Advancing Encouragement By:
Bishop James Jr. Hairston

Proverbs: 29:25: The fear of man brings a snare: but whoso putts his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

The Lord did not give us the spirit of fear but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind’ 2 Timothy 1:7. Fear is a spirit that will entrap you and make you weak, helpless, timid, anxious that will bring you into quaking, trembling and dreadfulness of man and the situation you are in. Satan does not want you to overcome and conquer your fears that maybe of many kinds. Maybe you are afraid to let people see you for whom you really are as a person because you feel that they will not accept you. It is possible to feel weak, helpless and timid about yourself that your situation will keep you from accomplishing whatever it is that God has already planned for you to accomplish. When you feel that way about yourself turns into fears of many kinds and especially the fear of dealing with man with your situation. The fear of man is also the result of not being able to get help where you need it. When you go for help in your situation you become afraid and cannot get it because you do not want people to see you in your situation or problems in fear of rejection. We all are put here to help one another even if people are not willing to accept that responsibility. The Lord has put someone in your path to bless you today. Therefore, do not be afraid to go get your blessing of healing, restoration, forgiveness, prosperity, acceptance, assurance, love, affection, empowerment, or deliverance. All of these will not happen for you, if you are afraid to go get it from whatever or whomever source you are supposed to providentially get it from. Yes God can deliver you; He can bless you, restore you, forgive you, prosper you, accept you, assure you, love you, be affectionate towards you, and empower you. Yet, God uses people to affirm these essentials in your life so that you not only experience it spiritually but also physically in this natural sphere called life on earth. We all want to be assured, loved, respected, accepted and blessed by other people that are prayers have been answered when people are working on our behalf. God gives us favor over people to get what we want and what we need out of life that has been already ordained to happen from time and eternity. However, God cannot work through fear of how you feel about yourself that relinquish your faith to approach man or how you feel about man entirely maybe because of some erroneous thoughts you have about man that leads to fear in dealing with them. God said you will be safe when you put your trust in me. No man can keep from you the blessings He has in-store for you. If your blessings is healing you got it in Jesus name, if it is prosperity you got it in Jesus name, if it is forgiveness you got it in Jesus name even if they do not forgive you God did. Whatever it is that you stand in need of you got it in Jesus name because you are safe in Him. Yes, you are in His safety so believe it my friend, today is your day to accomplish what God has for you is for you in Jesus name…

James Jr. Hairston