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Fear Not! | Bishop Dale C. Bronner | Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral - AI Summary, Mind Map & Transcript | Bishop Dale C. Bronner - Word of Faith Family | YouTubeToText
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The central message emphasizes overcoming fear by focusing on God's presence, power, and promises, primarily through the consistent engagement with and application of His Word.
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this is bishop dale broader thank you so
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well our scriptural lesson today comes from
from
isaiah chapter 41 and verse 10 a
familiar passage of scripture for many
notice there these words don't be afraid
for i am with you don't be discouraged
for i am your god
i will strengthen you and help you
i will hold you up with my victorious
right hand now
i'm speaking to you today simply from
this thought
fear not fear
not fear not
and i want you to understand this fear
not is not a suggestion
it is a command it is a command
and i would have thought that the
command that really
took precedence in the mind of god would
be a command of god telling us to
worship the lord your god
and he does tell us to worship him i i
would have thought that the greatest
command that he would have given us
would have been just the command to pray
or the command to trust god or
or the command that he gave us like do
not bear false witness
don't lie don't steal don't murder
don't commit adultery uh i would have
thought that the greatest command was just
just
merely uh love your enemies
love your enemies but really i want you
to understand this
fear not is the most repeated command in
the bible
isn't that interesting it is the most
repeated command in the bible fear not
it is the most repeated command in the
bible and that means we probably have
more trouble with all of this fear
than we do with anything else fear not
but he
it is the most repeated command in all
of scripture
fear not fear not fear not you know why
because at different
stages of life there are fearful
situations that you will experience
in fact at every new level every new
stage of life there are new things that
you have never
encumbered before and so it's frightening
frightening
it's frightening to us so
uh i want you to realize in the midst of
god just telling us giving us this command
command
over and over fear not fear not fear not
i mean when a child has grown up in the
in the parents home and
and when they get ready to go off to
child care to
school for the first time you know the
child is afraid the parent is afraid
sometimes both mama and the baby are
crying when they first go to kindergarten
kindergarten
because they're just scared of this this
this new existence when they leave to go
off to college
this mama crying the baby cries it's
it's a new stage it's a new development
you leave one job you go to another job
you you start crying
you leave friends you move from one
house in one neighborhood move to
another experience
because all change involves loss
all change involves loss all change
involves loss and so we we grieve
for a moment the loss of the familiar of
what we know
and we begin to fear this unknown
territory that we're going
in so god has to remind us at different times
times
over and over and over again fear not
fear not fear not it is the most
repeated command in all of the bible
i want you to understand this god's
greatest desire for us
is for us to believe him it's just
for us to believe him believe in the
lord your god and so shall you be established
established
believe him believe him believe him not
not prove him to just believe him
believe him his greatest desire god's
greatest desire for us
is for us to simply believe him
i don't know whether you've ever noticed
in romans 10 4 where it says
how will they call on him in whom they
have not
believed and how will they believe in him
him
in whom they have not heard and how will
they hear without a preacher
but it's all about getting us to be able
to believe him
god's greatest desire for us is for us
to believe him believe him believe him
when you believe god you stop fearing
because you know that god is with you
please understand that our salvation
is predicated on our believing god
romans 10 9
just remember if you confess with your mouth
mouth
the lord jesus and believe
in your heart that god has raised him
from the dead thou
shalt be saved our whole salvation
is predicated on our believing god
because god's greatest desire for us
is to simply be believed he just said
believe me believe me believe me
that is why again he says that without
faith it is impossible to please him
hebrews chapter 11 and verse 6 without
faith it
is impossible to please him and and
here's what i want you to realize
your faith follows your focus
your faith follows your focus your
faith follows your focus your faith
follows your focus
that's why you have to be careful about
what you're listening to
watching the news all the time reading
the stats all of the time
listening to a doctor's report looking
at the economy and who else went out of
business and what's going on in somebody
else's life that's negative
and who else got sick and you look at
all of the negative data that's in the world
world
and all of a sudden your faith follows
your focus
your faith follows your focus one of the
best remedies for old people is to get
away from old people and get around some
