1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."
A self-fulfilling prophecy is a false belief about a situation that motivates the person with the belief to take actions that cause the belief to come true. This kind of thinking often kills opportunities and tears relationships apart. In other words, you might wrongly believe that a group of people will reject you, so you become defensive, anxious, and even hostile toward them.
It's your behavior or thought pattern that brings about your greatest fears, which weren’t there to begin with. And then your fears or thoughts justify what you were thinking right from the very beginning. You create a situation that doesn't even exist before you even realize it.
Do you see how this works?
Look carefully at your own tendencies.
How do your fears and beliefs about possible rejection influence your behavior toward others?
Take a stand. Instead of letting false ideas show you what might be wrong in your relationships, start looking for signs of what might be right.
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