F3. The Two Bridges of F.E.A.R.

3. “The Diamond-Coal Life Principle Bridge:”

                                                                                                       By Michele Pulford

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 3. “The ‘F.E.A.R.’ BRIDGE”

DIAMOND FAITH=F.E.A.R. vs COAL=DESTRUCTIVE F.E.A.R:

In my first “Diamond-Coal Life Principle” trailblaze blog.I. introduced the Diamond Life verses Coal Life, through a Life nugget, “You Are Who You Have Been Becoming”. Trailblazing us to the first vital Diamond-or-Coal Bridge in this series, I call this one,   1. “The Heart Bridge”.

Below is the link to this “Diamond-or-Coal Life Principle” Blog no.1:

1. https://climbingeternity.co.za/2025/04/16/post-example-2/

My second “Diamond-Coal Life Principle” trailblaze blog.2. leads us to “The Bridge of ‘IF’”. This is our unique gift of Freewill. Freewill to choose between Life or death, Blessing or curse. How this powerful gift of Choice sets us apart from the animal and plant beings, however GOD ALMIGHTY does give an important command for us to make here.

Below is the link to the next Life-determining trailblaze Diamond-Coal Life Principle” Blog no.2:

2. https://climbingeternity.co.za/2025/04/16/post-example-3/

The trailblaze I share with you today, takes you on the trail helping you see and become mindful of your emotions, attitudes, personality traits, and Life approach, on: How do you deal with Fear?

Every single one of us literally has to deal with this emotion daily, in some form, shape or way.

How we choose to deal with Fear determines our state of emotional being, at that precise moment, which causes the ripple effects of our lives, at that minute, hour, leading to the rest of our day. If we can only but understand this ripple effect, this can help us to change our whole Life approach to our everyday Fears.

Below shows The Diamond as well as The Coal Life Principle F.E.A.R. Bridges. Because none of us can escape our fears, whether big or small, on our paths of Life, this leads us to the F.E.A.R. Trailblaze carrying these two F.E.A.R. Bridges, we would be wise not to ignore. Trailblazing these Fear trails, will show you that we all need to decide from which of these two F.E.A.R. Bridges, we need to choose to cross, every time we experience a Fear.

The question at the end of this blog, we will need to ask ourselves is:

Which F.E.A.R. Bridge am I going to choose?

The bridge to the victorious Faith F.E.A.R. making me a victor? Or the bridge of oppressive Destructive F.E.A.R. enslaving me, into its slavery?

Let us look at these two living F.E.A.R. Bridges, we get to choose from:

      💎🔷💎  The DIAMOND FAITH=F.E.A.R. Bridge:

  🔷 Faith. from

  🔷 Eternity.

  🔷 Activated. into

  🔷 Reality.

or:

      ⚫️🏴‍☠️⚫️  The COAL Destructive=F.E.A.R. Bridge:

  🏴‍☠️ Fiery-False.

  🏴‍☠️ Evidence.

  🏴‍☠️ Attacking&Appearing

  🏴‍☠️ Real.

 

FEAR has many trails that every one of us have to trailblaze. Whether we do so knowingly or unknowingly, purposely or aimlessly, the F.E.A.R. Bridge, is a definite Trailblaze of Life. Whether we acknowledge Fear, or not, Fear is part of all of our lives. It would be wise, and also kind to oneself, to get empowered and gain insight of the F.E.A.R. Bridges. Doing this enables us to get victory over our fears, which GOD wants us to achieve, Abundant Life GOD has planned and purposed for us to have.

In my blog no.2 “The Bridge of ‘IF’”. This Trailblaze enlightens you to the fact that all of us men and women, have got the gift of Freewill. The gift to Choose. GOD is clear in His Living Bible that there are only two foundation outcome choices to choose from: Life or death, Blessing or curse. His Living Word commands us to choose Life.

The Diamond Life Principle leads to Life, whereas the Coal Life Principle, eventually leads to destruction.