young people
because you know when you start hanging
around old folks you all start
comparing uh the different medications
you're taking
and how many milligrams you're taking
and how many of you taking and what's
going on with your back and your knees
and and and how how are the writers
brothers you know
are are messing with you so you need to
get around somebody that
that doesn't have your problem but
somebody who's got your answer because
your faith follows your
your your focus your faith follows your
focus your faith
follows your focus and so
too much of our news is negative we're
dealing with
murder rates and death rates based on
disease and
and people's financial ruin and all of
that and it produces fear and so
again god has to remind us fear not fear
not fear
not fear not fear not because
fear has torment and so whenever you become
become
fearful shift your focus whenever you become
become
fearful shift your focus
shift your focus you have the ability to pivot
pivot
and shift your focus whenever you become fearful
fearful
it's not a matter of if you will become
fearful you will become fearful at some points
points
i mean nobody's just superman and i mean
even people of faith
you know we will come out and we'll say
things what the lord has said god has
shown me this he's given me a dream he's
given me a vision
and we start speaking it by faith and
then when circumstances and realities start
start
hitting us in the face then then we
start you know
we go from being superman to clark kent again
again
and he's bringing us back and we're
dealing with our fears and so
he has to then put us back into
remembrance fear
not fear not the most repeated command
in all of the bible
is fear not the most repeated command in
all of the bible
is fear not so
when fear grips you shift your focus
when fear grips you shift your
focus shift your focus shift your focus
when peter got out of the boat fear
gripped him
and he started focusing on the wind and
the waves
and he had to shift his focus back to jesus
jesus
the moment that he shifted his focus
back to jesus he was able to get his hand
hand
he focused in on jesus and his hand
lifting him up i'll uphold you with my
right hand
jesus extended the right hand to
fellowship to it
and and allowed him to step back up again
again
fear not fear not fear not
because here's what fear does fear engages
engages
the principle of magnification it
engages the principle of magnification
that whatever you focus on gets bigger
uh if you lay a sheet of paper on the ground
ground
and then hold a magnifying glass over
that piece of paper do you know that
that piece of paper
will catch fire it will catch fire
the word focus means uh
the point of convergence
where you're converging your energy your focus
focus
on that one area and the word
focus literally comes from a latin word
that literally means
fireplace and we all know i mean i used
to play as a little boy
up in the woods with with a magnifying
glass and i'd take that glass and i
i'd burn a hole in a leaf because
it's just focused light whatever you
focus on whatever you magnify in your mind
mind
will catch on fire in your soul you keep
looking at lustful images
and all of a sudden you'll be dealing
with an uncontrolled lust driving your behavior
behavior
because of the principle of
magnification if you keep
focusing on it it will get bigger if you
focus on your blessings
every place that you look you'll
discover that you're blessed
there are some people that are
pessimistic to their bones and i
am i'm allergic to negative people
you know because they find a problem
with every solution
and but when you are filled with the
faith of god
i wake up every day and i i look for things
things
for which to be thankful every day that
i wake up i said this is the day that
the lord
has made it in and i'm going to rejoice
and be exceedingly glad
and i always find subtle blessings of god
god
subtle blessings of god in just the
little things
and and i'm thankful for that and so if
you focus
on blessings and on the things for which
you are thankful
every day you'll see more and more things
things
that you can give glory about and if you
focus on what's wrong
you'll find more and more things that
are wrong please don't do that
with your spouse because you you know if
you look for things that's wrong with
your spouse
your spouse you'll find it and you'll
not only find one you'll find two and
and then three and then four and then
they'll just start multiplying on you
but if you're only looking for their
faults for what's wrong with them for
what they do
negatively you'll always find something
that magnifies and it gets bigger and
the next thing you know you're inflamed
and now this great conflagration has
been set ablaze
in your mind and your heart and all of a
sudden now you are walking in
hate and that may i suggest this to you
that the opposite of love is not
no wonder the bible says that perfect
love cast
out all fear it cast out
all fear perfect love cast out
all fear and and i i i guarantee you
this that whatever
it is that you fear you also hate
if you hate snakes or you fear snakes
you hate snakes
if you fear dogs you hate dogs
if you fear spiders and you're dealing
with arachnophobia
you you hate spiders if you fear large
open spaces agoraphobia or
aerophobia fear of heights uh
some people are even afraid of uh
of the number 13 it's called triscodechophobia
triscodechophobia
uh there are so many different phobias
you'll be surprised people have
