{"id":201,"date":"2026-04-05T17:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=201"},"modified":"2026-04-05T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:18:13","slug":"april-5-2026-530-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"April 5, 2026, 5:30 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

God:<\/em> I want to explain what \u201ca spirit of fear\u201d entails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Paranoia<\/strong>. What will happen? Who will get you? I don\u2019t give you a spirit of paranoia<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Leaps<\/strong>. \u201cLeap of faith\u201d sounds like a good thing. Not if you aren\u2019t leaping with me<\/em>. Many \u201cleaps of faith\u201d can be \u201cleaps of fear<\/em>\u201d when they are made without consulting me<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Withholding<\/strong>. When you are withholding to be responsible, but I have commanded you to give<\/strong><\/em>, you are acting in fear. A sound mind has no problem considering me in the midst of trouble. This is the opposite cousin to \u201cLeaps\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Leaps and Withholding can be the right action<\/em>\u2014if I direct<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Faith requires my direction. Otherwise, you may be acting in fear<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fear is rarely middle-of-the-road. It\u2019s almost always #1 combined with either #2 or #3, or both in different areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tell me: which do you hit the most?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> Paranoia. I see a lot of Leaps<\/em> but it\u2019s often after Withholding<\/em>. At some point, I willfully do a job that you direct me to do poorly<\/em>, hoping it will fail but I can claim \u201cI was obedient!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> Hmm. What is the cure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> A sound mind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> (shakes his head) That\u2019s like the saying the cure for a headache is \u201cnot a headache\u201d. Yes\u2014how do you get that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> Well, \u201cGod has not given us a spirit of fear\u201d. It\u2019s about what you\u2019ve given us<\/em>. And that\u2019s talking about the Holy Spirit. I already have the Holy Spirit<\/em>. So\u2026 it seems kinda weird, actually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> (nods) So how do you access something you already have?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> Well\u2026 I\u2019m not sure. If I already have it<\/em>\u2026 and it\u2019s not working<\/em>\u2026 I want to say it doesn\u2019t actually work<\/em>. But that would be heretical, so I\u2019d rather stop talking now\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> Joshua, we are talking through a problem. You often weed out bad conclusions to come to good ones; mentioning the bad conclusions isn\u2019t sin, it\u2019s study<\/em>. Let\u2019s talk through this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You already have the Holy Spirit. This is an indisputable fact. And the verse is not \u201cGod will not\u201d, but \u201cGod has not\u201d. It is reasonable for you to assume access is already available<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So you have access. \u201cPower, love and a sound mind\u201d. That is the key<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you only had a spirit of a sound mind, you wouldn\u2019t have reason for peace\u2014you wouldn\u2019t have the power<\/em>. If you only had the power, you wouldn\u2019t know how to use it<\/em>. And if you lack love, you lack the drive to use both<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My love is to you. My power is to you. My sound mind is to you. And also in you<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Knowing who I am, knowing I am an overcomer<\/em>, means you can have a sound mind. A sound mind isn\u2019t in a vacuum, but in understanding who I am<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> But when we give our problems to you\u2026 oh. I get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> Share your thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> I was going to say but when we give our problems to you, don\u2019t you give us the peace that surpasses understanding? But that\u2019s the key\u2014we make our prayer and supplications to you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> (nods) Joshua, you have a serious problem. I don\u2019t mean that in a shaming manner\u2014I mean that quite directly<\/em>. Not you are a problem<\/em>, but instead you have one<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s in this question: When can you make the switch to a sound mind?<\/strong> You tend to do the following: walk in obedience<\/em>, but being aware of anxiety, but being too afraid to stop lest you miss my timing and end up in disobedience<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In other words, you rarely feel you have the time to be obedient with courage<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It may sound good to \u201cpush ahead\u201d. But if you always have to, my sound mind isn\u2019t doing anything for you<\/strong><\/em>. You\u2019re missing out on my resource. When things are hard are when you need my sound mind MOST<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> \u2026Yeah, that sucks. I don\u2019t know what to do about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God: <\/em>(nods) Joshua. I\u2019ll tell you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> Yay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> Alright. You need to change the way you think<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Joshua:<\/em> \u2026Um. That sounds like the \u201cheadache cure is no-headache\u201d thing you said earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    God:<\/em> No. You need to change the way you think outside of the times of stress<\/strong><\/em>. That way, when times of stress come, you have the natural habits in place to CONTINUE walking in my sound mind<\/strong><\/em>. In other words, practice walking in my sound mind when there are no true stakes<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Feel some anxiety rising deciding what to eat for dinner? Ask me to show you how to walk in a sound mind<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Not sure what to wear for the day? Ask me to show you how to walk in a sound mind<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Not sure if you should get up to use the restroom or wait until another moment during an event? Ask me to show you how to walk in a sound mind<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One of the things you do\u2014which seems good, but isn\u2019t the training you need\u2014is to ask for direction<\/em>. That\u2019s not bad. But it\u2019s incomplete<\/em>. I\u2019ve told you in the past that as you grow, I would give you less direction on menial things. For a while, you were completely incapable of handling them<\/em>. That\u2019s not true now. But [many] years ago, it was<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I train. It\u2019s hard to receive training during the big stuff<\/strong><\/em>. So invite me into teaching you how to walk in a sound mind<\/em>, even when the stakes are no concern<\/em>. The examples I gave to you are because you see it as an acceptable level of anxiety<\/em>. You think<\/em> it is \u201cacceptable\u201d, as if I am pleased with your undertone of anxiety<\/em>. I want you to be free<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    An undertone of anxiety makes complex tasks too hard<\/em>. Which is why you have a hard time tackling long-term hard tasks<\/em>. Start practicing \u201ca sound mind\u201d with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The basic truth is: you deny your anxiety until it reaches a fever pitch<\/em>. \u201cBe anxious for nothing<\/em>\u201d. It is easier to practice on the little, and then you\u2019ll more easily handle the big<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You are quickly going to realize you are anxious almost all the time<\/em>. I\u2019m not scared of it. Believe me\u2014I\u2019ve worked with very anxious people<\/em>. As I work with you in the little, you\u2019ll have a sound mind in practice, through walking in step with me, <\/strong><\/em>for the big.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    God: I want to explain what \u201ca spirit of fear\u201d entails: Leaps and Withholding can be the right action\u2014if I direct. Faith requires my direction. Otherwise, you may be acting in fear. Fear is rarely middle-of-the-road. It\u2019s almost always #1 combined with either #2 or #3, or both in different areas. Tell me: which do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}