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Robert Jeffress - Moving From Fear To Courage (Part 2)

July 23, 2025 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - Moving From Fear To Courage (Part 2)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Moving From Fear To Courage (Part 2) | July 23, 2025
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  • [announcer] from the pulpit
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  • Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory"
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  • With dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory".
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  • Fear holds us back
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  • From achieving dreams and reaching goals.
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  • It makes us complacent
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  • And keeps us from living the way god intended.
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  • But gratefully, with god's help,
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  • The mountain of fear can be conquered.
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  • Today we're going to look
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  • At the israelites' cowardly response
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  • When god commanded them
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  • To explore the promised land
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  • And learn how we can overcome
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  • The obstacle of fear in our own lives.
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  • My message is titled moving from fear to courage
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  • As we continue our series, invincible,
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  • Here on "pathway to victory".
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  • ♪ and i am the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ i am the ram in the bush for abraham ♪
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  • ♪ i am the ultimate sacrifice for sin ♪
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  • ♪ i am your redeemer ♪
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  • ♪ beginning and the end ♪
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  • ♪ i am ♪
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  • -♪ i am ♪ -♪ o, we say i am ♪
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  • ♪ and i am the king ♪
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  • ♪ i am messiah ♪
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  • ♪ david's offspring ♪
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  • ♪ i am your high priest ♪
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  • ♪ and i am the christ ♪
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  • ♪ i am the resurrection ♪
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  • ♪ and i am the life ♪
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  • -♪ i am ♪ -♪ yes, he is ♪
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  • ♪ i am ♪
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  • ♪ i am the bread ♪
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  • ♪ and i am the wine ♪
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  • ♪ i am your future ♪
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  • ♪ so leave your past behind ♪
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  • ♪ i am the one in the midst of two or three ♪
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  • ♪ i am your tabernacle ♪
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  • ♪ i am your jubilee ♪
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  • -♪ i am ♪ -♪ o, jesus said ♪
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  • ♪ i am ♪
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  • ♪ i am the bread ♪
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  • ♪ i am the wine ♪
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  • ♪ i am your future ♪
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  • ♪ so leave your past behind ♪
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  • ♪ i am the one in the midst of two or three ♪
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  • ♪ i am tabernacle ♪
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  • ♪ i am jubilee ♪
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  • -♪ i am ♪ -♪ jesus is ♪
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  • ♪ i am ♪
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  • ♪ i am hope, i am peace ♪
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  • ♪ i am joy, i am rest ♪
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  • ♪ and relief from your stress ♪
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  • ♪ i am strength, i am faith ♪
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  • ♪ i am love, i am power ♪
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  • ♪ i am your freedom this very hour ♪
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  • ♪ i am hope, i am peace ♪
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  • ♪ i am joy, i am rest ♪
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  • ♪ i am love, i am power ♪
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  • ♪ i am your freedom this very hour ♪
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  • -♪ i am ♪ -♪ yes, he is ♪
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  • ♪ i am ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • [announcer] sometimes our emotions
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  • Are like mountains that stand in our way.
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  • Obstacles like doubt, bitterness or fear
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  • Keep us from enjoying a peaceful life of courage.
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  • In his book, "invincible: conquering the mountains
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Look at verse one of numbers 14.
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  • Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried
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  • And the people wept that night.
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  • And all the sons of israel grumbled against moses and aaron
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  • And the whole congregation said to them,
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  • "would that we had died in the land of egypt
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  • Or we had died in the wilderness."
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  • Even though they had been praying for 400 years
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  • For deliverance from egypt,
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  • They said, "we'd rather be back in egypt
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  • Than to have to face these giants.
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  • We would've rather starved to death in the wilderness
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  • Than face this."
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  • So what happens?
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  • Verse six, joshua and caleb
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  • Tore their clothes as a sign of sorrow
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  • And they delivered a pep speech to the israelites.
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  • They said, look at verse seven,
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  • "the land which we pass through to spy out
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  • Is exceedingly good land.
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  • If the lord is pleased with us,
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  • Then he will bring us into this land and give it to us.
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  • A land which flows with milk and honey.
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  • Only don't rebel against the lord.
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  • Don't fear the people of that land,
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  • For they will be our prey.
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  • Their protection has been removed from them
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  • And the lord is with us.
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  • Do not fear them."