fear of rejection fear of of being left alone
alone
in the world they've got fears uh about
uh they're afraid of blood some people
are afraid of clowns they're afraid of needles
needles
there's so many fears phobias in our world
world
that are ungrounded they're unrealistic
and there are fears and no wonder god
has said to us
fear not the most common command in the
bible fear not
fear not fear not fear not fear
not he tells us listen don't fear don't fear
fear
and he doesn't just say don't fear but
he begins to tell us why he says because
i'm with you
don't be afraid he says don't be
dismayed don't be depressed don't be discouraged
discouraged
because i'm your i'm with you and i'm
your helper
i will help you i'll help you why not be
depressed i'll help you
lord i don't have anybody to help me god
says i will help you
i'm your help who can ask for a better
help than god
and if you get god on your side my god
he's got so many agents
in the earth that means that if you lose
one job
your job is a resource but god is your source
source
and if you lose one resource the source
will open
up another resource for you that's why
god says
chill out don't be afraid of this
situation i'm your source i
am god i will help you i will help you
and i'll uphold you with the with the
hand of my righteousness
i'll i'll uphold you i love you he says
don't be afraid
i know the world has a lot to offer you
in terms of fear but he says don't be afraid
afraid
so remember when you're focusing on on
the negative
shift your focus because your focus is a
point of convergence
it's a point of convergence it is your
fireplace whatever you focus on
is your fireplace it's your focus it's a
thing that causes a burning on the
inside of you
so whatever it is that you want to
magnify in your life if you if you focus
on it
it'll get bigger and it'll get better
remember that the areas of your focus
are the areas of your reward and the
areas of your neglect are the areas of
your pain
so focus on the right things focus on
the right things
and if you even take something as simple
as water
and if you focus water did you know that
water can cut through steel
water can cut through steel if you focus
it take a look at this little video just
that's just a laser beam of water watch
and i hope you see that whatever has you
locked down
if you put the water of the word on it
the word can
cut through and break every chain break every
every
lock break everything that fetters your
life because the word of god
is like water ephesians chapter 5 verse
26 says that he might sanctify her and
cleanse her is talking about the church
with the washing of the water of the
word the word
is a type of water the washing of the
water of the word and if you focus
that word that word will cut through
whatever is locking you up
whatever is locking your mindset up
whatever is locking your emotions up
whatever is locking you up from being
able to love freely and be able to
spring back
to yourself to come to yourself so that
you come back alive
and be who god has made you to be and
not define yourself by what has happened
to you
you are not what you have done you are
what you have overcome
and god by the precious blood of jesus
gives you the power
and the efficacy to be able to overcome
every negative thing that has ever
happened in your world
i'm so glad that it is that it's time
for us now to start
using laser-like focus
to be able to break everything that has
locked us down and locked us out of the
provisions of god
in our life but i want you to realize
this that if we are going to have
sufficient faith to deal with the
challenges of life
we must return to focusing on the power of
of
god's word i want you to get that very clearly
clearly
if we are going to have sufficient
faith to deal with the challenges of life
life
we must return to
focusing on the power of god's word
god's word is quick and powerful
we've got to put god's word back into a place
place
of prominence and preeminence in our
lives because we've
taken the word of god and put it on on a
on a back burner
and as long as we can get a little
inspirational reading and some little
positive thinking
listen that is not the same as the word
of god
if you are dealing with a demon spirit a
demon spirit is not interested
in a quote from norman vincent peale are
you listening there are some things that
if you don't have
the power of the word of god behind it that's
that's
actually the strength of god's word may
i remind you
of the word of the lord psalm 107 and
verse 20
he sent his word and
healed them and delivered them
from their destructions what was
destroying your life
god said he sent his word and delivered them
them
he sends his word jesus sent his word
and said lazarus
come forth when you're living your life
like a dead man walking dead man walking
dead man walking
he's calling your name lazarus michael
jeffrey come for he's calling you
george come forth he's calling for you
to come forth
he doesn't just raise men he raises
little girls he says
tabitha arrives get up get up
get up get up get up he doesn't fear
death he
speaks to death get up get up he sent
his word
and heal them and deliver them from
their destruction
and so whenever you get in a pickle
there is a word from god
there is a word from god there is a word
that's why your
your most pressing question
whenever you're in trouble ought to be
is there a word
from the lord because he sent his word
and healed them and delivered them
from the very things that were
destroying them psalm 107 and verse 20.
