Short entry from a book by Joyce Meyer;  "Words to Live By": 

"I heard a story about a woman who was afraid. This woman was a believer who had lived all her life in fear. She wouldn't drive because of fear. She wouldn't go out at night because of fear. Fear controlled her life.

"One day, she was talking to her friend, a fellow believer, and said, "i Just don't know what to do. I'm so afraid. Fear is stealing my life. I don't do this because of fear. I don't do that because of fear.' Her friend looked at her and said, 'Well, why don't you just do it afraid?'"

"God did not give us
a spirit of fear!
He gave us power,
love, and a calm
and sound mind."

~ 2 Timothy 1:7

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