
Second – In order for this prayer to be effective, the believer should be in a position
of surrender or submission to God and His ways. It is called positional authority. The
believer’s heart should be in a state of repentance and a thorough examination of
oneself should have been done before you attempt to use it.
‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts. (Zechariah
4:6)
Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive POWER when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and
you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
end of the earth.”
1 Thessalonians 1:5 “For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in
POWER, and in the Holy Spirit …”
1 Corinthians 4:20 “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in POWER.”
Romans 15:19 “ ..in mighty signs and wonders, by the POWER of the Spirit of God ”
The Holy Spirit and “Signs and Wonders”! That is what the early apostles walked
with. These verses are specifically telling us that all of the signs and wonders that
were done by the early apostles were done by the power of the Holy Spirit. And if
we have the same Holy Spirit in us that the early apostles did, then we too are
capable of having God manifest His power to us through the Holy Spirit like He did
with them.
God is no respecter of persons. That means that what He does for one person, He
will do for you also.
Acts 4:33 “And with GREAT POWER the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of
the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.”
Philippians 4:13 “I CAN DO ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me.”
Did you catch the word “all”? That means that there is nothing that God cannot do
through you or for you. If you ask Him and if it is His will to do so.
And that is a promise!
A Spiritual Warfare and “Power of the Blood” story by Thomas.
I have personally witnessed the effectiveness of “The Blood of Jesus Prayer” many
times, talked to dozens who regularly use it and corresponded with hundreds of
people about it.
The following story is one of many I could tell. It is a very interesting example of the
utter power contained in this prayer. Yes, Jesus can and will, when called upon.
In 2005 I was full time in the ministry and living in a mobile home. I had taken in a
homeless fellow for a few weeks. One night I was at my desk writing, with my back
to the sliding glass door that went out to a patio. This fellow was walking through
the study where I was working. As he walked up, he came to an abrupt halt and I
looked up at him. He was frozen and just standing there with his mouth hanging
open. Eyes wide open, pointing at the door behind me.
I swiveled my desk chair around to take a look and to my surprise I was looking right
at a young man on the patio, standing up against the sliding screen door with his
right arm raised to the side. Frozen! In his raised hand he was holding a carving
knife. He was standing in an attack mode.
I’m sure my jaw dropped as I got my cane to fend him off. But for a time he didn’t
move. He was honestly frozen. Then, two-three seconds later, he shook his head
and his eyes opened wide, looking spooked. He stared right at me, dropped the
knife and just turned and ran. The fellow that was staying with me was in shock and
awestruck.
How could this event have happened? Why did this poor fellow get stopped in his
tracks right in my doorway and frozen like a statue?
I knew instantly why. When the roommate came to his senses he looked at me and
asked how I could be so calm and stand there and smile when some guy just had a
knife pulled on me. It was easy. Jesus had just done for me what I could not ever
have done for myself. You see, an hour before this crazy incident I had plead “The
Blood of Jesus” over my little home and myself, my roommate and my dog, just one
hour before the outsider showed up.
I sure wish I had a picture of that scene of my roommate, my dog and me, trying to
get our minds around what had happened. But it was real. Real, real!
The power of God to protect and defend us had just been demonstrated in a way
that could not be denied. Thank-you Jesus! God had given me strength and peace
and taken away all fear.
The “Blood of Jesus Prayer” is real. This prayer works. This prayer is powerful.
The big lesson is that when covered by the Blood, YOU NEED NOT FEAR.
This has been my explanation of the “Blood of Jesus Prayer”. It is one of the most
powerful prayers one can say. Somehow there is a relationship between the
believer’s spiritual strength and the effectiveness of this prayer. Having said that,
let us keep our focus on God. The Holy Spirit within any born again believer has
dominion over the entire spirit world, period. When commanded by a believer, an
evil spirit MUST obey. The more spirit filled the believer, the more attention one
seems to get from the enemy and the more powerful the prayer becomes. Does that
make sense?
