Restore the Roar: Defeat the Spirit of Fear With the Breath and Power of God

By Pat Schatzline and Karen Schatzline

Fear is a distraction, not the destination.

Pat and Karen Schatzline came face to face with fear. They had to battle not only for Karen’s health but also for the peace of their home. But in the midst of their pain Karen heard God ask her a question: Do you trust Me? The Schatzlines were fearful. Yet through their journey the Lord taught them how to be courageous in spite of the fear.
 
The enemy wants to overwhelm us with fear and keep us from trusting in the Lord. Restore the Roar is a supernatural handbook that will help you do the following:

• Defeat the lies of the enemy
• Put your faith in God
• Be courageous

If you battle anxiety or insecurity—if you fear failure, the unknown, or what God has for you—God has a recipe to set you free and lead you into a place of freedom, destiny, and purpose.
 
Learn to live out the psalmist’s words, “In the day when I am afraid, I will trust in You” (Ps. 56:3).

This book will help you expose and confront fear so that you can be courageous in your walk with God.

OTHER TITLES BY PAT AND KAREN SCHATZLINE:
Rebuilding the Altar (2017)
ISBN-13: 978-1629991467

Dehydrated (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-1629986203

I Am Remnant (2014)
ISBN-13: 978-1621365761

Unqualified (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-1629986128


 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charisma House
• Release date: Aug 6, 2019
• ISBN: 9781629996561

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CHAPTER 1

RESTORE THE ROAR

The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken—who can but prophesy?

—AMOS 3:8

THERE HAS NEVER been a better time in history for the righteous to speak up and stand their ground. We are at a crossroads all around the world where declaring biblical truth is considered hate speech and tolerance is a belief in nothing. The greatest enemy of truth is silence. Satan knows that if he can take your voice, then you are no longer a threat. You may have heard the quote, The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.¹ I (Pat) must confess that after years of ministry all over the world, there are times when I feel as though my voice has grown weary. I often desire a season of peace and quiet amid the chaos, to escape the battle.

Weariness and exhaustion have the ability to not only quiet the dream but also silence the messenger. If we are not careful, weariness can cause us to go into hiding rather than into a place of rest. The enemy will always try to steal our voices with intimidation, frustration, trials, and tribulation. Warrior saints are handicapped when we allow ourselves to become victims because we forget God has already won the war. My heart’s cry is O dear God, that we never mistake lethargy as peace.

In September 2018 I was in a hotel room in Pennsylvania. It was very early in the morning. I had spoken the night before at a conference in Scranton, and God had moved mightily. This was during the time the United States was deeply embroiled in a battle for the confirmation of a conservative Supreme Court justice. It was actually more than a battle. It was an all-out war. The twenty-four-hour news cycle and social media were lit with the issue. From all accounts of friends and colleagues the candidate was actually a very good man. This particular judge was a constitutional conservative with biblical values. Horrified, I watched as a man of upstanding character was devoured by the liberal media with unsubstantiated claims against his character. He and his family were being publicly lynched on a daily basis. The fact of the matter was that this man was a pro-life justice. That was truly his greatest crime. If approved, he could change the balance of the courts regarding Roe v. Wade and other conservative issues. The sacred cow of the secular Left is to maintain access to abortion. If approved, this justice could tip the balance on the court to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I had decided that due to the media hype and strong feelings on each side I would remain quiet, forgetting that if we are not careful, the radical voices of perversion will only grow louder as we grow ever more silent out of fear. There were plenty of days when I said to myself, Why even speak up? After all, most of the leaders of the church were deathly silent about the issue. The sad reality is that when the church and shepherds remain silent when they should speak up, the innocent suffer. That is exactly how Hitler rose to power in Germany.

As the onslaught continued, I reminded myself to stay in my lane. Why invite the haters? I asked myself. Truth be known, we all have an innate desire to be loved, cheered, and appreciated, including me. The best way to build a following is to just stay out of the battle. Then everyone will give you a nod of approval.

