Perfect Love cast out Fear! So why do we use fear in so many of our relationships?

Fresno Church of Love Podcast

Is fear the best or only tool you use to get people or your children to obey you? There is no Fear in LOVE. If you are trying to “Scare” your children into obedience, this may not be the best approach. I heard a mother talking to a father and they were talking about different ways they scare their kids into behaving. The faces they make at them or the little “ hey! Don’t you get into that I’m going to bust your ass” I heard another father the other day talking about his kids grades and how he spoke to his young boys broke my heart. He was basically calling them failures for receiving a “C”. It was Fear and shame he was speaking into them that caught my attention. Fear can be a very effective “Tool” to make someone weaker or under our authority do something. It never works with people you don’t have power over. Fear is also very limited in its distance, when your child is out of range for your evil glare at them, how will you impose fear upon them then? Or when they move out of the house or off to college? Perfect Love casts out Fear, for there is NO FEAR in LOVE. Love love love is what should guide our children’s hearts and minds to operate out of Love. Cherishing their ownselves and everyone’s hearts around them. Maybe we need a better “tool” than fear in our homes, or workplaces and our communities.... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/churchoflove/support