Good morning. It is beautiful in the Smokey Mountains! I'm sure you're having a great time. It's always good to hear that what I send is meaningful. I'm sure you'll have a great memorial day. We are in chapter 4 of first John. We're going to start with verse 18, and then refer back to verse four. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. When we are walking in God's love, there is nothing to fear. First of all, we have nothing to fear from God. Because if we are walking in love, we are walking in God's will. Even if we disobey God, there's still nothing to fear. He doesn't try to make us fear Him. That's the way the devil operates, not God. If we do fear punishment from God we are not perfected in His love. We don't walk in fear of making a mistake. If we do realize we made a mistake, we simply turn around (that's the basic definition of repentance) and go back toward that voice behind us saying this is the way walk ye in it. Also from verse four - we don't have to fear anyone or anything. The people and the things in the world are nothing compared to the One who is living inside us. We have overcome them because Jesus, who is in us, is greater than anyone or anything that's in the world. Father help the reader to walk in Your perfect love; fearing no one nor anything.

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