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  • Joshua and caleb gave a great speech that day,
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  • A sermon entitled,
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  • Moving from fear to courage.
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  • And the people responded how?
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  • Not with faith.
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  • Look at verse 10.
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  • All the congregations said,
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  • "let's stone them with these stones."
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  • They were not a receptive audience.
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  • They were ready to kill their leaders,
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  • Replace their leaders with somebody
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  • Who wouldn't put them in peril like this.
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  • And that's when god decided to show up.
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  • Verse 10 closes by saying,
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  • Then the glory of the lord appeared
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  • In the tent of meeting to all the sons of israel.
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  • God had had it.
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  • And in his rebuke, numbers 14,
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  • He chastises them for their lack of faith.
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  • And he said, "i've had it with his people.
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  • I'm going to destroy the israelites from the face of the earth
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  • And i'm going to begin with a new people
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  • To show my glory through."
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  • Now, if god had said that and i had been moses,
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  • I would say, "sick them, god.
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  • Give 'em what they deserve.
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  • Just remember me when you decide
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  • To raise up this new people.
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  • I want to be a part of that."
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  • But interestingly, that's not what moses does.
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  • Instead, he begs god to change his mind.
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  • In a great intercessory prayer,
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  • He says,
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  • "god, if you **** israel
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  • And condemn them to eternal punishment,
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  • Your name is going to be blasphemed among the gentiles.
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  • People are going to be saying
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  • You're a god who wasn't powerful enough
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  • To fulfill his own promise to his own people.
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  • Don't destroy this people."
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  • And god listened to moses.
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  • Verse 20 says, so the lord said,
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  • "i have pardoned them according to your word, moses.
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  • I'm going to forgive them.
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  • I'm not going to **** them eternally,
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  • But indeed as i live,
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  • All the earth will be filled with the glory of the lord.
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  • Surely all the men who have seen my glory and my signs,
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  • Which i performed in egypt and in the wilderness,
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  • Yet have put me to the test these 10 times
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  • And have not listened to my voice,
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  • Shall by no means see the land
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  • Which i swore to their fathers,
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  • Nor shall any of those who spurned me see it.
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  • I'm going to forgive them, moses,
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  • But not one of them
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  • Is going to enter into the promised land."
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  • In fact, he went on to say,
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  • "everybody 20 years of age and older
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  • Will die in the wilderness
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  • Without possessing the land.
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  • They're not going to lose their salvation,
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  • But they'll lose the benefit
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  • Of their salvation in this life.
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  • They shall not enter into my rest."
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  • You say,
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  • "why would god engage in such a severe punishment,
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  • Kill everyone, millions of people in the wilderness?
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  • Why would he do that?"
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  • Because god understood that fear is not only destructive,
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  • It's contagious.
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  • We learn fear from other people
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  • And just like sometimes
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  • Chemotherapy or radiation has to be utilized
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  • To kill off cancerous cells in the body,
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  • God knew that sometimes you have to destroy
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  • The cancerous cells of sin.
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  • He knew that unbelief,
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  • Fear is contagious
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  • And could be spread from generation to generation.
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  • What are the problems of fear?
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  • Let me just mention four real briefly to you.
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  • First of all, fear distorts the size of our problem.
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  • It distorts the size of our problem.
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  • I read somewhere that a fog
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  • That covers seven city blocks
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  • Has less than half a glass of water in it.
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  • It doesn't take much water,
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  • Many drops of water,
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  • To paralyze an entire city.
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  • The same thing is true with fear.
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  • Fear has a way of stopping us in our tracks.
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  • Fear is like a fun house mirror.
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  • Did you ever used to go into fun houses at the fair
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  • And see yourself in a mirror
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  • And it distorted your image
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  • And it was sometimes frightening to see?
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  • You just thought you looked bad.
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  • Wait until you look into one of those mirrors.
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  • It can be a scary thing to look at.
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  • It's the same way fear distorts the size of our problems
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  • And that's why it's so destructive.
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  • And that leads to number two.
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  • Fear utilizes the wrong standard
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  • For analyzing our situation.
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  • It utilizes the wrong standard for analyzing our situation.
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  • I read this week that the tallest building in the world
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  • Is in the middle east.
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  • It's in dubai.
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  • It's 2,717 feet high.
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  • That's one tall building
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  • Unless you're comparing it to mount everest
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  • That is 29,000 plus feet high.
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  • Then that office building is no larger than a mole hill.