Believe! Praying the “Blood of Jesus” prayer on yourself and loved ones is your most
powerful form of self-defense.
Chapter 11 Pleading the Blood of Jesus! A Warfare
Prayer of Protection
Under the authority of Jesus Christ and through
the power of the Holy Spirit we lift our hearts
onto the Lord and pronounce through the Spirit
the following prayer for protection.
This prayer may be pled as many times during
the day as you feel necessary.
In this prayer the Spirit within you is taking
charge over all. Your spirit, the Holy Spirit of
God, through your lips, is commanding them.
“Heavenly Father,
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I have full faith and belief that the Blood of Jesus
will protect and defend me (or....) against Satan and all his evil spirits or demons
and all people, places or things that they are using. I declare that, all spirits,
whether familiar or unfamiliar, have no power in your presence!
In the name of and under the authority of Jesus Christ, Yeshua, I plead the Blood of
Jesus on ........ (fill in the blank)…. I Plead the Blood of Jesus against ……………. Or
for..............
Example- “I Plead the Blood of Jesus on (my husband or wife) and the car they are
driving for safe travel. I plead the Blood of Jesus on all other cars, trucks and all the
people that are encountered on their trip for good driving and no accidents or
violence.
Thank you Father. For it is not by my power, but the power of “The Blood” and the
Holy Ghost!
Thank you Jesus, for the gift of the shedding of your Blood. Thank-you Yeshua!
Zechariah 4:6 ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of
hosts.
I personally think that the above prayer should be in the tool box of every born
again Christians. So many of us are getting hurt and abused in life because of the
lack of teaching and prayer. God is telling us that things get accomplished not by
our power or by our might, but by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive POWER when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth.”
1 Thessalonians 1:5 “For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in
POWER, and in the Holy Spirit …”
1 Corinthians 4:20 “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in POWER.”
Romans 15:19 “ ..in mighty signs and wonders, by the POWER of the Spirit of God
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The Holy Spirit and “the Signs and Wonders” of Jesus! That is what the early
apostles walked with. These verses are specifically telling us that all of the signs
and wonders that were done by the early apostles were done by the power of the
Holy Spirit. And if we have the same Holy Spirit in us that the early apostles did,
then we too are capable of having God manifest His power to us through the Holy
Spirit like He did with them.
God is no respecter of persons. That means that what He does for one person, He
will do for you also.
“And with GREAT POWER the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.” (Acts 4:33)
Philippians 4:13 “I CAN DO ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me.”
Catch the word “all”? That means that there is nothing that God cannot do through
you or for you. If you ask Him and it is His will to do so.
And that is a promise!
The Scriptural Grounds for Pleading the Blood of Jesus
The bible has a large amount to say about the power of the Blood of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Many Christian churches and their pastors ignore this fact however. This is probably
due to the fact that direct instructions are not given to us in the bible on how to use
it. It is a body of knowledge that has been revealed over many centuries, however
and today is a firm foundational teaching in many Christian churches.
There are numerous verses and lessons in the bible that teach us about the power
of the Blood. What it means and what it can accomplish when understood and used
by a true believer.
Christians recognize that the Blood was shed for our forgiveness. Solid bible
believing churches teach that. Without the shedding of the Blood there would be no
grace or forgiveness. Being covered by the Blood is our most powerful form of
protection.
1 John 1:7 The Blood of Jesus cleanses you from all sin and guilt.
Matthew 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins.
Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who were once afar off are made near
by the blood of Christ.
It is only because of the power of the Blood that we can be forgiven, redeemed and
receive eternal salvation.
But the bible has a lot more to say.
The Bible tells us that Jesus also defeated Satan and all of the powers of darkness
when He served as the sacrifice for us, our sins and our souls. When Jesus was
crucified, shed His Blood and resurrected, He did it all. He had to shed His Blood. He
had to die for us. And through His resurrection He gave us the promise of the best
gift of all—Eternal Life!