Life or death, Blessing or curse, rings true for F.E.A.R. as well, of which we have to choose between Diamond F.E.A.R. or Coal F.E.A.R.

Let us look at the DIAMOND BRIDGE of F.E.A.R. compared to The COAL BRIDGE of F.E.A.R.:

NB: There are so many Living Bible verses on Fear, that there are just to many verses to place in this blog.

I am only using a few here, however, I encourage you to go and check out all these powerful F.E.A.R. Bible verses, which you can find in the very next blog which follows. I can guarantee you that these verses will give you more Insight, Understanding and Knowledge. To encourage and strengthen you as you Trailblaze your own victory over your fears.

Here is the Link to:  4. Blog with the F.E.A.R. Bible Verses for easy access reference:

4. https://climbingeternity.co.za/2025/11/06/4-the-bridge-of-f-e-a-r-verses-1-7/

 

💎🔷💎  The FAITH=F.E.A.R. Bridge of Life & Blessings

FAITH=F.E.A.R. – Faith. from Eternity. Activated. into Reality.

 As declared above, victory over our Fears requires our Faith. The onslaught of fear hates Faith, Faith is a fear killer. This is why GOD’s Word says of our Faith:

Hebrews 11:6 (nlt):

⁶ And it is impossible to please GOD without FAITH. Anyone who wants to come to Him must Believe that GOD exists and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him.

You might be asking, “Yes, but what is Faith? Can you explain it?”

GOD’s Living Word, The Bible, defines it as:

[NB: I have put three accurate Bible versions of the same verse below, to give the full picture of FAITH]

Hebrews 11:1 (esv):

¹ Now FAITH is the assurance of things Hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1 (nlt):

¹ FAITH shows the reality of what we Hope for; It [Faith] Is the evidence of things we cannot see.

Hebrews 11:1 (amp):

¹ Now FAITH is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things Hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—FAITH comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].

This is the Faith required for what I call FAITH=F.E.A.R. Bridge.

It is a deep unwavering heart Faith. The above verses clearly states, that our heart Faith is that which we Hope for, and “Believe To Be” even we cannot as of yet experience it. The source of where we get our Faith from is of great importance, because Faith is totally dependent on its source. What source, which wellspring of Life, are we drawing our Faith from? The source of Faith that we need here for this FAITH=F.E.A.R. Bridge, is the unwavering FAITH from GOD.

GOD is Eternal, He inhabits, He occupies Eternity. We need to get our Faith from GOD MOST HIGH, the GOD of Eternity, from His Living Word, which abides forever.

Isaiah 57:15  (esv):

”¹⁵ For thus says the ONE who is high and lifted up, who Inhabits Eternity, whose Name is HOLY, “I dwell in the High and Holy Place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

John 17:3 (esv):

³ And this is Eternal Life, that they know You, the only true GOD, and JESUS CHRIST whom You have sent.

Isaiah 40:8 (esv):

⁸ The grass withers, the flower fades, but The Word of our GOD will stand forever.

Mathew 24:35 (esv):

³⁵ Heaven and Earth will pass away, but MY Words will not pass away.

Mathew 6:13 (nasb 1995):

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For YOURS is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’

Over the decades, what I have learnt to do, and I see how it works, not only for myself, also with the people who have allowed me to counsel and work with them, in overcoming their fears, is to lead them to this very Diamond FAITH=F.E.A.R. Bridge principle. To be able to surrender all our Fears to the GOD who wants us to not only choose Life and Blessing, but to begin to start living this Life of Blessing to. I once again give the John 10:10 foundation verse, which is so very important in dealing with our Fears, followed with 1 Peter 5:8 warning us against the devil, also called the thief by JESUS.

John 10:10 (amp)

¹⁰ The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I [JESUS] came that they may have and enjoy Life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

1 Peter 5:8-9a (nlt)

⁸ Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. ⁹ Stand firm against him, and be strong in your FAITH.

