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us that perfect love casts out fear. This suggests the two can not dwell in the same space like oil and water. You either walk in fear of being hurt or you walk in love forgiving transgressions.

Not only love but fear opposes sound thinking. The phrase "sound mind" comes from the Greek word "sphroniz" which means, "sane, in one's senses; curbing one's desires and impulses, self-controlled, temperate". Have you ever been scared because you thought someone, or something had gotten in your house? Once motivated by fear, every sound you hear for the next few seconds will freak you out. There once was a baby who found his way out of the crib to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. The father heard a sound but had no idea his son could get out of the crib. So he jumps up, grabs a hammer and stands at the bathroom door awaiting the alleged, assailant's emergence. The boy flushes the toilet, comes out the bathroom, says, "hey dad" and gets back in the bed. Realistically, would a criminal break into a house, use the bathroom and take the time to flush before doing their dirt? Before you laugh at my dad, you must take into consideration that he was awoken from sleep to hear noise and my mom was in bed next to him. He's a military man who didn't have time to theorize...he was a man...prepared to defend his home from the intruder...who needed a potty break.

So what does all of this have to do with Halloween? Well we can debate about the true origin but when you walk into any store that is selling Halloween items, you will find machinery rigged to scare you. The manikins have sensors so when you get close they scream or move. It is normative to see these things and it is normative be in a state of fear on this day. In fact, horror move sales increase on this date. Fear is definitely associated with the day. If you practice living in a state of fear, ever so subtly your brain becomes accustomed to operating in fear because you are making "fear deposits" into your spirit. (Remember fear is spiritual) Just like an abused person can look forward to the next abusive situation, fear is accompanied by an adrenaline rush that one can get addicted to. If this is not the focus of the day, how come that's all you see?

Finally, don't under estimate demonic forces. If you are practicing a custom where by you are expecting ghoulish looking creatures to come to your home...think about it...how would you know if it's a harmless kid in costume or someone under demonic influence? Sure the mail carrier could be demonically influenced as well but the persons coming to your door on the 31st don't quite resemble the folks who come to your house or a regular basis now do they?

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