it is a promise that is still just as
true today as it was at the time
that the prophets of old spoke it and so
just remember we've got to put god's
word back into a place
of prominence in our lives remember this
that faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of god
you don't get faith unless you get the word
word
faith comes by hearing romans 10 17 and hearing
hearing
by the word of god faith comes by
hearing hearing and and you'll discover
in the original
language it is a gerund
to say that faith comes by hearing and hearing
hearing
it does not say that faith comes by having
having
heard faith comes by hearing and hearing
faith comes by hearing and hearing faith
comes by hearing and hearing
faith comes by hearing and hearing it is
a process you don't ever get to a place
where you graduate from hearing the word
of god oh but i've heard that no
no faith comes by hearing and hearing
faith comes by hearing and hearing
and this is why the bible reminds us in
romans chapter 14 around verse 23
that whatsoever whatsoever hear this
carefully whatsoever
is not of faith is sin
oh that's awfully strong whatever is not
of faith is sin
whatever is not of faith is sin whatever
is not of faith is sin
one version puts it this way that whatever
whatever
you do not have a conviction with
that it has the approval of god in your life
life
is sin whatever is not in line
or in alignment with your faith is
sin whatever does not show that you have
confidence toward god
is sin and that's why he says fear not
fear not
fear not fear not fear not there's a lot
of scary stuff happening in the world
lord where did this world come into
you hear people talking like that run
cover your ears
whatever is not of faith is
sin faith comes by
hearing and hearing by the word of god
the word has power and the bible says
that his word is like a hammer
it's like a hammer that means you don't
just speak it one time
no you have to hammer that word in with
his stripes i'm healed while you're
still hurting
with his stripes i'm here you have to
still keep confessing it
still keep confessing that i'm blessed
even while you're broke
i'm blessed in the city i'm blessed in
the field
i'm blessed you have to declare the word
of the lord
over and over and over and over
sometimes when you're getting that word
you have to just hammer that word in
you you once you speak it the first time
that's just aligning the nail with the
hole or where you want to drive it
and every time you recite it you drive
it a little deeper and a little deeper
and a little deeper and a little deeper
and it becomes secured
in your soul his word is like a hammer
his word is like a fire whenever you get cold
cold
when the the love of many wax is cold
because i want you to understand this principle
principle
we learned in the new testament
galatians around chapter 5
faith works by love
faith works by love faith works by
love faith works by love because remember
remember
the opposite of love
is not hate the opposite of love is fear
and that's why fear that's why perfect
love casts out all fear
and whatever it is that you fear you
also hate
and that's why you have to realize that
you will
you're called to just love god and fear not
not
fear not fear not fear not so that faith
will arise
in your heart that's why we've got to go
back to the word of god we put the word
on a back burner
we've got too much stuff that we're
reading from different sources
and we've we've neglected you cannot
give other writings
the same level of validity and power
that you
give to the word of god it is sacred text
text
it is not the opinion of a man it is god
breathed it is god infused
it is god empowered it is life by god it is
is
backed up by the presence of god psalm
138 and verse 2
says that he has exalted his word
even above his own name
another version says that he has
used his name as the guarantor to guarantee
guarantee
the promises of his word but god
has exalted his word even above his name
you know why because his word is the one
that brings us the revelation of the
names of god
we learn that by the word by the word
where is god's word the word of god
in terms of priority in your life is it
your daily bread
this is a call for the church for the
people of god
to put the word of god back into a place
of preeminence in your life you got to
read it and fall in love with it as
though it is
life to you it renews your mind because
if you don't get it renewed
it will get old and it will start
adopting the philosophies and the fears
of the world and so we once again have
to bring it back
to prominence in our lives
let me give you i thought about this and
i prayed about it
and i said lord just show me this in
your word and this is what came into my
spirit these seven things to do with the
word of god
seven things to do with the word of god
number one pray for spiritual
enlightenment in the word of god in
psalm 119 verse 18.