One of the ways the devil seeks to devour us, the thief seeks to steal, kill and destroy us with, is by launching assaults, fiery arrows [today, we would now call precision guiding missiles], of fear-upon-Fear at us. This is why we, men and women, usually have more than just one fear to get the victory of. The way GOD tells us to do this is to learn and apply this very important part of the armour He has empowered us with to defeat the thief’s roaring attacks launched at us:

Ephesians 6:16 (esv)

¹⁶ In all circumstances take up the Shield of FAITH, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

Ephesians 6:16 (nlt)

¹⁶ In addition to all of these, hold up the Shield of FAITH to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.

We can overcome and achieve victory, using this FAITH=F.E.A.R. over and against every Fear attack launched at us.

The source of This Diamond FAITH=F.E.A.R. is GOD ALMIGHTY.

It is His Counseling, Leading and Protecting us, and HIS Living Bible, which is Eternal. This FAITH from ETERNITY, GOD calls us to pick up our Shield of FAITH. Yes, we need to stand firm, rise up, and intently operate, the FAITH needed to overcome the specific Fear attacking us, into reality. To activate this Shield holding every FAITH Word from GOD and His Promises up against these fiery Fear arrows, these precision guided Fear missiles, launched at us by the thief, the devil, who seeks to destroy us.

Every Fear attack we experience, is a personal war we need to overcome, to get the victory of, step-by-step, we do this with one Faith-step at a time.

We might ask, “What if I am weak in Faith, struggle with Faith?”

The disciples who were with JESUS everyday, also needed help with their Faith, and they to, asked Him for help. This is His reply:

Luke 17:5-6 (nlt)

⁵ The apostles said to the LORD, “Show us how to increase our Faith.” ⁶ The LORD answered, “If you had Faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you!

This Diamond Principle F.E.A.R. Bridge began with GOD’s Word telling us that without Faith it is impossible to please Him. In the last verse above, JESUS tells us that we only need Faith as small as a mustard seed.

It is not how big our Faith is that counts, what counts is that we believe and see, that we have Faith from GOD and His Living Word, for us to activate into reality. To take His Leading us, with His Living Word given, and apply it against each fear we are facing.

GOD is Faithful to His Eternal Living Word:

Hebrews 4:12 (esv)

¹² For the Word of GOD is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

This verse reassures us that the All-Knowing GOD together with His Living Word will also give us His counsel on who, how and where He knows we will get the breakthrough victory we need. If we can but believe and  the process He is taking us through, and allow it to help counsel us, strengthen us, and direct us. This will increase our Faith, as we draw from the GOD of Eternity, where we begin to start having new found Hope for our victory. With this increased Hope activated, it will lead us to be able to also activate the specific Faith needed, to do the healing work required, to face that fear and knock it right out of the park, and stop its enslaving stronghold it had over you!

Proverbs 9:10  (esv):              The F.E.A.R. of the LORD is Wisdom

¹⁰ The F.E.A.R. of the LORDS is the beginning of Wisdom, and the Knowledge of the HOLY ONE is Insight.

Hence, FAITH=F.E.A.R. is the Diamond Life Principle we use to operate against our Fears as we use FAITH From GOD, HIS Living Word, increasing our fullness of Hope. This is not possible without Wisdom and Knowledge. When we look to GOD ALMIGHTY in Faith, HE gives us the Wisdom and Insight we need over the Fear we are facing, and this strengthens our Hope. Our Hope-Faith begins to ground with the Wisdom and Insight, over every single Fear trying to break us. And step-by-step we get the victory.

As we get victory over a Fear in our lives, we begin to see that we can truly  and put our Hope in GOD to help us overcome all of our Fears, one fear at a time. We start becoming more bold to stand up against each Fear with our growing FAITH activations, enabling us to become more strong and bold.

