FEAR False expectations appearing real

It was 2010 I was about to head out for Rwanda Africa on my second trip. I was going with out a parent this trip unlike the first one and my heart was filled with false expectations appearing real, what is known as FEAR. Satan was telling me I was no good, I would end up in the hospital, the plane was going to crash, but more then anything I was fearful of going half way across the world without a parent. (pretty normal feeling right) well I praise God today that I didn't let this stop me. little did I know sitting in the tri city's wondering what am I going to do, full of FEAR false expectations appearing real, that I would come across the most amazing experiences of my life. Lets fast forward, past the trip there and do to the first night in my hotel room. I had made it but fear remember.. false expectations appearing real hit my like a truck. All i could think to do was pray so I fell to my knees and after a few minutes of simply asking God to kick Satan out of my thoughts and my body I had a very strong feeling to get up and reach my hand on top of the small cupboard holding my things. All though this felt strange I did it, and I pulled down a book written by Joyce Meyer. An author I always read when I was feeling attacked by Satan. It was written in Rwandas national language Kinyarwanda and I didn't know what the title was. So the next day, I took it to a dear friend and asked her what it meant. She told me the title "10 principles to keeping Satan under your feet" at that point I realized FEAR is really just FALSE EXPECTATIONS APPEARING REAL. In other words it does not exist, all this time I had been making things up and calling it fear. FEAR, False Expectations Appearing Real. the best leadership lesson I have ever learned  and I believe today that I have over come fear. and so can you. Just remember its really just FALSE EXPECTATIONS APPEARING REAL.

Written by Emma Stephens