Fearless - Breaking The Barrier of Fear
Introduction
Bannister Had To Break:
1. The “
” Barrier
2. The “
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3. The “
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From Frighten To Fearless – The Gideon Story
12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”
13 “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”
15 “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”
16 The Lord said to him, “I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.”
17 Gideon replied, “If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me. —Judges 6:12-17 (New Living Translation)
To Fearlessly Break Barriers:
1. I Must
Me The Way God
Me
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
2.
The Journey From
Even the most accomplished athletes experience moments of self-doubt.
3. God Works At
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test…” —Judges 6:39 (New Living Translation)
13 If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is. —2 Timothy 2:13 (New Living Translation)
4. Put My
In
4 We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. 5 We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. —2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (New Living Translation)
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. —Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)
Conclusion
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. —Isaiah 10:27 (KJV)
27 So it will be on that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of fatness. —Isaiah 10:27 (NASB)
My Next Steps:
- Take a leap of faith and squash your fear!
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