With every victory we get over a fear, we become more empowered with our Faith in GOD. This enables us to take our eyes off of our own failing strength, and begin to  GOD to stop the fiery darts, the precision missile attacks, that the thief, the devourer, has launched at us, helping us to get victory-by-victory over our fears. With every victory process we get over a Fear, this becomes part of the Abundant Life which JESUS came to Earth, and paid the price, for us to have and walk in.

 

⚫️🏴‍☠️⚫️ The COAL DESTRUCTIVE=F.E.A.R. Bridge of Destruction & Curses:

DESTRUCTIVE=F.E.A.R. – Fiery False. Evidence. Attacking & Appearing. Real.

What is important to understand about this F.E.A.R. is that the Fear itself, is very real.

Why we say Fiery False Evidence, is because in Peter’s verse (1 Peter 5:8-9a) found above, he clearly warns us that the devil wants to devour us. He will use his tactics of deception, accusations, false evidences, all lies against us, specifically intended to create numerous Fears to destroy us.

The fruit of this Fear is real, but when we put GOD’s plumbline Truth to the devil’s evil tactics they are exposed to be his made up, fiery false evidences targeted to steal, kill and destroy.

Scriptures above confirm that GOD ALMIGHTY does not want any person, man or woman, heart or soul, to be enslaved to their fears. This is also be confirmed in this verse:

2 Timothy 1:7 (amp)

⁷ For GOD did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of Power and of Love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].

We see two things here: First, GOD is fully aware of the fears that attack and plague us. It also shows us, that in His LOVE for us, He has given us all what is needed to help us overcome these fears. GOD wants us to believe and receive His LOVE, to  HIM, because His LOVE casts out all Fear, it stops Fear in its tracks. Let us take a look at these verses:

Mathew 10:28  (esv):         SPIRIT of Adoption

¹⁵ For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into Fear, but you have received the SPIRIT of Adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “ABBA FATHER!”

1 John 4:18 (esv):

¹⁸ There is no Fear in Love, but Perfect LOVE casts out fear. For Fear has to do with punishment, and whoever Fears has not been Perfected in LOVE.

Jeremiah 31:3 (esv):

³ The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have LOVED you with an Everlasting LOVE; therefore I have continued My Faithfulness to you.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (nlt):

⁵  in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. ⁶ Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.

Jeremiah 17:7-8 (esv):

⁷ “Blessed is the man who s in the Lord, whose  is the Lord. ⁸ He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

In these verses, we are able to discern and see that one of the biggest attacks from the devil, which causes Fear to run like a rampant wild-fire in our souls, is through his vicious lie telling us that we are not loved. The devil zooms in with his lies even further, by coming and whispering to us, that GOD does not LOVE us.

“If” we believe this lie, Fears immediately step in. Many times this can lead to the lie that not only are we not worthy of GOD’s LOVE, but that we are not worthy enough for GOD to receive our Love either. This enslaving lie breads further rejection and abandonment, which can make ing GOD, a very difficult heart issue to then do. When we do not  GOD, we turn to another source, whether it being our own self, or someone or something else.

The source we, men and women, start believing in, and ing for, in turn becomes the foundation of our faith. And Hebrews 11:1 (from earlier above) confirms that Faith is the substance of our Hope.

This leads to the question: What is our Hope in? Where does our Hope lie? Our Faith is in this.

Below are crucial Living Bible verses where GOD’s Word here, defines DESTRUCTIVE=F.E.A.R.:

Jeremiah 17:5-6 (esv):

⁵ Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who s in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD. ⁶ He is like a shrub in the desert and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

Galatians 6:7-8 (Berean Standard Bible):

⁷  Do not be deceived: GOD is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.  ⁸  The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the SPIRIT, from the SPIRIT will reap Eternal Life.

What these verses show us is: That if we try to deal with, and sort out our Fears ourselves, in our own strength, or we fully lean on and  in someone else to help you overcome a Fear, both of these sources might work, and give victory, for a period. However, the complete breakthrough long-term victory over the enslaving Fear, that we are Hoping for, is not achieved.

