Fear not, O Land ; Be glad and rejoice , for God is about to do great things -Joel 2:21

COCORIOKO  : Volume 1, No.6 . September 27–October 4, 2002

God is about to move in Sierra Leone. God is about to
restore our meat, corn,  wine and barley. God is about to
refresh us .God is about to bring redemption
throughout the land.But we must acknowledge his
indispensability, his majesty and power in the life of
our nation. We must let him be the captain of the ship
and the pilot of the plane of state, for WITHOUT HIM,
WE CAN DO NOTHING.

Past leaders have failed us ..
The NPRC junta  has failed us…
The RUF …OH, we never expected anything from them
The intellectuals  have failed us…

Everybody has failed us….
We have failed ourselves….

Our only answer today is God. Only God will put that
new and patriotic spirit within us to make us love our
nation and seek her interest. Only God can provide
wisdom and knowledge about what direction we need to
take.

Only God….only God…..

Let us therefore pray and fast before him everyday,
but let us have a NATIONAL DAY OF REPENTANCE AND
PRAYER that we may cry before GOD AND SEEK HIS FACE
FOR OUR NATION.

May God bless our hearts.

REV. LEEROY WILFRED KABS-KANU

This short message was preached by the Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu just as the war was coming to an end in Sierra Leone in 2002 . It is culled from the COCORIOKO Newspaper archives .It was a prophetic message. Today, we can look back and say thanks to God , because between 2002 and 2011 , God has done great things in the nation. We have had two multi-party elections. Peace has returned completely and we are impressively engaged in rebuilding our country. Sierra Leone has moved from the bottom of the Human Development index and we have scored fascinating statistics in indexes on governance,  respect for human rights, democracy, socio-economic development and improvement in the health care sector.

Sierra Leoneans, let us continue to have faith in God as he guides our nation. There are better days ahead. There is no reason for despair.

Some politicians in their uncontrollable greed for power, have sowed fear in Sierra Leone by attempting to bring back what God has redeemed us from, but I want to tell all Sierra Leoneans today not to fear anything because JEHOVAH, The Almighty God , has his hand on our nation and will thwart the plans of these unpatriotic politicians.

TODAY, I BRING you the FEAR NOT PASSAGES in  God’s Word. I  call on all Sierra Leoneans to meditate on them and continue to pray for our nation. The enemies of progress in Sierra Leone will never succeed.

Genesis 15:1 “After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”
Genesis 21:17  “And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.”

Genesis 26:24  “And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

Genesis 46:3  “And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.”

Exodus 20:20  “And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”

Deuteronomy 1:21  “Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.”

Deuteronomy 20:3  “And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them.”

Deuteronomy 31:6  “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”

Deuteronomy 31:8  “And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.”

Joshua 8:1 “And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.”

Joshua 10:25  “And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.”

Judges 6:10  “And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.”

Ruth 3:11  “And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.”

I Kings 17:13  “And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.”

II Kings 6:16  “And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.”

I Chronicles 28:20  “And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.”

II Chronicles 20:17  “Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.”

Isaiah 35:4  “Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.”

Isaiah 41:13  “For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.”

Isaiah 41:14  “Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 43:1 “But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.”

Isaiah 43:5  “Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.”

Isaiah 44:2  “Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.”

Isaiah 54:4  “Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.”

Jeremiah 46:27  “But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.”

Daniel 10:12  “Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.”

Daniel 10:19  “And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.”

Joel 2:21  “Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.”

Zechariah 8:13  “And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.”

Matthew 1:20  “But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.”

Matthew 10:28  “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”

Luke 1:13  “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.”

Luke 2:10  “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.”

Luke 5:10 “And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.”

Luke 8:50  “But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.”

Luke 12:7  “But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”

Luke 12:32  “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

John 12:15  “Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.”

Acts 27:24  “Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.”

Revelation 1:17 “And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last.”