it talks about and i would pray this
every time i don't get ready to open my bible
bible
open thou mine eyes that i might behold
wondrous things out of thy law
god open open my eyes so i can see
like you see in this word help me god to
see what you want to show me
pray for spiritual enlightenment don't
just start reading your bible
pray that god will open up your
understanding your
enlightenment don't just read because
that's one of the number one complaints
people read the bible they said well i
don't understand
i don't understand you open your bible
and you get sleepy
you get sleepy because you don't see how
it relates to your life my god this book
is so relevant
to your life so the the first thing that
you do is pray
for spiritual enlightenment you know why
because the bible says that the entrance
of his word
gives light the moment that his word
enters into you
enters into you this word is not going
to get into you
because it's on your nightstand or
because it's on your coffee table
or because it's on an app on your telephone
telephone
it gets into you because you speak the
word out and you
meditate on it and it gets into your
heart so uh seven things to do with the
with the with this is number one pray
for spiritual enlightenment in the word
of god number two
read the word of god read it read it sec
first timothy chapter 4 verse 13 paul
writing there to timothy he says till i come
come
give attendance to reading reading
i want you to pay attention he says to
reading to exhortation and the doctrine
of scripture
read it pay attention to what it exhorts
you and encourages you to do
and then to the doctrine that it is
teaching you laying you for successful
living in jesus christ to build the character
character
of christ in your heart read the word of god
god
pray for enlightenment then read the
word of god here's number three
study the word of god second timothy 2
15 i grew up every week as i taught the
bible we would close our service with this
this
study to show thyself approved unto god
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed
rightly dividing the word of truth study
to show yourself
study to show yourself a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed
rightly dividing the word of truth you
pray for enlightenment
you read the word you study the word of
god number four
meditate in the word of god meditate in
the word of god
to meditate as the hebrew word hoga h-a-g-a-h
h-a-g-a-h
and it means to utter to mutter to speak
to oneself
aloud speak that word out speak that
word out to mutter speak it over and over
over
to get it down into you whatever you
want to get into you speak it over and
over meditate on that thing
in joshua 1 8 he says this book of the
law shall not depart out of thy mouth
but thou shalt meditate therein
how often day and night that thou mayest
observe to do according to all that is
written therein
and then he says if you'll do that he
says then you will make your way prosperous
prosperous
and then you will have good success
meditate in the word of god
so pray for god to to open your
understanding your spiritual understanding
understanding
read the word study the word number four
meditate in the word number five discuss
the word with other believers
discuss the word discussion reinforces information
information
in luke chapter 24 and verse 14 and 15
uh this is when
they were on the road to emmaus and the
disciples were discussing
uh with each other the bible says there
everything that had happened
and as they discussed the things with
each other
jesus showed up in the midst wherever
two or three are gathered in my name
discuss the word of god with others
because discussion
reinforces information you'll get
different insights
and revelations and understanding when
you discuss the word with other
believers what did this mean to you how
did this
speak to you and through the different
facets because this word
is multifaceted if you had
all of the time in the world you would
never be able to exhaust
the revelation in the word of god there
are layers
of of of this and let me just tell you i
remember one time
i spent an entire year teaching off of
one verse
one verse one verse of scripture
just one verse of scripture i know the
plans that i have for you declares the lord
lord
plans to prosper you and not to harm
your plans to give you a hope and a future
future
just one year and listen after after teaching
teaching
for a year on one verse of scripture
i still couldn't exhaust it because the
revelation that is packed
into the word of god is like an onion as
soon as you peel back one layer there's another
another
and then there's another and then
there's another and the more you grow
the more that you're able to see in the
various layers of the scripture
that's why i said fall in love with that
word fall in love with that word
fall in love pray that god will open the
eyes of your understanding
then read that word read that word
and study that word then meditate on
that word
and then discuss that word with other
believers discuss that word with other
believers here's the next thing you do
number six
practice the word practice the word
practice i mean what good does it do
if you're praying for understanding and uh
uh
and you you're reading and and you're
studying you're meditating you're
discussing it with other folks and then
you still don't do it
james 1 22 says be ye doers of the word
and not hearers only deceiving your own selves
selves
be doers of the word practice the word
put what you learn
into practice put what you learn
into practice and let me just tell you this
anybody who claims to be deep in the word
word
here is the real litmus test as to
whether they have any depth in the word
the depth the depth of their
understanding and revelation in the word
is revealed by their depth of love
now if you deep but you don't have love
you fooling yourself you're fooling yourself
yourself