The source of This Coal Destructive=F.E.A.R. is when we put Hope in Flesh, and all its ever-changing avenues.

This is the Coal DESTRUCTIVE=F.E.A.R. Bridge which first leads to short-lived wellness, but tragically this eventually leads to long-lasting Fears which become snare curses and strongholds of destruction, the substance of death and not Life.

Let us not choose this Bridge over our Fears. Because if we get into the habit of choosing short-term victories over our Fears, this can become a Lifestyle of striving and existence. This is a Life of curse, the Life the thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy, wants us to have.

This is definitely Not GOD’s Will for us, men and women, hearts and souls. GOD wants us to have Life and Blessing, HE wants us to have an Abundant Life.

F.E.A.R. plays such a vital role, Life-or-death, Blessing-or-curse, in our daily lives. Having read this blog of the two different F.E.A.R. Bridges which stand before us, every time we face a Fear. I do Hope that this blog has made you aware that we can be victorious over our Fears. On the other side, we can become slaves to them.

Let us take some quiet time to sit and go over these two F.E.A.R. Bridges we need to choose from with every Fear that we face. In so doing,  may this has help you become mindful, and alert to the devils’ Fiery Fear tactics he has launched against you. Do not allow, not even give the him the smallest foothold, to succeed against you.

🙏   Will you allow me to do intercessory prayer for victory over your Fears:

ALMIGHTY EVERLASTING GOD

I Praise and Declare YOU as The Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent ONE, The All-Knowing, All-Powerful, All-Present GOD MOST HIGH

🙏   I THANK YOU for YOUR LOVE that YOU have for me

🙏   By FAITH I hold onto Your Living Word which says that YOUR LOVE casts out all Fear. That YOUR LOVE casts out all my Fears.

🙏   And LORD JESUS, You say that if I have FAITH as small as a mustard seed, I can uproot all the roots of doubt and unbelief I have of GOD’s LOVE for me; so that I can throw all this doubt and unbelief into the sea, never to leer its ugly head again.

🙏    My LORD, I am struggling to do this,

🙏    Please come and increase my Faith, to believe in and receive the fullness of Your LOVE for me. That I May Learn How To:

🙏   Not question or doubt Your LOVE for me, that YOU even died on The                      Cross for me.

🙏   Confidently walk in Your LOVE, and YOUR Strength, Helping Me                              Stop my Unbelief.

🙏   Receive that Your LOVE purposefully created me, silencing the lie of                       worthlessness.

🙏   Lean on, Look to, and  in, Your LOVE to help me conquer my Fears.

🙏    YOUR LOVE For and also Towards me, with every single Fear I need                      to face.

🙏   Give YOU my Fears and To Rest In Your LOVE which covers and                             consumes all FEAR.

🙏   To Know and Discern between The DIAMOND F.E.A.R verses The                          COAL F.E.A.R.

🙏   Apply and Activate the DIAMOND FAITH=F.E.A.R. of my HOPE,                           found in Your LOVE.

🙏   Not  in flesh to overcome Fears, but to put my  in Your LOVE alone                       my GOD.

🙏   Stand Firm and raise my Shield of FAITH against any fiery arrows-                        precision missiles !!

🙏   Discern between every Fear trying to enslave me and deal with each                       as it comes !!

🙏   Understand and get to know the devil’s Fear tactics, and to stop them                   immediately !!

I end this prayer with a Living Word declaration over you:

Romans 8:37 (esv)

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through HIM Who LOVED Us. ³⁸ For I am sure that neither death nor Life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹ nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the LOVE of GOD in CHRIST JESUS our LORD.

🙏   Oh that you may stand in Victory and declare from Romans 8:37:

💎   I ……………………………… (your Name) Thank You for YOUR LOVE for me LORD GOD. I  in YOU Alone. My LORD, I Believe that with YOUR Counsel and Strength…

I Am More Than a Conqueror Over the F.E.A.R. I am facing.

In JESUS Name 

AMEN   🙏