Deliverance From

Fear

by

Creflo A. Dollar Jr.

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are

from the King James Version of the Bible.

ISBN: 1-885072-02-3

Copyright © 1994

Creflo A. Dollar Jr.

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The Enemy of Your Faith

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Faith. It moves mountains, produces

miracles, transforms lives and changes eternal

destinies. It’s the substance of all things hoped

for. In fact, faith-filled words brought the

universe into existence.

There is no doubt about it. For the

believer, faith is an absolutely vital part of life

in God. Why? Because, without faith it is

impossible to please Him (Hebrews 11:6).

Furthermore, all things are possible to him

who believes (Mark 9:23)!

That’s why Satan will do anything in his

power to attack your faith. If he can neutralize

your faith, you’re powerless to please God or

change your circumstances.

To accomplish this, he has a number of

weapons in his arsenal, but none is more

deadly to your faith than fear. As far as your

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faith is concerned, fear is public enemy #1.

The Spirit of the Times

We’re living in an age of fear. Messages

of fear come at you from every side. The news

media sees to that. Every newscast and

newspaper offers you a smorgasbord of fears

from which to choose. Fear of new, incurable

diseases. Fear of economic collapse. Fear of

crime. Fear of being discriminated against.

The list is endless.

Perhaps that is why we see so few people

truly walking in faith in our society today.

Fear, the great enemy of faith, has flooded

men’s hearts and minds.

Child of God, only when you get fear out

of your life will you be able to operate in the

faith to which God has called you to walk.

You must declare war on fear!

I get furious with the devil when I see

what fear is doing in the lives of God’s

people. Fear is putting people in their graves

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before their time. It’s keeping people hooked

on drugs. It’s keeping people in bondage.

The good news is, you don’t have to live

that way. You can be free from fear. The

Bible-based truths you’ll discover in the

following pages will show you how. Get

ready to get the fear out!

Identifying the Enemy

Fear is the mortal enemy of your faith.

And to defeat an enemy, you must first learn

to recognize him.

Fear, simply defined, is a dread or feeling

of anxiety. I know firsthand how deadly this

enemy can be. There was a time in the early

days of my ministry when I almost let anxiety

kill me.

Shortly after beginning the church I now

pastor, doubt and fear came rushing in,

wanting me to question my decision. “Did you

really hear God? What if you fail? What if

you make a fool out of yourself?” All the

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whispering voices of fear drove my blood

pressure to a dangerous point.

Praise God, the Lord showed me that fear,

the enemy of my faith, was operating

unchecked in my life and I was able to drive

him out.

Anxiety is not the only type of fear

believers face. Phobias, irrational fears, and

various kinds of terrors also plague many

believers. All fears come from the same

source. We find that source identified in

Romans 8:1, 2:

There is therefore now no

condemnation to them which are in Christ

Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but

after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit

of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free

from the law of sin and death.

We see two basic laws at work in the

world here. First, we see the law of the Spirit

of life in Christ Jesus. Secondly, we see the

law of sin and death. These are two basic

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spiritual laws that affect almost all activity in

the world today.

Now, a law is any fixed or established

principle. It’s something which can be

expected to function the same way every time.

For example, the “law” of gravity applies to

everyone. You can drop a rock from the top of

a building and expect to get the same result

every time.

The same thing is true for the two spiritual

systems mentioned in Romans 8. If you’re

living under the law of sin and death, there is

no avoiding receiving sin and death-oriented

results. Just like that falling rock, it works the

same way for everyone.

These two systems are what is known as

reciprocals of each other. In math, 2/3 is the

reciprocal of 3/2. Both are fractions, yet one is

the upside-down version of the other. South is

the reciprocal of North. They are the same, yet

opposites.

Likewise, the Law of Sin and Death is the

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upside-down opposite of the Law of Life in

Jesus.

For every spiritual force and substance in

the realm of Life, there is a reciprocal force or

substance in the realm of Death. In “Life”,

you’ll find the force of hope. In “Death,”

you’ll find its reciprocal—despair. Under the

first, you’ll find agape love—the kind of love

that gives unselfishly. Under the law of death,

you’ll find agape’s reciprocal—total

selfishness.

Faith’s Reciprocal

There are many forces in the realm of the

law of life in Christ Jesus. One of the most

powerful of them is the force of faith. Faith

moves mountains, work wonders and

conquers every obstacle. Over and over, Jesus

told people who had received healing miracles

that it was their faith that made them well.