Hebrews 2:14 Since then the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He also
Himself likewise partook of the same; that through death He might destroy him who
had the power of death (that is, the Devil),
Colossians 1:13 For He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has
translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son;
1 John 3:8 He who practices sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sins from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might undo the works of the
Devil.
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and
because of the word of their testimony......
Everything that happened on that day of our Lord’s crucifixion was real and carried
lessons for those in attendance and for us today. Jesus defeated the power of Satan
on that day. The shedding of His Blood defeated death for all born again believers
and it also defeated the dark powers and principalities of this world. The dark
powers then and now. What Jesus did was for all generations. We acknowledge that
power every time we take communion.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb
Who is him? It’s Satan, and all of his minions. Yes, all the demons and powers of sin
have and can be defeated by the power of the Blood. Jesus’ death was a physical
one and it was the most important act of spiritual sacrifice for all man-kind that God
provided for us.
Jesus’ death physically happened 2000 years ago and in doing so it fulfilled many
prophesies out of the Old Testament. The shedding of the Blood of the Lamb was the
most important act of protection for the Israelites. Likewise, the Blood serves as our
protection and source of power today. As the spirit of death passed over the Jews on
Passover, supernaturally, so do the powers of darkness get defeated by the power
of the Blood to this very moment.
The bible lessons are all there and when these bible truths are expressed properly
today, miracles again can and do happen.
Jesus did it all. But we are all human. He was both fully man and fully God. We still
have our sin nature to overcome. And only because of the Blood sacrifice of Jesus
can we be empowered to Overcome it all, especially our Fears.
The only missing link for many of us is to fully realize this incredible fact. We need
to get a hold of this incredible truth and not to be afraid to use it. We need to put
our fear and timidity aside and rise up. Rise up and start using all the available gifts
that the Lord has provided for us. Especially when the powers of darkness, the
demons and evil people, are taking aim at us and doing their best to destroy us and
our walk with the Lord.
The Word tells us that we have been given the power to dominate ALL darkness in
this world, praise God! The bible tells us many times that we can and will be
Overcomers of ALL, if we submit to the Lord’s teachings and His ways.
This bible verse teaches us an important truth.
Luke 9:1 And He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and
authority over all demons......
Notice in this verse, that Jesus gives the twelve apostles power over all demons, not
just some of them. That means that He has given us the power and authority to
defeat the enemy in All their manifestations. Whether, the demonic is working
through other people, places or things. All means All and in God’s world there are no
exceptions.
If we have God’s power available to us to defeat all demons, then I believe that we
have God’s power to defeat any and all evil people who may try to come against us,
with any type of unjust or unrighteous action or attack. He has given us the
authority to conquer all evil that tries to come into our lives. We need not be
victims.
Because of The Blood, we have been given access to all of this spiritual power
anytime we are in need. God is always on duty and the Holy Spirit doesn’t sleep.
The power is always with us, where ever we are.
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro in all the whole earth to
show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him.
The power that God has given each born again believer, through the Blood, is
breathe taking to those new to this teaching. And for those who know God’s powers,
it remains one of the greatest blessings we have. The power that we have within us
to overcome the enemy is one of the least understood facets of our faith. The
problem with many Christians is they have not been taught the truth Then if taught,
many don’t believe. How sad.
If you are in one of those groups and are still full of questions or uncertainty, relax.
You don’t have to 100% believe or understand what is happening when you use this
prayer. Go ahead and test it. You won’t be testing God, you will be testing this
teaching.
If after Deliverance you are still having issues like sleepless nights or weird thoughts
or events in your home, the problem is most likely in the house not your mind.
SO, under the authority of Jesus Christ, I bind and loose all evil spirits, around or in
(name of people) minds, this room or in this home and I cast them out by the power
of the Holy Ghost of God. (We clean house)
Amen and thank-you Jesus.
