And there is no more perfect love than that shown for us through Christ Jesus. Sometimes people want to make God an instrument of fear, which is the ultimate perversion of what he is about. God isn't waiting around for an opportunity to punish us when we do something wrong. That's not why Jesus died on the cross. God loves us as we are, no matter what we do or don't do, so we never need to fear him.
Christians have a force working in their lives that is far more powerful than fear.
It is the power of God's love. As we experience that in our lives we know that our fears have no power over us. We can face them and even let them go, because ultimately we know that nothing can separate us from God's love. Give your fear to God. Let his perfect love for you cast out all fear.