Does faith have a reciprocal under the law

of sin and death? Yes. As you may have

guessed, it is called fear. In fact, fear always

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rushes in to fill the void when faith is not

present. We get a clear picture of this very

thing happening in Matthew chapter 8. It is

the familiar story of Jesus, asleep in the boat,

as the disciples are weathering a storm.

And his disciples came to him, and

awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we

perish. And he saith unto them, Why are

ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he

arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea;

and there was a great calm. (Matthew

8:25, 26)

Do you see the connection Jesus makes

here? “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little

faith?” He attributed their fearfulness to a

lack of faith. Mark and Luke relate the same

story from slightly different angles.

And he said unto them, Why are ye so

fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

(Mark 4:40)

And he said unto them, Where is your

faith? And they being afraid wondered,

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saying one to another, What manner of

man is this! for he commandeth even the

winds and water, and they obey him.

(Luke 8:25)

In all three instances, we see Jesus

declaring the reciprocal relationship between

fear and faith. If you have faith, you won’t

have fear. If you have fear, it is because you

don’t have faith. Jesus could not have stated it

any more plainly. Where faith is, fear isn't.

It is crucial that you understand one thing.

Fear gives place to the devil. It allows him to

operate freely. This was what was taking

place with the disciples in that leaky, storm-

tossed boat. Their fear in the beginning stages

of the storm gave Satan room to really start

causing problems. Fear allowed the storm to

get to a point where it might have destroyed

them.

That’s why Jesus exclaimed when He

woke up, “Where is your faith?!” In essence

he was saying, “Why is this happening? Why

is there water in this boat?! Why have you

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allowed your fear to generate this

circumstance rather than taking authority over

it by faith?”

I remember hearing the story of a rock

star in the late fifties who was terrified of

flying. He was convinced that the day he went

up in an airplane it would crash. Finally his

manager convinced him to fly in a small plane

to an important concert date.

You guessed it... it crashed, killing

everyone aboard. His fear opened the door to

the very thing he dreaded.

There is no way for Satan to operate

destructively in your life unless you give place

to him. How do you give place to the devil?

By giving attention to his words and thereby

beginning to operate in fear.

When you get a bad report from the

doctor saying you only have three months to

live, the enemy is going to be in your face

immediately saying, “It’s true! It’s true!

You’ve had it!” But you know the Word of

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God says “by His stripes you were healed" (I

Peter 2:24) and “With long life will I satisfy

him.” (Psalm 91:16)

If you give attention to the devil’s words

and the doctor’s report rather than the Word

of God, fear will immediately begin to wrap

its icy fingers around your heart. Unchecked

and unreversed, fear will open the door to the

devil to come and kill, steal and destroy and

all the praying and wailing in the world won’t

make a bit of difference. Why? Because your

fear has given place to the devil to do his

destructive work.

Fear cometh by hearing, and hearing by

words. It may be the devil’s words, whispered

into you mind. It may be the words on the

television newscast declaring the economy is

going down the tubes or that it’s not safe to

drive the streets at night. It may be the words

of well-meaning family members, friends or

co-workers bringing a message of doubt and

fear.

Guard your gates. Your eyes and ears are

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gateways to your mind and spirit. If you allow

CNN’s constant stream of disaster, calamity

and tragedy to enter those gates day in and

day out, it won’t be long before you’re afraid

to leave your house, much less do the things

God has called you to do.

No matter where it comes from, if it

doesn’t line up with God’s Word, it’s an open

invitation to the destructive spirit of fear if

you pay attention to it. Without fear it is

impossible to please the devil. So walk in

faith, not in fear. Glory to God!

Jesus Paid It All

The good news of the gospel is: Jesus has

paid the price to redeem you from the control

of the law of sin and death.

Forasmuch then as the children are

partakers of flesh and blood, he also

himself likewise took part of the same;

that through death he might destroy him

that had the power of death, that is, the

devil; And deliver them who through fear

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of death were all their lifetime subject to

bondage. (Hebrews 2:14, 15)

This passage of scripture tells us that the

price Jesus paid on the cross was two-fold.

He came not only to destroy the works of

the devil, but also to deliver us from the fear

and the bondage those works bring. The “fear

of death” mentioned is the direct result of

living under the law of sin and death. The

word “destroy” is translated from a Greek

word meaning, “to paralyze.” We see,

therefore, Jesus came for two reasons. (1) To

paralyze Satan who has the power of death,

and (2) To deliver us, who through fear of

death, were held in bondage.

According to this passage, fear produces

bondage. Examine your own life. Are there

any bondages holding you back? If there are,

there is fear at the root of that bondage.