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  • It's the same thing with analyzing our problems.
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  • How big are your problems?
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  • Well, if you're measuring your problems
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  • By your abilities,
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  • You're going to feel like a grasshopper
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  • And your problem is going to feel like a giant
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  • And it is a giant.
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  • But if you measure your problems
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  • By the size of the god you serve,
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  • Then it's your problem that becomes a grasshopper.
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  • Be sure you utilize the right standard
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  • In analyzing your situation.
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  • A third problem with fear
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  • Is it forgets the power of our god.
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  • Fear forgets the power of god.
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  • I find it fascinating that in this story,
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  • All 12 spies had the same report,
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  • Land flowing with milk and honey,
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  • Giants in the land.
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  • Nobody disputed that,
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  • But they came to two very different conclusions.
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  • The two spies, joshua and caleb, said,
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  • "yes, there are problems,
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  • But we can overcome the problem."
  • 00:11:36.685 --> 00:11:38.587
  • The ten said, "we have problems,"
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  • But they forgot the power of god,
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  • Which is amazing when you think
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  • About what they had experienced
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  • Over the last year and a half.
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  • I mean, the supernatural plagues
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  • That changed pharaoh's heart,
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  • The parting of the red sea for the israelites,
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  • The closing of the red sea, the ground,
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  • The egyptian soldiers that were chasing after them,
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  • The manna in the wilderness,
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  • The miraculous displays of god at mount sinai.
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  • Yet they forgot all of those things
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  • When analyzing their current problem.
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  • It is so easy to forget what god has done in the past.
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  • You know, eight times throughout the scripture,
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  • The bible says nothing is too hard for god.
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  • You may want to jot some of these references down.
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  • Genesis 18:14,
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  • Job 42:2,
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  • Jeremiah 32:27.
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  • In the new testament, matthew 19:26,
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  • Mark 10:27,
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  • Other passages.
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  • Nothing is too hard for god.
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  • I decided to spend a couple of hours
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  • Doing a word study this week
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  • On that word, nothing.
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  • What did it mean in the old testament,
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  • In the original hebrew?
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  • What did it mean in the new testament in the greek language?
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  • What does the word nothing mean?
  • 00:12:53.429 --> 00:12:54.797
  • And after a couple of hours of study,
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  • I got some insight.
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  • You know what the original meaning of nothing is?
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  • Nothing.
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  • (congregation laughs)
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  • When he says nothing is too hard for god,
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  • That's what it means.
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  • Nothing, nada, zilch is too hard for god.
  • 00:13:07.509 --> 00:13:11.280
  • Fear forgets the power of god.
  • 00:13:11.280 --> 00:13:13.716
  • And forth, fear destroys the promise of our future.
  • 00:13:13.716 --> 00:13:18.254
  • E. stanley jones says,
  • 00:13:18.254 --> 00:13:19.555
  • "fear is the sand in the machinery of life
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  • And faith is the oil."
  • 00:13:23.692 --> 00:13:25.895
  • Fear is like sand.
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  • It only takes a few grains of it
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  • To bring our life
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  • To a grinding halt,
  • 00:13:32.201 --> 00:13:34.570
  • But faith is the oil
  • 00:13:34.570 --> 00:13:36.372
  • That encourages us to move forward.
  • 00:13:36.372 --> 00:13:39.308
  • What is the antidote to fear?
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  • Now you might think i would say courage.
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  • The title of this message is moving from fear to courage,
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  • But know the antidote to fear is faith.
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  • I want you to listen to this for just a moment
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  • 'cause this is important in understanding.
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  • What is faith?
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  • In hebrews chapter 11 verse one,
  • 00:13:58.861 --> 00:14:00.696
  • Remember that passage?
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  • For faith is the assurance of things hoped for.
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  • It is the conviction of things not seen.
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  • Faith is both an assurance
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  • And it is a conviction.
  • 00:14:11.707 --> 00:14:13.709
  • I have given you this definition
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  • In our series on hebrews 11.
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  • I said faith is believing that god will do
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  • What he has promised to do
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  • And then acting accordingly.
  • 00:14:21.317 --> 00:14:24.253
  • You see, true faith involves first of all a belief
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  • That god will do what he's promised to do.
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  • But it's not just a belief, it's an action.
  • 00:14:31.527 --> 00:14:34.196
  • That's what the word conviction implies.
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  • It is an action.