God is our defender, our protector. He says
that He has provided us with everything we
will need to be Overcomers. An Overcomer
of ALL EVIL! It is His promise that we can
find peace and be free of Fear!
During these troubled times, we do not
have to live in fear.
We can choose God for the answers to all
our problems.
Brothers and Sisters, are you on your feet rejoicing? Hallelujah!!!
Jesus loves you so much.
May God Bless you and keep you and yours Safe!
Rev Thomas Holm
My disclaimer: I am not a doctor. I am a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There
is a difference.
“Seek God in all things. See your doctor for his opinion and medical care advice.
Listen to and follow the Holy Spirit for your decisions. Talk over your decisions with a
trusted friend before you take any action”.
If you are having any self-destructive thoughts towards yourself or anyone else,
please call a professional and talk with them or 911.
Reflections from the author
There are many reasons why I wrote “Break the Bondage of Fear”. The greatest of
which is that over the last fifteen years I have learned that it can be done.
Today I have a totally different understanding of fear than I did 20 or 30 years ago.
Up until the age of 45 or so I believed that fear was something that only the other
guy had, but not me. You see, I did everything on overdrive and by my own self will.
Over those beginning years I had a family and started two businesses, in addition to
spending a stint in my family’s business. During those years I authored a newspaper
column, had a monthly magazine feature writer position and wrote a couple of
instruction manuals.
One of those businesses rose to national stature and was quite instrumental in
establishing and enforcing the fire codes for the United States. We trained and
certified thousands of fire inspectors across the nation. Everyone looked to us for
answers and I couldn’t afford to have any fear. But fear I did have. I didn’t realize
that my self-confidence or “A” type personality was a cover up for the inner fear that
I was carrying, the fear of not achieving. In 1992 it all came crashing down. My life
came apart at the hinges. Over a two year period I got sick, real sick, had to resign
as president of my own company, fought alcoholism and my fiancée died in a car
accident. And I was broke and broken. Financially, spiritually and emotionally. I was
in the wilderness.
That is when I answered the call of the spirit and met Jesus for the very first time.
That was Oct 5th of 1993. I sobered up and cleaned up, but still had some time to
spend in the wilderness of life. I was not very healthy and it took until early 1996 to
start getting my feet on the ground. I mainly had part time jobs to pay the rent and
did a lot of research and bible studying.
It was under the short term guidance of Pastor Peterson that my eyes started to
open up. He was a renegade, denominational spirit filled pastor and he showed me
things that were so new to my way of thinking, that my life was set on a totally
different path.
Shortly after the Lord touched me He gave me a vision. In that first vision He simply
told me that He loved me and that everything was going to be alright. That took
quite a load off my back and instilled a new confidence that I had never felt before.
My second vision was in 1998. In that vision He said He had plans for me. It was
actually a very confusing set of instructions that took me three more years to fully
understand. . He told me not to fear, there was very fearful times coming soon. He
said that everything was going to be alright. He showed me scenes of the future
that were about these days we are now living in and said I would be doing what He
made me to do, ministering and communicating.
I asked Him how I was supposed to do that and what He said was---“Follow me”!
So I answered another call from the Lord. After much prayer and inner conflict
negotiations, I surrendered and went to ministerial school and Bible College for a
few years and earned my degree.
For the next six years I was basically a volunteer street minister and evangelist as
an associate, unpaid pastor for a large local church, primarily supported by
donations. Ministering to and helping the down trodden on the streets of Mesa,
Arizona and surrounding communities. I held bible studies in my home for all those
willing to hear and talk about the Word of the Lord. I served up the Word and
homemade chili for all who would come. Some were more willing to come eat free
chili, but they would come and that was ok. We had the chili after the bible study.. (I
make a pretty wicked batch.)