Some people are in bondage to cigarettes

because they fear gaining weight if they quit.

Others are in bondage to drugs because

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they fear facing life while straight.

When you want to kill weeds in your

yard, you don’t cut it off at ground level. You

pull it out by the roots. That’s just what Jesus

does where bondages are concerned. There are

many, many types of bondages but Jesus died

to break the power of everyone of them. And

He does it by attacking them at the root—fear.

Some people mistakenly believe they

were born with certain bondages in their lives.

They think their problem started on the inside

and worked its way out. Actually, the opposite

is true. Bondage always works from the

outside-in. This is the message of Romans

8:15:

For ye have not received the spirit of

bondage again to fear; but ye have

received the Spirit of adoption, whereby

we cry, Abba, Father.

Notice what the Holy Ghost said here.

“You have not received the spirit of

bondage...” Spiritual bondages are not

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produced within the reborn spirit of a man. If

they are present, it is because they have been

“received.” This truth is confirmed by II

Timothy 1:7:

For God hath not given us the spirit

of fear; but of power, and of love, and of

a sound mind.

A spirit of fear has to be given to you and

the Word says God hasn’t given you one.

Rather, He has given you a spirit of power,

love and a sound mind. If you have a spirit of

fear operating in your life, it’s because you’ve

received one from the enemy of your faith.

Ordinarily, if Satan wants to plant a spirit

of fear in your life, he’ll do it by directing

your attention to external circumstances. This

is precisely what happened to the disciples in

the 14th chapter of Matthew:

And in the fourth watch of the night

Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

And when the disciples saw him walking

on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It

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is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But

straightway Jesus spake unto them,

saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not

afraid. And Peter answered him and said,

Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee

on the water. And he said, Come. And

when Peter was come down out of the

ship, he walked on the water, to go to

Jesus. (Matthew 14:25-29)

When the disciples saw Jesus walking on

the water, they “cried out in fear.” External

circumstances—things they could perceive

with their five senses—planted fear into them.

If you are going to conquer fear, it’s vital

that you understand one thing—Satan operates

and uses things in the natural realm. He uses

the material world around you. The things of

God on the other hand, are perceived

spiritually (I Corinthians 2:14).

The devil’s tactic is to convince you that

the things you can see and hear around you

are more real than the truth of God’s Word.

When you start depending on what you can

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see rather than what God has said, you are

wide open for deception. There is no place for

faith in that kind of life. Why? Because “we

walk by faith, not by sight.” (II Corinthians

5:7)

Don’t be moved by the things you can

see. Be moved by the unseen:

While we look not at the things which

are seen, but at the things which are not

seen: for the things which are seen are

temporal [subject to change]; but the

things which are not seen are eternal. (II

Corinthians 4:18)

When Peter first stepped out of that boat,

his focus was totally on Jesus and the word He

had spoken— “Come!” As long as Peter kept

that focus, he was able to operate in the realm

of the miraculous. But look what happened

when he turned his eyes toward the

circumstances around him:

But when he saw the wind boisterous,

he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he

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cried, saying, Lord, save me. And

immediately Jesus stretched forth his

hand, and caught him, and said unto him,

O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou

doubt? (Matthew 14:30, 31)

Peter let the negative circumstances which

entered through the “gate” of his eyes produce

fear in his heart. “But when he saw the wind

—he was afraid.”

Most of us do the same thing all the time.

You’ll start looking at the fact that your bank

account is empty rather than the fact that the

Word says “all your needs are met according

to God’s riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

(Philippians 4:19) The result? Fear.

You’ll look at the fact that the doctor says

you have a serious problem rather than the

fact that the Word says, “By His stripes ye

were healed.” (I Peter 2:24) When you do,

fear grips you and you start to sink.

The good news is, you don’t have to let

fear into your heart. You don’t have to let the

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devil in. You can miraculously walk on top of

your circumstances the way Peter walked on

water!

But even if you do find yourself sinking,

take comfort in knowing that Jesus is only a

cry for help away. Do what Peter did. Yell,

“Lord, save me!” Praise God, Jesus is faithful

to answer.

Freedom from Oppression

You don’t have to live in fear! Absolute

peace and security are your birthright as a

child of God. One of the many verses which

says so is Isaiah 54:14, 15:

In righteousness shalt thou be

established: thou shalt be far from

oppression: for thou shalt not fear: and

from terror; for it shall not come near

thee. Behold, they shall surely gather

together, but not by me: whosoever shall

gather together against thee shall fall for

thy sake.

