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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Johnny Dade and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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I was once asked what I thought the opposite of faith was
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I wonder how you'd answer that question. Some might say the opposite of faith is doubt, but I don't think so
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The opposite of faith isn't doubt, which is merely a symptom, but fear
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We live today in an age of profound anxiety. It's crippling, actually
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At the heart of this fear, because that's what it is, is a loss of confidence
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A lack of faith in who we are and in whose we are
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It's a crisis of identity and a crisis of belonging. And it a live issue in society right now particularly amongst younger generations But in the midst of this crisis the Bible speaks a word love God is love writes Saint John and perfect love casts out fear
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For Christians, it is within the love of God that we find our identity and our place of belonging
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not as temporal things that are fluid or up for grabs, but as firm foundations on which we can stand
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Fear erodes confidence in the truth and breeds insecurity. perfect love delights in the truth and is an anchor in the waves
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so I choose perfect love how about you