if you're supposed to be spiritual and
you're fooling yourself if you're
if you if you're not in a place of kindness
kindness
and gratitude in your life because
something about the word
the more you see the glory of god in the
word the more you realize
how unworthy how filthy and how
despicable we are and it makes us
grateful that god accepts us
in the beloved that he loves us when we
were unlovable
he loves us god loves you he loves you unconditionally
unconditionally
that ought to blow your mind it ought to
make you say you know god you know
why why don't you why do you love me
this way it ought to do something on the
inside of you but you got to fall in
love with that word
practice that word it doesn't make any
difference that you ask god for
understanding and you've got all this revelation
revelation
and if it's not manifested in the way
that you're able to love people
you're deceiving yourself jesus was
filled with love
he was filled with love he refused to be
offended it's hard to be offended with
people that you really love
that you really really love on the
inside love transcends the offense
because love
will not let an issue become more
important than the relationship
and here's the seventh thing share the
word with the lost
share the word with the laws once you
get that word i mean if you've asked god
for understanding in the word you read
the word you study the word you meditate
in the word you discuss the word with
other believers
and you practice the word now share that
word with other lost people mark 16 15
go ye into all the world preaching and
teaching and baptizing them and then to
the father son of the holy ghost he says
go and share this
word with everybody that you meet share
it share it share it with the lost
share it with the lost share it with the
lost with the lost
the lost don't just preach to the choir
share it with the lost
share it with the lost take the light of
the word and shine it into darkness
into dark places it is so interesting to note
note
that uh ten times in the bible the
command do not be afraid
is followed by do not be discouraged
that's very interesting
he makes a connection with do not be afraid
afraid
with also do not be discouraged you know
why because whatever
puts fear in us also discourages us if you
you
live with the fear of rejection you'll
be discouraged
if you live with the fear of failure you
will be discouraged your discouragement
is a natural fruit
that flows out of fear fearful people
are discouraged people fearful people
are negative people
fearful people are negative people
faithful people
are positive people and so perhaps there
is a
connection between fear and discouragement
discouragement
because we fear so much we fear so much
and here's something that i want you to
think about
that is god can remove something
from your life that you never thought of losing
losing
can't you trust him to bring something
new into your life that you never
dreamed of
let me say that again if god can remove
something from
your life that you never dreamed of losing
losing
can't you trust him to bring something
new and better in your life
and you know one of the things that i
discovered is that some people
are fearful that any kind of extreme in
their life
will pull them away from god we we
noticed that in in the writings of
one of the the proverbs chapter 30 verse
eight and nine notice this in the message
message
version it says give me enough food to
live on
neither too much nor too little if i'm
too full
i might get independent saying god who
needs him and if i'm poor
i might steal and dishonor the name of
my god
see he's afraid of extremes he's like i
don't want to be too full because if i
get too full
i might see i'm independent who needs god
god
and then if i get too hungry i might
well you know when i get full and if i
got a full refrigerator and a full
freezer i'm gonna say blessed be the
name of the lord
it's not gonna make me say you know that
i don't need god i say lord i thank you
lord i thank you and this is what i'm
saying when you're connected to the word
you realize by thy hands oh god we are fed
fed
by your hands you've blessed me with
whatever i have everything that god what i've
i've
what i've got you gave me what i know
god you taught me you taught me
uh you know where i am god you brought me
me
it's our way of saying jesus i i so
depend upon you
you don't have to be afraid of blessing
that it's gonna pull you away
from god because money doesn't change
people money only exposes you for who
you already were
if you're grateful before you ever had
money you'll be grateful after you've
got money
and i don't know about you but i've
traveled to some places in the world
where people were desperately poor i've
traveled to some places the average
income was 250
a year not a day not a week a year
a year and i found the most grateful
people in the world the most
grateful they were so grateful for any
little thing that you had just
anything that you had i remember one
time walking in a rural
village of uh of mexico and and
and i had on one of our company uh t-shirts
t-shirts
i'm walking through the through the town
in the village and i've got one of our company
company
t-shirts and uh a a a
a young man came up to me and he was so
enamored with with someone from america
and who had on
uh something that was in english that
that had an american
slogan on it and and and and he wanted
he wanted it so desperately it was like
i mean it was another t-shirt to me
and and he said to me he said i'll give
you a brand new t-shirt if you give me
and right out in the middle of the
market the bishop pulls it off
and puts it back on a brand new shirt
and he got something old and sweaty and
i got something fresh and new
and i'm just telling you when you love
god when you love god when you love god
whether you've got a little or whether
you've got a lot god can bless you
if your attitude is right i'm just
