Fear is selfish because it about protecting myself, my feelings, my stuff, rather than asking how I could heartily show love to God and others. Love reaches out to give and to meet the needs of another, but fear focuses on what I might lose, making me move away from the problem. Love causes me to work toward solutions even when I don’t really feel like doing that. Fear makes my world grow smaller and smaller as I seclude, hesitate, and self-protect. Love is so powerful it can cast out my fear when I allow God’s love to flow in me and through me!

— Sherry Allchin, Biblische Seelsorgerin und Autorin

Topics: Fear & Anxiety, Love

Occasions: Encouragement

Sherry Allchin

Sherry Allchin ist eine US-amerikanische biblische Seelsorgerin und Autorin aus dem evangelikalen Spektrum, die über mehrere Jahrzehnte hinweg Beratungs- und Ausbildungsdienste in den USA mitaufbaute. Sie vertritt den Ansatz der biblischen Seelsorge, der die Heilige Schrift als hinreichende Grundlage für die Bewältigung von Lebenskrisen, Eheproblemen und seelischen Belastungen versteht. Für Bibelleser bietet ihr Werk praktische Anleitungen zur Anwendung biblischer Texte auf persönliche Konflikte, Trauer und zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen.

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