Priceless Lessons from Dr. Price - When the Enemy Smiles: Fear Not

10/6/2025

You've heard countless messages about faith. You've memorized 2 Timothy 1:7. You know God hasn't given you a spirit of fear. But here's the question that keeps you up at night: Why does fear still win so many battles in your life?

The sermon "When The Enemy Smiles: Fear Not" doesn't just remind you what you already know—it exposes the enemy's strategy and hands you the weapons to fight back.

The Enemy's Most Effective Disguise

Here's what makes this message different: it reveals fear for what it truly is—a "pleasant mask that hides ruin" and a "lie wrapped in a smile."

Think about that. Fear doesn't always show up as terror or panic. Sometimes it arrives dressed as caution. As wisdom. As "being realistic." The enemy smiles, and we call it prudence. We shrink back, and we call it discernment.

This sermon pulls off the mask.

Four Ways This Message Transforms Your Spiritual Warfare

1. It Relocates the Battle

The message does something crucial: it moves fear from the category of "emotional struggle" to "satanically exploited weapon." This isn't about your weak faith or your anxious personality. This is spiritual warfare, and you've been fighting in the wrong arena.

When you understand that fear is not divinely sourced but strategically deployed, everything changes. You stop analyzing your feelings and start wielding your authority.

2. It Gives You an Offensive Strategy

Most fear-focused teaching tells you what not to do: don't be afraid, don't worry, don't doubt. This sermon flips the script entirely.

"Fan the flame" isn't defensive language—it's offensive. You're not just resisting fear; you're actively adding fuel to your faith. Join ministries. Stay connected to God's people. Build up what God has deposited in you. The message makes it clear: your purpose doesn't need permission, and your calling doesn't require consensus.

3. It Activates Your Testimony as a Weapon

Here's where seasoned believers find gold: the emphasis on testimony as ammunition. You've already seen God provide victory over sickness, loss, rejection, and poverty. Those aren't just nice memories—they're your arsenal.

The sermon teaches that recounting God's faithfulness isn't nostalgia; it's warfare. When you remember what God has already done, fear loses its foothold. You become the believer who is "never scared" because Christ's power is already proven in your life.

4. It Expands Your Impact Beyond Your Lifetime

The generational perspective woven throughout this message—the legacy from Lois to Eunice to Timothy—challenges you to see beyond your immediate battle. You're not just fighting fear for yourself. You're modeling fearless faith for those watching you.

Every time you "put wood on the fire of faith" in your own life, you're teaching the next generation how to combat fear's creep. Your victory today becomes their inheritance tomorrow.

The Bottom Line

This sermon doesn't offer you comfort—it offers you a call to arms.

God has already called you mighty. The question is: will you let anyone make you feel small?

You have power, love, and self-control. Not as aspirational qualities you hope to develop someday, but as present-tense gifts already deposited in your spirit. The only question left is whether you'll fan that flame or let the enemy's smile suffocate it.

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If this resonates with where you are in your spiritual journey, share it with someone who needs to remember: the enemy may smile, but our God has already won.

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