The Entry Way To Your Spirit
FOUNDATION STATEMENT: Fear goes into operation
like this: The enemy speaks words in the form of a thought suggestion, a person
gives their mind & attention to it, and through their mind it is fed into their
spirit and with fear in a person’s spirit they’ll act in fear and deactivate
the anointing
I.
The fourth thing you must
understand about the operation of fear is that fear gets fed into the spirit of
a person who GIVES THEIR MIND/ATTENTION to the Satan’s words
A. Romans 10:17-Hearing-The sense of
hearing, the thing heard, instruction, namely oral, to attend to and to
consider what has been said (1 Samuel 17:11)
B. God can speak and
you can hear what was said and faith not be fed into your spirit; Satan
can speak and you can hear what was said and fear not be
fed into your spirit
1.
Faith
is fed into your spirit when God speaks and you hear it then you give your
attention to it, consider it, give your mind to it & keep your mind on it
2.
Fear
is fed into your spirit when Satan speaks and you hear it, give your attention
to it, consider it and give your mind to it and keep your mind on it
3.
Neither
Satan nor God can feed fear or faith into your spirit by speaking at their own
will
a.
For
fear or faith to be fed into your spirit it requires your mind and attention be
given to the thing that’s been said
C. Your mind/attention is
the gateway to your spirit (Proverbs 4:20-22)
1.
Attend-Pay
attention, be attentive, incline your hear
a.
You
attend 2 words by giving your eyes & hears 2 them; that will put those
words in your heart
2.
The
words of the enemy can’t produce fear, until you give your attention to them,
opening the gate for them to enter our spirit
a.
Satan’s
words can’t produce fear in the heart of a person who gives no attention to
them
b.
Fear
has to enter your heart/spirit before you’ll act in fear
D. Satan speaks words in the
form of a thought hoping that you’ll attend to them
1.
You
might not hear his audible voice, but when that thought came that was him
speaking and if you give your attention to it fear will be fed in
II.
The fifth thing you must
understand about the operation of fear is that fear gets fed into the spirit
through the mind; if fear doesn’t reign in your mind it can’t rule in your
spirit and get you to act in fear
A. Fear has to
conquer the mind before it can be fed into your spirit & rule in life
1.
Fear
operates in your spirit/life when it is conquering and dominating your mind
B. Fear operates
through and as a result of an unsound mind (2 Timothy 1:7)
1.
For
fear to operate in a person’s life they must first think unsoundly
a.
Fear
operates in the spirit as the result of somebody thinking unsoundly;
b.
When
you give your attention to and considered what Satan has said you think unsoundly
and open the gate to your spirit
2.
If
a person refuses to think unsoundly, they’ll stop the operation of fear
a.
EX:
If a person meditates on the problem and and thinks
it’s not going to work out, they are thinking unsoundly and the result will be
a spirit full of fear
C. To overcome fear
we must win the battle of the mind
1.
You
can’t keep Satan from speaking words in the form of thought-suggestion; the
difference in weather or not fear is fed into ur
spirit is going to be if u give ur mind/attention 2
what he has said
a.
Satan’s
words of fear will be spoken and you can’t stop that, but when those words are
spoken you can stop fear from operating in your life by winning the battle in
your mind and not giving your attention to those words
2.
Do
what most believers do to God?
Spend no time with His Words
a.
CUT
OFF THE SOURCE-If Satan’s words r the seeds that produce fear, pay no attention
2 them
b.
People
who spend little to-no-time in the Word don’t have a problem not living by
faith; not living by faith is easy for them b/c they spend no time w/ the words
that produce faith
c.
People
who spend no time with Satan’s words won’t have a problem with fear
3.
Anytime
we talk about overcoming fear we have to address the issue of what words are
your giving your mind to
III.
Example of giving your
attention to the wrong words and fear being the result
A. Genesis 3:1-6-Satan spoke
and she shut him down the first time; Satan spoke again and she considered what
he said and gave her attention to it and when she did fear was fed into her
spirit
B. Matthew 14:30-The wind
was boisterous; that’s Satan speaking through negative circumstances
1.
When
Peter turned his eyes and mind upon the wind fear was fed into his spirit
C. Give your attention to
God’s Words (Proverbs 4:20, Isaiah 7:1)
1.
1,2-Syria
failed in their attempt against God’s people so they allied with ten tribes
2.