I once heard it said, Monuments are never built for those who criticize but for those who ignored the critics. In all honesty, I was not speaking up because I was afraid. Karen and I had just survived the greatest battle of our lives, and fear was crippling me. I understand Psalm 55:4–6, which says, My insides are turned inside out; specters of death have me down. I shake with fear, I shudder from head to foot. ‘Who will give me wings,’ I ask—‘wings like a dove?’ (MSG). Those verses describe where I was. Everything within me wanted to cry out, God, get me out of here on dove’s wings. I want some peace and quiet. I want a walk in the country. I want a cabin in the woods. I’m desperate for a change from rage and stormy weather.

Nowadays we are taught that people do not want to hear a message of change but rather a message of hope. In other words, don’t tell me how to live; instead tell me how well I am doing at living. It is a whole lot easier to preach a hyped-up message of victory layered with some well-timed shouting and clapping than a message of repentance that challenges us to draw near to God. However, that is not what burns in our hearts. Karen and I burn with a message of awakening, a yet even now message. The prophet Joel declared, ‘Yet even now,’ declares the LORD, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning’ (Joel 2:12, ESV).

This type of message is not always relevant or welcome in our churches. We are living at a time when it is much easier to feed the flock with cotton candy that has no nutritional value than to preach a life-giving, meat-filled message of truth. It is much easier to keep the masses happy with self-help messages that do not limit personal freedom or invoke conviction. I have found that a message from the pulpit declaring holiness, truth, and freedom is not usually on the menu of most churches. We have heard time and again that many mainstream leaders consider the message of the restoration of the altar to be a concept that works only in a retreat or private prayer setting. I know this is not true. We have personally seen hundreds of thousands meet God at the altar and find freedom, hope, and salvation when we share this message. Nevertheless it can get very weary carrying a message like this. Just when Karen and I think it is time to step away from ministry for a while, we hear His voice—the voice of Jesus awakening these two wandering saints to once again stare at the cross of redemption. He will often whisper into the stillness of our night to remind us that He hasn’t gone anywhere.

DEEP CALLS TO DEEP

Likewise God is eager to awaken you once again to go deep in Him. Deep calls to deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me. Yet the LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life (Ps. 42:7–8, MEV). I believe that if we ignore the deep calls to deep moments, we will soon believe the shallow end of the pool is deep. If you want to go deep, take off the floaties and dive in where you cannot stand up on your own. I must warn you though that when you try to go deep in God, someone will always try to throw you a rope called settling. You cannot settle in the depth of

Reviews for Restore the Roar

[Christopher Lewis Kozoriz · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

"Know this: your victory is on the other side of the storm. The roar the enemy is afraid of is the roar God placed inside of you to speak to the storm. Your storm must respond to the roar of the Spirit inside of you. God is speaking to you to rise up, stand, and roar His Word!" (Pat & Karen Schatzline, Restore the Roar)

Roar once again! What does it mean to roar? It means to take hold of the Word of God and proclaim it, hold to it, embrace it, defeat the enemy with it. We are not called to be silent, but to be courageous. He says, "Elie Wiesel rose up. This famous Holocaust survivor said, 'We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.' Martin Luther King Jr. said our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter! It is your time to wake up! This is your moment!"

In this book he shares the Biblical account of Esther and how she was chosen to be the king's wife, but the king did not know she was Jewish; however, the king had an evil advisor named Haman. Haman did not like the fact that the Jews did not bow down to him as he walked the streets; therefore, he devised a plan to exterminate the Jews. Long story short, Esther had to approach the king and put aside her fears in order to save herself and her people. She faced the fear of death and approached the king, and the king extended the scepter. Esther was able to tell the king all of Haman's plans to exterminate the Jews and the king had Haman exterminated in the like manner he was planning. The wicked (twisted) will fall in the traps they have laid for you! The plans of your enemies will backfire on them! What would have happened if Esther did not face her fear? She would have been killed along with her family. This is how the enemy wants us: to walk in fear, so that we are paralyzed; however, if we keep our eyes on Jesus, His Word, and hold to the promises of God, and roar at our fear, we will escape the storms of life.

This book is authored by both husband and wife. I enjoyed both of their stories on overcoming different fears in their lives. The wife shares of her battle with cancer and how when she was delivered and now ministers to others. She shares how God can use the most least likely candidates to make dramatic impacts on this world. You may be God's secret weapon and you don't know it!

This book will show you how to roar like the Lion of the Tribe of Judah-Jesus Christ! and defeat the spirit of fear, and walk into your destiny. Amen.