Fear and oppression are related. When

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you have fear operating in your life, it’s

oppressive. But when you live under the law

of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, you are

established in righteousness and therefore free

from oppressive fear.

Notice what else this verse tells us. When

terror, fear and oppression gather, God says it

is “not by Me.” In other words, if terrifying

circumstances surround you, don’t think for a

minute that God has sent them to you.

Contrary to popular religious opinion,

God isn’t the one who sends sickness, tragedy

and disaster into your life. It is the thief

(Satan) that comes to steal, kill and destroy.

Jesus said he came that we might have

abundant life instead. (John 10:10)

I Am With Thee

Have you ever noticed in the Bible that

every time an angel appears to someone, the

first thing they say is “Fear not” ? Why is

that? It’s because they cannot accomplish

what God commissioned them to do in the

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presence of fear.

If you will drive fear from your life with

the Word of God, you will have defeated the

greatest enemy to your faith. And with faith,

nothing is impossible for you.

Begin now to fill your heart with the

promises in God’s Word concerning

protection, provision and healing. Scriptures

such as Isaiah 41:10:

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be

not dismayed; for I am thy God: 1 will

strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea,

I will uphold thee with the right hand of

my righteousness.

God has filled His Word with reasons to

“fear not.” Faith drives out fear and “Faith

cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word

of God.” (Romans 10:17)

When you take hold of the Word of God

rather than the word of the devil, faith rather

than fear fills your heart and mind. You can’t

have a mixture of faith and fear in your heart.

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When one is present, the other leaves. Either

you will walk in faith or you will operate in

fear.

Choose to walk in faith. If you will, you’ll

live in more power and peace than you ever

dreamed possible. Best of all, you’ll please

God because faith pleases Him like nothing

else you can offer.

Confession for Deliverance From Fear

In the name of Jesus, I make a decision to

walk by faith and not by fear. I understand

now that my Heavenly Father has not given

me the spirit of fear. He has given me power,

love and a sound mind instead.

He has given me His Word. He has given

me His will. He has given me His armor. He

has given me His name. He has given me His

Spirit. He has given me His mind.

In the name of Jesus, I now know that He

has not given me the spirit of bondage which

leads to fear. Since God has not given it to

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me, I will not receive it.

In the name of Jesus, I renounce

everything of fear, every spirit of fear, every

phobia, every inferiority and all insecurity. I

will not fear. I will not give place to the devil.

I walk in faith and I walk by the Word.

I will be strong in the Lord and in the

power of His might. I will fear not because

God is with me. Though I walk through the

valley of the shadow of death, I will fear not,

because God is with me. His rod and staff,

His Word and Spirit, His Name and armor—

they comfort me. I shall not fear what man

can do to me because greater is He that is in

me than any fear that is in the world.

I have made a quality decision. That

settles it. I’m walking in faith. I divorce fear

and in Jesus’ name I am free. Thank you

Lord.

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JR.

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* The Divine Order of Faith: How to Get from the

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* Exposing the Spirit of Competitive Jealousy

* The Force of Integrity

* Hearing from God and Walking in the Comfort of the

Holy Spirit

* Lasciviousness: The Results of Neglect

* Rightness vs. Righteousness

* Understanding God’s Purpose for the Anointing

* Attitudes

* The Sins of the Mouth

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* How to Experience a Deeper Life in Prayer

* God Wants You Healed

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* Understanding God’s Way to Financial Prosperity

* Covenant Love

* Healing Your Marriage with Love and Affection

* God’s Plan for the Christian Family

* The Covenant of Marriage

* What Do You Do with an Unsaved Spouse

* Spiritual Warfare

* Going Through the Furnace

NON-SERIES TAPES BY CREFLO

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* The Mind: The arena of Faith (Part 2)

* Unforgiveness: A Hindrance to Faith

* How to Turn your Faith Loose

* Making a Commitment to Do God’s Will

* A Revelation of Love

* Commitment to Serve

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Document Outline

- Deliverance From Fear

- 1 The Enemy of Your Faith

- The Spirit of the Times

- Identifying the Enemy

- Faith’s Reciprocal

- Jesus Paid It All

- Freedom from Oppression

- I Am With Thee

- Confession for Deliverance From Fear

Table of Contents

Deliverance From Fear

1 The Enemy of Your Faith

The Spirit of the Times

Identifying the Enemy

Faith’s Reciprocal

Jesus Paid It All

Freedom from Oppression

I Am With Thee

Confession for Deliverance From Fear