2-They
were told---Words were spoken to produce fear
3.
2-They
were moved by what they heard-Acts of fear
a.
They’re
in fear because it was told to them that their enemies allied with armies and
they gave their attention to those words
4.
3,4-God
dealt with the fear by sending a word carrying agent
5.
4-1st
thing God addressed was their attention/mind & what they were giving it to
6.
9-AMP-You
get over into fear and you’re going to take one on the chin
a.
You
don’t have to take one on the chin if you’ll believe me
IV.
The operation of fear vs.
the operation of faith
A. 8-11-The words of Satan
are always released with one purpose and that is to feed fear into the hearts
of the hearers; Satan’s words are always fear-producing; God’s are always faith
producing
1.
8-10-Why
is he talking? To plant fear into the hearts of the hearers
a.
It’s
very interesting that he comes down here and the first thing the one who was
working for Satan did was speak Satan’s words
b.
It’s
no coincidence that he spoke first; Satan knows to defeat them they have to get
in fear
c.
Why
did he shout? Probably b/c he was
far away; but also b/c Satan’s like a roaring lion
2.
11-When
the enemy spoke, their response was incorrect
a.
They
not only heard what was said, they gave attention to it w/ great interest
1)
Why
were they interested in what he said? They valued it
b.
They
gave their attention to Satan’s words and the gate to their spirit was opened
and fear was poured them
B. 16,24-They were afraid
b/c they had spent 40 days & nights with the wrong words; They are
meditating the wrong words day and night; the gate was open to their spirit and
Satan pumped fear into them for 40 days and nights
1.
When
David comes down there, he hasn’t been spending his time listening that mess
the last 40 days and nights; What has he been doing?
a.
You
get a glimpse into what he’s been doing, by looking at the words he spoke
1)
He
called Goliath uncircumcised; he was not only conscious of the fact that Goliath
had no covenant; he was conscious of the fact that he had 1
2)
He
brings up the lion and the bear he slew
b.
David
has been out in the fields shepherding those sheep, fellowshipping with God,
meditating the Word, exercising his covenant rights
2.
Consequently,
when David gets he doesn’t have any fear, he’s full of faith
a.
You’re
not shocked about the men of Israel not having any faith; why would it shock
you that David doesn’t have any fear; He hasn’t sowed the seed that would
produce it; He removed himself from the source
3.
They
referred to him as the man that’s come up to defy us, a man of war from his
youth; but David referred to him as an uncircumcised Philistine and the reason
was because faith changes your perspective
C. 24-Look how extreme fear
will get
1.
Goliath
is in the valley, and their on a mountain; he comes out in the valley and talks
and they run; that’s extreme fear
a.
Fear
had been developed to this place because it was practiced
b.
Satan
comes and just talks and a lot believers run in fear
2.
Flip
it around: If you’ve been spending the last 40 days and nights in God’s word
and God talks you’d run in faith (Joshua 1:8, 6:20)
a.
Nothing’s
happened; not 1 brick of the wall had fell & they’re shouting like its
already down
D. 25-The enemy through the
men of Israel is trying to feed fear into David because he knows one has
stepped on the scene that isn’t afraid of him or the one he sent; and he knows
if somebody doesn’t stop this boy, we’re going to be defeated
1.
This
is the enemy working through men to spread the bad news and produce fear in
that man who’s about to whoop the enemies forces (Deut)
20:8-Fear spreads
2.
Satan
kept trying to get fear in David through words, but every time he tried David
always had an answer; David paid no attention to what the enemy was saying
a.
25-26-When
they tried to spread fear David wasn’t having it
b.
32,33-David
is full of faith and Satan through Saul is trying to get fear in him
c.
42-44-Goliath
tried to get him in fear
E. 25,26-Fear focuses on how
big the problem is; faith focuses on how great a triumph this will be
1.
26-David
didn’t respond with, “Now how big is he?” He said “Now
what’s the guy that kills him?”
2.
26-Why
did do he do that? He’s planning on winning; he’s full of faith
3.
26-Faith
despises the problem-“Who is this uncircumcised Philistine?”
F. This boy doesn’t any fear
and to the untrained high he looks nuts because fear operates with a unsound
mind that thinks it’s thinking soundly; when fear sees somebody thinking
soundly it thinks that’s unsound thinking
1.
45-47-Believers
have been so trained in fear, that we they see somebody acting like this they
think he’s not using wisdom