How can God help us get rid of fear?

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How can God help us get rid of fear? Last night we arrived at this hotel on the beach and I took my daughter out here to take a look. She would not get close to the edge because that is an 11 story drop. There was nothing I could do to help her calm down. So, as I was letting her go back inside, I looked over the edge had this horrible thought, what if she fell? And that sad and afraid all at one time. What do you do when that happens when that fear takes over? Or how about this? Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, 3:00 a.m. and just have this horrible bad feeling? You have no idea what it is but for some reason you're just very afraid. How can God help you get rid of fear in those moments? Well, there's this interesting passage in scripture where Jesus sends out 72 disciples to go and help people and after they complete this mission, this is what happens. The 72 returned with joy and said, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name." So, imagine that. 72 followers of Jesus went out into the world, faced demons whose goal is to instill fear to have people take their eyes off God and yet with Jesus, those things that everyone's afraid of submitted to the people in the name of Jesus. When I was a kid, I had this weird experience where after waking up in the middle of the night and having that terrifying fear, I went back to sleep and had this dream. I was in a home, it was extremely dark and I saw myself say Jesus and when I did this giant light shot out of my mouth. And when I woke back up and that fear was there cuz it's still the middle of the night, I just started saying Jesus, Jesus, Jesus and that fear started to go away. I mean, this has helped me personally but I've also had tons of Christian friends tell me they do the exact same thing and it just brings them peace. But how can saying the name of Jesus be so powerful? Well, we see why in Philippians 2. Talking about Jesus says, "And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father." When I had that fear last night of my daughter falling, in my head and out loud I said, "I cast you out name of Jesus, be gone." And it left my mind because that bad thought also has to bow to the name of Jesus. Wake up in the middle of the night, scary thoughts, I just say, "I cast you out in the name of Jesus, be gone." There's no magic to it. If we really believe that God is in charge of everything and conquered everything, do you think we'd be able to trust him to conquer our fears, too? I'm praying for you today in the name of Jesus. When you feel fear rise up, that it would be cast out in the name of Jesus. God bless you, friends.