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  • It is acting on what you believe.
  • 00:14:37.766 --> 00:14:40.869
  • And there's that long list in hebrews 11
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  • Of people who had true faith.
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  • I mean, abraham believed
  • 00:14:44.707 --> 00:14:46.241
  • That god was going to give him the land,
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  • But he believed it so much he acted accordingly.
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  • He picked up his family and moved,
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  • Headed to that promised land.
  • 00:14:52.915 --> 00:14:55.150
  • Noah believed that god was going
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  • To destroy the world by a flood.
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  • He believed that so much,
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  • He acted with conviction, with courage,
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  • He built an arc.
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  • Rahab believed that god was going to give jericho
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  • To the israelites.
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  • She believed that so much,
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  • She risked her life by hiding the two spies.
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  • That's what true faith is.
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  • It's a belief,
  • 00:15:13.802 --> 00:15:15.304
  • But it is also a conviction, an action.
  • 00:15:15.304 --> 00:15:19.274
  • If you're paralyzed, if you hear god speak,
  • 00:15:19.274 --> 00:15:21.577
  • But you don't move,
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  • You really don't have biblical faith.
  • 00:15:22.711 --> 00:15:25.848
  • Courage is just another word for conviction.
  • 00:15:25.848 --> 00:15:28.650
  • Moving in light of what god has promised to do for you.
  • 00:15:28.650 --> 00:15:33.522
  • How do you develop that kind of faith?
  • 00:15:33.522 --> 00:15:35.824
  • How do you allow faith and not fear
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  • To have the final say in your life?
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  • Let me give you three quick principles here
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  • For developing courage in your life.
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  • First of all, realize that fear is a normal reaction.
  • 00:15:45.734 --> 00:15:51.173
  • I was reading people this week who said,
  • 00:15:52.041 --> 00:15:53.609
  • "oh, fear is sinful."
  • 00:15:53.609 --> 00:15:54.910
  • No, it's not sinful
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  • If it's dealt with properly.
  • 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:58.847
  • Fear is a normal reaction.
  • 00:15:59.415 --> 00:16:01.717
  • The key is to make sure it's not your final reaction.
  • 00:16:01.717 --> 00:16:05.587
  • Remember psalm three,
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  • David, the man after god's own heart,
  • 00:16:07.222 --> 00:16:09.792
  • Found himself in a threatening situation.
  • 00:16:09.792 --> 00:16:11.960
  • His son, absalom, was leading a rebellion against him.
  • 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.631
  • He cries out to god in psalm three verse one,
  • 00:16:15.631 --> 00:16:19.034
  • "o lord, how my adversaries have increased.
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  • Many are rising up against me.
  • 00:16:21.804 --> 00:16:24.473
  • Many are saying to my soul,
  • 00:16:24.473 --> 00:16:25.841
  • 'there is no deliverance for him in god.'"
  • 00:16:25.841 --> 00:16:29.278
  • The jerusalem times was reporting,
  • 00:16:30.012 --> 00:16:31.947
  • David is finished.
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  • His kingdom is true.
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  • His own son is rebelling against him.
  • 00:16:36.952 --> 00:16:39.621
  • Many are saying there is no deliverance for him in god.
  • 00:16:39.621 --> 00:16:44.326
  • But remember verse three,
  • 00:16:44.326 --> 00:16:45.494
  • "but you, o lord,
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  • Are a shield about me.
  • 00:16:48.163 --> 00:16:50.132
  • My glory and the one who lifts up my head.
  • 00:16:50.132 --> 00:16:52.801
  • I was crying to the lord with my voice
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  • And he answered me from his holy mountain."
  • 00:16:55.070 --> 00:16:57.072
  • David didn't minimize the fear that he felt,
  • 00:16:57.072 --> 00:17:00.275
  • But thank god his fear was his first response,
  • 00:17:00.275 --> 00:17:03.779
  • But not his final response.
  • 00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:06.081
  • Realize that fear is a normal reaction.
  • 00:17:06.081 --> 00:17:08.484
  • Secondly, reflect on the promises of god.
  • 00:17:08.484 --> 00:17:13.055
  • Reflect on the promises of god.
  • 00:17:13.055 --> 00:17:15.023
  • I gave you some verses just a few moments ago
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  • About nothing is too hard for god.
  • 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:19.495
  • Memorize a few of those.