The common denominator of all of the men and women I met during those years
was that it was the fear that they were carrying, that was the root of what was
holding and beating them down. The common denominator for almost everyone I
worked with was that it was the fear in their life that was keeping them in bondage.
There was bondage in homelessness, addiction, crime and even mental illnesses.
Not all of course, but for many. Fear was and is the primary factor of that kind of
hidden life and being separated from the Lord.
Those may seem like extreme examples, but are they?
What really is the difference between us, if we are living lives trapped and thus in
our own personal prison? People with lives in Bondage because of Fear!
What I have learned above all else is if you worship the one true living God and
have asked for and received salvation, that is only available through Him, you now
have access to the most powerful medicine ever created.
And that is a promise from me, after a life time of achieving, stumbling and then
maturing In Him!
It is only by the grace of God that I am able to sit here today and write this love
story for you.
May God Bless you and keep you and yours safe.
Rev Thomas Holm
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Addendum A- List of Fears
Wikipedia defines all fears as phobias. The following reprint from Wikipedia will give
you a reference form identifying your fear. If your fear is not on this list, do not fear.
Just give it a name. Use the common names not the medical terminology.
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία )
occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational,
disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe
chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike
certain conditions (e.g. acidophobia), and in medicine to describe hypersensitivity
to a stimulus, usually sensory (e.g. photophobia). In common usage they also form
words that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject. The suffix is
antonymic to -phil-.
For more information on the psychiatric side, including how psychiatry groups
phobias such as agoraphobia, social phobia, or simple phobia, see phobia. The
following lists include words ending in -phobia, and include fears that have acquired
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Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
Achluophobia – fear of darkness
Acrophobia – fear of heights
Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder – fear of places
or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable. Fear of
open spaces or of being in public places. Fear of leaving a safe place
Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse
Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals
Agyrophobia – fear of crossing the road
Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife)
Ailurophobia – fear of cats
Algophobia – fear of pain
Amychophobia – fear of being scratched
Androphobia – fear of men
Anthophobia – fear of flowers
Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social
phobia
Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from Hydrophobia, a scientific property
that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic
name for rabies
Arachnophobia – fear of spiders
Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning
Atychiphobia – fear of failure
Autophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self
Automatonophobia – fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being
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Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying
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Chaetophobia – fear of hair
Chemophobia – fear of chemicals
Chiroptophobia – fear of bats
Chromophobia – fear of bright colors
Chronophobia – fear of time and time moving forward
Cibophobia, Sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa
Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in
Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns)
Cyberphobia – fear of or aversion to computers / Learning new technologies
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Decidophobia – fear of making decisions
Dentophobia, Odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
Disposophobia – fear of getting rid of or losing things – sometimes wrongly
defined as "compulsive hoarding"
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a
real or imaginary body defect
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Emetophobia – fear of vomiting
Ergasiophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning
Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
Erythrophobia – pathological blushing
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Friggatriskaidekaphobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia –
fear of Friday the 13th
Frigophobia – fear of becoming too cold
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Gamophobia – fear of marriage, commitment
Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at
Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges
Genophobia, Coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse
Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging
Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
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Gynophobia – fear of women
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Hadephobia (also stigiophobia and stygiophobia) – fear of Hell[3]
Halitophobia – fear of bad breath
Haphephobia – fear of being touched
Heliophobia – fear of sunlight
Hemophobia, Haemophobia – fear of blood
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666
Hoplophobia – fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political
term but the clinical phobia is also documented)
Hylophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood
Hypnophobia or somniphobia – fear of sleep
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Ipovlopsychophobia – fear of having one’s photograph taken
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Musophobia, Murophobia, Suriphobia - fear of mice and/or rats
Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt
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Necrophobia – fear of death and/or the dead
Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia,
Kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty
Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals
Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia – fear of darkness
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Obesophobia – fear of obesity
Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances
Ombrophobia – fear of rain
Omphalophobia – fear of bellybuttons
Ophthalmophobia – fear of being stared at
Ornithophobia – fear of birds
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia – fear of bad odours
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Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
Papaphobia – fear of the Pope
Pediophobia – fear of dolls (a branch of automatonophobia: fear of humanoid
figures)
Phagophobia – fear of swallowing
Pharmacophobia – fear of medications
Philophobia – fear of love
Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia or of fear
Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds
Pyrophobia – fear of fire
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Sesquipedalophobia – fear of long words[4]
Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at
Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations
Somniphobia – fear of sleep
Spectrophobia – fear of ghosts and phantoms
Stygiophobia – fear of Hell
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Taphophobia, Taphephobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a
grave while still alive
Technophobia – fear of technology (see also Luddite)
Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls
Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4
Thalassophobia – fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean
Thanatophobia – fear of dying
Thermophobia – fear of heat
Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy
Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13
Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – fear of needles or injections
Trypophobia – fear of holes[5]
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Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
Xylophobia, Hylophobia, Ylophobia – fear of trees, forests or wood
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Main articles: Animal phobia and Zoophobia
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Agrizoophobia – fear of wild animals
Ailurophobia – fear/dislike of cats
Apiphobia – fear/dislike of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek
melissa "bee")
Arachnophobia – fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids
Bovinophobia – fear/dislike of cattle
Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats
Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs
Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects
Equinophobia – fear/dislike of horses (also known as Hippophobia)
Herpetophobia – fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians
Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish
Mottephobia – fear/dislike of butterflies and/or moths
Murophobia – fear/dislike of mice and/or rats
Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes
Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds
Ranidaphobia – fear/dislike of frogs
Selachophobia – fear of sharks
Scoleciphobia – fear of worms
Zoophobia – fear of animals
Photophobia – hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light
Phonophobia – hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds
Osmophobia – hypersensitivity to smells causing ave
About the Author- Rev/Pastor Thomas Holm
Thomas Holm is the minister/pastor of The Joseph Plan and author of “Break the
Bondage of Fear” and “Biblical Spiritual Warfare Manual”. He is also the creator and
teacher of the “Spiritual Warfare Training” program available free on The Joseph
Plan. www.thejosephplan.org
Christian minister, pastor, author and researcher. Age 63.
Thomas and his wife Kate live in a small town in the eastern mountains of Arizona.
Thomas has served in Christian ministry since 1998 in Arizona. He served the Lord
first as a recovery, trauma and Care pastor and Christian pastoral consular. An “on
the street” minister and bible teacher. He was then moved by the Lord to
evangelism and an outreach ministry called Third Step, that was formed in 2003
and reached hundreds of thousands of the lost for Christ over the next eight years.
The Joseph Plan was called and formed in 2011 and continues today.
Since his first vision from the Lord, Thomas’ ministry has encompassed spiritual
warfare. The Lord put the right men in his path starting back in 1994. Through their
guidance he studied and learned. He learned one step at a time, from local and
internationally renowned spiritual warfare ministry teachers. Jim Miller of Mesa and
Jim Searcy of Cyprus were very instrumental in his learning’s. Pastor Henry Gruver
has been and continues to be a major influence.
Thomas believes that one of the biggest shortcomings of today’s Christian church
community is its lack of spiritual warfare teachings and that every Christian should
be taught it. Not just for the daily battles, but because of the days of the end that
we live. The demonic is rising and so should we to be Overcomers!
Thomas is available for guest teachings, pulpit replacement and appearances at
your church or conference by special arraignment. You may contact him at:
[email protected].
If you write to ask about possible scheduling please put “appearance” in the subject
line.
It is his prayer that everyone finds peace and whatever they need to help them rise
up and take dominion over the entire natural and demonic spiritual world through
this e-book. It is only through Jesus Christ that we can use the authority He provides
to lead a life that overcomes all.
Always remember, “In the presence of God, fear cannot exist”!
May God Bless and keep you and yours safe!
Rev Thomas Holm