Real Leaders FIGHT!

Mark 5:17-19 - The Response Dichotomy
* When you take a bold stand people will love you or hate you but they’ll never

you.
* In those moments, we need to pay attention to the

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of God not the

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of people.
* EX:
* Faithfulness in your work leads to

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(Proverbs 22:29).
* Faithfulness in your walk leads to

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(Mark 13:9).
* You’re responsible to be faithful / God is responsible for the results.
* Backstory - Jesus came to town and found a man filled with demons - he was a nuisance to the town.
* They needed something done for them spiritually, but it would cost them financially.
* He cast the demons out and threw them into pigs, which ran off into the sea.
* Vs 14-15 - their response was

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* Decisions based on fear lead you the wrong way.
* Fear or Faith?
* Fear is concerned with what it will

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- Faith is not.
* Vs 16-17 - when you operate out of fear you lose the

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of God.
* Vs 18-19 - Jesus tells this man to use the power of his testimony.
* He didn’t need to be a preacher, but simply tell his story.
* So that’s what he did.
* Vs 20 - their response was

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!
* This is how it is when you stand bold for the Lord.

Mark 5:30 - Your Body Keeps Score
* Your body is speaking to you - are you listening?
* Just look at what Christ’s body told Him.
* Vs 24-30 - He felt power leave His body.
* The same spirit that lived in Jesus while He was on earth lives in us!
* Our bodies are temples that inhabit this Spirit - and in the OT the Temple carried a

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* “What you feel from moment to moment as you move through the day is not random. It is serving a purpose. The sensations or feelings you experience are feedback to alert you to the fact that something is right … or that something is wrong.” Four Rivers Neuropathic Clinic
* Your body is affected by:
* 1) Things that are

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your control (trauma, injury, etc).
* Your body remembers the things that have happened to you.
* It doesn’t forget past trauma.
* 2) Things that are

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your control (eat, eyes, ears).
* Your body remembers the things you’ve taken in:
* Three facets:
* Your physical body will tell you if you’re doing good or bad with each of these.
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* 3) Things that you

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about.
* The warfare for your soul takes places on the battleground of your

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.
* TWIST - God leads you oftentimes by speaking to your body.
* Key - Your body wants you to listen to

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