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  • Recount them when you run into trouble,
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  • When you run into a fearful situation.
  • 00:17:24.366 --> 00:17:26.902
  • In psalm 34, verse four,
  • 00:17:26.902 --> 00:17:28.403
  • David said, "i sought the lord
  • 00:17:28.403 --> 00:17:30.272
  • And he answered me
  • 00:17:30.272 --> 00:17:31.607
  • And he delivered me from all my fears."
  • 00:17:31.607 --> 00:17:34.776
  • One way god delivers us from fear
  • 00:17:34.776 --> 00:17:36.745
  • Is to reflect on his promises.
  • 00:17:36.745 --> 00:17:39.381
  • Somebody has pointed out
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  • That there are 366 commands in the bible
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  • That begin with fear not.
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  • Fear not, fear not.
  • 00:17:46.588 --> 00:17:48.157
  • 366, one for every day of the year,
  • 00:17:48.157 --> 00:17:50.626
  • Including leap year.
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  • God's trying to tell you something.
  • 00:17:52.794 --> 00:17:54.096
  • He's trying to tell me something,
  • 00:17:54.096 --> 00:17:55.597
  • Do not fear.
  • 00:17:55.597 --> 00:17:57.132
  • And one way we keep from fearing
  • 00:17:57.132 --> 00:17:59.568
  • Is by reflecting on what god has already promised.
  • 00:17:59.568 --> 00:18:03.772
  • Number three, remember and recount
  • 00:18:03.772 --> 00:18:06.708
  • God's faithfulness to you.
  • 00:18:06.708 --> 00:18:09.311
  • Remember and recount god's faithfulness to you.
  • 00:18:09.311 --> 00:18:12.881
  • I had you read psalm 34 a little bit earlier in the service.
  • 00:18:12.881 --> 00:18:16.518
  • It begins in verse one with,
  • 00:18:16.518 --> 00:18:18.153
  • "i will bless the lord at all times.
  • 00:18:18.153 --> 00:18:21.657
  • His praise shall continually be in my mouth."
  • 00:18:22.558 --> 00:18:26.662
  • David said, "i'm continually talking
  • 00:18:27.462 --> 00:18:29.831
  • About god's faithfulness."
  • 00:18:29.831 --> 00:18:32.601
  • Why, because it strengthens me
  • 00:18:32.601 --> 00:18:34.369
  • To remember god's faithfulness,
  • 00:18:34.369 --> 00:18:36.238
  • But it's also a blessing to other people around me
  • 00:18:36.238 --> 00:18:39.541
  • Who may be facing their own giants.
  • 00:18:39.541 --> 00:18:41.677
  • When they hear me recount of god's blessing,
  • 00:18:41.677 --> 00:18:44.413
  • It encourages other people.
  • 00:18:44.413 --> 00:18:45.781
  • Remember, fear is contagious, but so is faith.
  • 00:18:45.781 --> 00:18:49.418
  • Faith is contagious.
  • 00:18:49.885 --> 00:18:51.820
  • And that's why as families,
  • 00:18:51.820 --> 00:18:54.523
  • We need to have a collection of stories
  • 00:18:54.523 --> 00:18:57.392
  • Of god's faithfulness
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  • That we pass down to our children and grandchildren
  • 00:18:58.860 --> 00:19:01.763
  • Of how god has been faithful to us
  • 00:19:01.763 --> 00:19:03.966
  • And allowed us to conquer giants
  • 00:19:03.966 --> 00:19:06.268
  • That were in the land.
  • 00:19:06.268 --> 00:19:07.970
  • Do you have a group of stories like that?
  • 00:19:07.970 --> 00:19:09.705
  • Stories you tell so often
  • 00:19:09.705 --> 00:19:11.273
  • That when your children begin hearing it,
  • 00:19:11.273 --> 00:19:12.975
  • They roll their eyes and say, "oh, not again."
  • 00:19:12.975 --> 00:19:16.178
  • They may be rolling their eyes,
  • 00:19:16.812 --> 00:19:18.080
  • But they're listening to you
  • 00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:19.848
  • As you tell those stories of god's faithfulness
  • 00:19:19.848 --> 00:19:22.351
  • To your children and grandchildren.
  • 00:19:22.351 --> 00:19:25.454
  • Remember,
  • 00:19:25.754 --> 00:19:27.089
  • For hundreds of years,
  • 00:19:27.589 --> 00:19:29.091
  • The old testament wasn't written down.
