{"id":243,"date":"2018-06-18T22:38:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T03:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/?p=243"},"modified":"2018-06-22T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:15:13","slug":"fear-is-a-liar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/06\/18\/fear-is-a-liar\/monday-musings\/sefoster\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear is a Liar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost anyone who knows me is well aware that music holds a very special place in my life. I have a wide range as far as to the type of music that I like. Christian music is currently my number one go genre. There are so many great artists out there. Today I will be writing about \u201dFear is a Liar\u201d by Zach Williams<\/a>
\nFrom the moment I first heard it on the radio I was deeply moved.<\/p>\n

I have heard those negative words he sings about more times than I can count. I was driving one day last week when it came on the radio and I broke down in tears. The words hit home to me more than ever before in that moment. I am in the process of working on marketing my two Prayer Journals and have been struggling the past few months with feeling inadequate. Feeling like my art isn\u2019t worthy. Wondering why I even bother with my Instagram and a Facebook accounts since the new algorithm only shows our content to 1% of our followers at first before it deems it worthy for the rest of the world to see. I tried boosting one of my posts with my book cover and was told by Instagram and Facebook that my post would be seen by less because it had too much text. So even though I was paying to boost it to 500-1.5k people it really wouldn\u2019t be seen by that many. As a hand lettering artist this was just another slap in the face. Almost all of my pictures are going to have text. It is what I do.<\/p>\n

It is so hard not to give in to those voices telling you the exact words Zach uses in Verse 1<\/p>\n

When he told you you\u2019re not good enough<\/p>\n

When he told you you\u2019re not right<\/p>\n

When he told you you\u2019re not strong enough<\/p>\n

To put up a good fight<\/p>\n

When he told you you\u2019re not worthy<\/p>\n

When he told you you\u2019re not loved<\/p>\n

When he told you you\u2019re not beautiful<\/p>\n

That you\u2019ll never be enough<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Zach goes on to tell us in the Chorus<\/p>\n

Fear he is a liar<\/p>\n

He will take your breath<\/p>\n

Stop you in your steps<\/p>\n

Fear he is a liar<\/p>\n

He will rob your rest<\/p>\n

Steal your happiness<\/p>\n

Cast your fear in the fire<\/p>\n

‘Cause fear he is a liar<\/p>\n

I would love to tell you that I am strong enough to not listen to those negative thoughts that run through my head on a daily basis, but that just isn\u2019t the case. I can tell you that through prayer, this song by Zach and great friends I am working on quieting those voices. Someday soon fear won\u2019t have so much control over me. I pray that you too may gain control over your fears and the lies.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t heard it I urge to click here<\/a>\u00a0to watch the YouTube video. And cast your fears in the fire.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Lyrics provided by\u00a0http:\/\/zachwilliamsmusic.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Almost anyone who knows me is well aware that music holds a very special place in my life. I have a wide range as far as to the type of music that I like. Christian music is currently my number one go genre. There are so many great artists out there. Today I will be writing about \u201dFear is a Liar\u201d by Zach Williams From the moment I first heard it on the radio I was deeply moved. I have heard those negative words he sings about more times than I can count. I was driving one day last week when it came on the radio and I broke down in tears. The words hit home to me more than ever before in that moment. I am in the process of working on marketing my two Prayer Journals and have been struggling the past few months with feeling inadequate. Feeling like my art isn\u2019t worthy. Wondering why I even bother with my Instagram and a Facebook accounts since the new algorithm only shows our content to 1% of our followers at first before it deems it worthy for the rest of the world to see. I tried boosting one of my posts with my book cover and was told by Instagram and Facebook that my post would be seen by less because it had too much text. So even though I was paying to boost it to 500-1.5k people it really wouldn\u2019t be seen by that many. As a hand lettering artist this was just another slap in the face. Almost all of my pictures are going to have text. It is what I do. It is so hard not to give in to those voices telling you the exact words Zach uses in Verse 1 When he told you you\u2019re not good enough When he told you you\u2019re not right When he told you you\u2019re not strong enough To put up a good fight When he told you you\u2019re not worthy When he told you you\u2019re not loved When he told you you\u2019re not beautiful That you\u2019ll never be enough     Zach goes on to tell us in the Chorus Fear he is a liar He will take your breath Stop you in your steps Fear he is a liar He will rob your rest Steal your happiness Cast your fear in the fire ‘Cause fear he is a liar I would love to tell you that I am strong enough to not listen to those negative thoughts that run through my head on a daily basis, but that just isn\u2019t the case. I can tell you that through prayer, this song by Zach and great friends I am working on quieting those voices. Someday soon fear won\u2019t have so much control over me. I pray that you too may gain control over your fears and the lies. If you haven\u2019t heard it I urge to click here\u00a0to watch the YouTube video. And cast your fears in the fire. Lyrics provided by\u00a0http:\/\/zachwilliamsmusic.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[24],"tags":[28,25,26,29,27],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Y6g5-3V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":319,"url":"https:\/\/sefosterauthor.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/07\/02\/strength\/monday-musings\/sefoster\/","url_meta":{"origin":243,"position":0},"title":"Strength","author":"sefoster","date":"July 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This past Saturday was the women\u2019s breakfast at our church. 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