Overcome your Fears
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. When we allow fear to overcome our lives, we begin to lose what we were destined for. The Bible says that God has not given us a spirit of fear. When things do not happen the way we desire, we allow the spirit of fear to take residence in our lives. Fear makes us lose what God wanted us to receive. Fear acts like a fog in front of us and many of us may give up before the race is over. There is this story about Florence Chadwick who was a competitive swimmer. However, on July 4, 1952, Chadwick attempted to become the first woman to swim 21 miles across the Catalina Channel, from Catalina Island to Palos Verde on the California coast. The weather that day was not auspicious-the ocean was ice cold, the fog was so thick that she could hardly see the support boats that followed her. However, after about 15 hours and 55 minutes, with only a half mile to go, she felt