  • 00:19:29.091 --> 00:19:31.460
  • The stories of genesis were passed down
  • 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:33.795
  • Through oral tradition,
  • 00:19:33.795 --> 00:19:35.163
  • Family to family to family to family,
  • 00:19:35.163 --> 00:19:37.666
  • Till it got to moses who wrote them down.
  • 00:19:37.666 --> 00:19:40.035
  • We need to pass down those stories of god's faithfulness.
  • 00:19:41.169 --> 00:19:43.905
  • And by the way, churches need to have their own stories
  • 00:19:43.905 --> 00:19:47.943
  • That they pass down from generation to generation
  • 00:19:47.943 --> 00:19:51.280
  • Of how god has sustained and protected
  • 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:53.649
  • And empowered their congregation.
  • 00:19:53.649 --> 00:19:57.319
  • I began the sermon today
  • 00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:59.288
  • By giving you a case study in fear.
  • 00:19:59.288 --> 00:20:03.392
  • And it's the israelites
  • 00:20:03.392 --> 00:20:04.559
  • Who failed to experience god's blessing
  • 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.462
  • Because they allowed fear
  • 00:20:07.462 --> 00:20:08.797
  • To have the final say in their life.
  • 00:20:08.797 --> 00:20:11.967
  • In these final moments,
  • 00:20:12.467 --> 00:20:13.769
  • I want to close with another case story,
  • 00:20:13.769 --> 00:20:16.738
  • A case study in courage.
  • 00:20:16.738 --> 00:20:20.742
  • And that case study in courage
  • 00:20:20.742 --> 00:20:22.844
  • Would be another group of god's people,
  • 00:20:22.844 --> 00:20:25.681
  • You, the members of first baptist church dallas.
  • 00:20:25.681 --> 00:20:30.319
  • You as a church responded not in fear, but in faith,
  • 00:20:31.386 --> 00:20:35.457
  • And you came to the front of that old historic sanctuary
  • 00:20:35.457 --> 00:20:38.960
  • And you made the pledges.
  • 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.729
  • And today we are in that campus
  • 00:20:40.729 --> 00:20:43.365
  • With no debt whatsoever.
  • 00:20:43.365 --> 00:20:46.468
  • No debt.
  • 00:20:46.468 --> 00:20:48.070
  • God did it.
  • 00:20:48.070 --> 00:20:50.906
  • Not any debt at all on this new campus.
  • 00:20:49.638 --> 00:20:53.675
  • And not only that,
  • 00:20:53.675 --> 00:20:54.910
  • Look at what has happened since that time.
  • 00:20:54.910 --> 00:20:57.312
  • God has blessed the ministry of this church here in dallas.
  • 00:20:57.312 --> 00:21:00.782
  • After a couple of years of being in our new campus,
  • 00:21:00.782 --> 00:21:03.552
  • We had so many children and preschoolers
  • 00:21:03.552 --> 00:21:06.388
  • And young adults and youth coming
  • 00:21:06.388 --> 00:21:08.924
  • That we had to add two more floors onto that new facility.
  • 00:21:08.924 --> 00:21:12.861
  • 90,000 square feet, $35 million,
  • 00:21:12.861 --> 00:21:16.365
  • To accommodate the throngs of people
  • 00:21:16.365 --> 00:21:18.700
  • Coming to our church.
  • 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:20.202
  • And not only that,
  • 00:21:20.202 --> 00:21:21.370
  • God blessed our broadcast ministry,
  • 00:21:21.370 --> 00:21:24.639
  • "pathway to victory".
  • 00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.774
  • Our church broadcast ministry
  • 00:21:25.774 --> 00:21:28.243
  • Is the fastest growing christian media ministry
  • 00:21:28.243 --> 00:21:31.513
  • In the world today.
  • 00:21:31.513 --> 00:21:32.848
  • Pastor, why are you telling us that story?
  • 00:21:32.848 --> 00:21:35.484
  • It's a story of faith that needs to be passed
  • 00:21:36.418 --> 00:21:38.587
  • From generation to generation.
  • 00:21:38.587 --> 00:21:40.322
  • But the reason i tell it today is this.
  • 00:21:40.322 --> 00:21:43.525
  • As i was preparing this message,
  • 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:47.295
  • I already had it completed,
  • 00:21:47.896 --> 00:21:49.364
  • Had the story worked in there.
  • 00:21:49.364 --> 00:21:50.899
  • It dawned on me wednesday
  • 00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:53.135
  • That today,
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  • May 2nd,
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  • 2021,
  • 00:21:56.738 --> 00:21:58.940
  • Is exactly the 11th anniversary of that day,
  • 00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:03.378
  • May 2nd, 2010,
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  • When you, the members of first baptist church dallas,
  • 00:22:06.581 --> 00:22:09.951
  • Came forward,
  • 00:22:09.951 --> 00:22:11.453
  • Major commitment
  • 00:22:11.453 --> 00:22:13.221
  • And said our church is going to be governed
  • 00:22:13.221 --> 00:22:16.124
  • By faith, not fear.
  • 00:22:16.124 --> 00:22:18.994
  • Thank you church for being that kind of church.
  • 00:22:18.994 --> 00:22:23.432
  • God has blessed you because of it.
  • 00:22:23.432 --> 00:22:26.201
  • (congregation applauds)
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  • People all over the world say to us, churches,
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  • "because of what your church did,
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  • Our church has been encouraged
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  • To step out in faith as well."
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  • So i'd tell it to you to say thank you,
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  • But also tell that story to you as a reminder
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  • That the same god,
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  • The same glorious, all powerful god
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  • Who moved a mountain for us
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  • Is available to help you
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  • And offers to remove whatever obstacle
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  • You're facing right now
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  • So that you can experience
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  • That abundant life he's promised to you.
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Perhaps you heard me describe
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  • First baptist church of dallas,
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  • And you only wish your home church
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  • Would become motivated by faith rather than fear.
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  • Well, as i said a moment ago,
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  • The same glorious god
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  • Who moved mountains for us here in dallas
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  • Is more than able to move mountains
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  • For your church as well.
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  • In closing today,
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  • I want to thank our loyal financial partners
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  • Who are helping us become
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  • One of the fastest growing media ministries in the world.
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  • Every day of the week,
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  • We open the door to our worship center in downtown dallas
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  • To a global audience
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  • Of television viewers and radio listeners,
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  • And it's your generous gifts that make it all possible.
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  • So please keep up the good work,
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  • As together we pierce the darkness
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  • With the light of god's word.
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  • Now please stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory"
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  • In just a moment.
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  • Jesus told us that if we have faith
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  • As tiny as a mustard seed,
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  • We can move mountains.
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  • But what does that promise really mean?
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  • [announcer] in his book "invincible",
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  • Dr. robert jeffress helps you conquer the mountains
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  • That separate you from the blessed life.
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  • [dr. robert] all of us are going to face
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  • Mountains in life,
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  • But those obstacles don't have to stop us in our tracks
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  • Because with god on our side,
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  • We are invincible.
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  • [announcer] in the pages of "invincible",
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  • From fear to courage and much more.
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  • Life's up and downs can be overwhelming,
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  • But in the eyes of the mountain mover,
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  • Every mountain you face is a mole hill
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  • And god is ready to take you
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  • To the other side of blessing.
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  • Any more than doubt.
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  • We've got this secret fear
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  • That our doubts are bigger than god's answers.
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  • Don't worry about that.
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  • God is big enough to handle your questions.
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  • [announcer] your generosity today will help us
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  • Spread the message of victory and hope.
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  • Thank you for giving generously
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  • To help us shine the light of christ
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  • Into the dark corners of our country and world.
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • The israelite story doesn't have to be your story.
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  • Through faith, you can overcome fear's stronghold
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  • On your life.
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  • When you reflect on god's promises
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  • And remember god's faithfulness,
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  • You can move from fear to courage.
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  • Well, at some point in life,
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  • All of us are going to suffer a measure of loss
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  • And the grief that comes with it.
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  • So how do you keep your broken heart
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  • From overshadowing every other aspect of your life?
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  • Stay tuned for a preview
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  • Of what's coming up next on "pathway to victory".
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  • All of us are going to suffer some kind of loss
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  • And experience the accompanying grief.
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  • How do we keep grief
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  • From overshadowing every other aspect of our life?
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  • The fact is, every one of us is going to die
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  • Unless we're a part of the rapture.
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  • Every one of us, rapture or no rapture,
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  • Is going to experience
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  • The death and the sorrow
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  • That comes from losing a loved one.
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  • Moving from grief to acceptance
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