telling it's such a blessing
and the fear of the lord have the fear
of the lord because the fear of the lord
is when you have a reverential respect
and honor of god
fear the lord have a reverential respect
and honor of god and i want you to
understand this that if you
don't have the fear of the lord you'll
be plagued
with fear from the devil
if you don't have the fear of the lord
you'll be plagued
with fear from the devil
and if you really want a simple
definition for the fear of the lord
proverbs chapter 8 and verse 13 says the
fear of the lord
is to hate evil when you fear god you
hate evil
when you fear god you hate evil when you
fear god you hate
what god hates and you love what god
loves the fear of the lord is to hate
evil and we need both the love of god
and the fear of god not one or the other now
now
people are into this movement that
everything god is love just love
everybody love no no that's more than
just love of god there's also the fear
of the lord
and the love of god is the thing that
draws us to god
but the fear of the lord is the thing
that helps us to abstain from evil
the fear of the lord helps us to abstain
from evil we need
both the love of god and the fear of god
love draws us to god the fear keeps us
away from the things that offend god
so you need both and may i just remind
you of this
there are so many benefits
of the fear of the lord let me just
share a few with with you the bible is
loaded with benefits
of when you have the fear of the lord
number one of the fear of the lord leads
to life
it leads to life life is where you have peace
peace
it's where you have peace it's where you
can sleep and rest at night
the fear of the lord leads to life
proverbs 19 23
the fear of the lord prolongs life you
want to live a long time
it's a it's a promise of god's word
proverbs chapter 10 verse 27
it prolongs life the fear of the lord
prolongs life
and then the lord favors those who fear
him you want god's favor on you
the lord favors those who fear him psalm 147
147
verse 11 and then god will fulfill the
desire of those who fear him
god will give you the desires of your
heart you'd see that psalm 145 verse
19. i'm just telling you god will
fulfill the desire of those
who fear him and then here's another
good one in the fear of the lord
there is strong confidence proverbs 14
26 he'll make you a confident person i
tell you when you fear god you don't
have to fear man
and then she has given uh for those who fear
fear
him there is no want psalm 34 verse nine
god says listen i'll i'll bless you to
your need you'll realize that you won't
be lacking anything to those who fear
him there
is no want and then notice this one he
has given
food to those who fear him my god he
said he'll you fear the lord he'll feed you
you
you feel the lord he will be he has
given food to those who fear him
psalm 111 and verse 5 and then how
blessed is
everyone who fears the lord you will be
blessed psalm 128 and verse 1
how blessed is everyone who fears the lord
lord
and then this one the fear of the lord
is the beginning of wisdom
the fear of the lord proverbs 9 10 the
fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom
wisdom
these are just a few of the benefits of
having god's fear in your heart
and so remember that whenever you fear
the lord you don't have to fear people
why you'll notice in psalm 118 verse
6 the lord is for me so i will have no fear
fear
what can mere people do to me when you
fear god you don't have to fear people
when you fear god you don't have to fear people
people
i don't care whether you've been on a
drug scene if you fear god you don't
have to fear people
if you've been in a gang if you fear god
you don't have to fear people because
god is uh he's uh he's our defender
i mean what can mere people do to us i
mean the psalmist
david reminded us in psalm 27 1 the lord
is my light and my salvation whom shall
i fear the lord is the strength of my life
life
of whom shall i be afraid when you fear
god you don't have to fear people
when you fear god you don't have to fear
people and not only do you not have to
fear people
you don't have to fear things you don't
have to fear storms you don't have to
fear diseases
you don't have to fear pandemics you
don't have to fear recession
when you fear god you don't have to fear
people you don't have to fear things
he's told us
the most repeated command in all of
scripture fear not fear not fear not
why why how do we know that psalm 46
verse 1 and 2
god is our refuge and
strength and ever-present help
in trouble therefore we will not
fear god is our refuge and our strength
and ever-present help
in trouble because god is a present
health a right now help
in trouble therefore will not we feel
you don't have to fear because god
is there with you to help you he's there
to help you
and just remember this peace is always
based on a revelation
it is knowing that god is with me and he
stands ready with all power in his hand
to help us to defend us to supply the
needs that we need
to lead us to other resources once and
once resource
has closed god opens another remember
uh his word in in psalm 23 and verse 4
that yea though i walk through the
valley of the shadow of death
i will fear no evil
why for thou art with me thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me
when god is with you you don't have to
fear evil because god
overcomes evil with good he overcomes
people with good
and so just remember that the opposite
of love is not hate it is fear but hate
is a fruit of fear hate is a fruit of fear
fear
hate is a fruit of fear
and if you go into into business you're
going to need faith
if you get married you're going to need
faith if you pursue a dream you're going
to need faith
if you launch into ministry you're going
to need faith
every time you get ready to expand
something that you're doing every time
you get promoted you need another level
of faith
every time that you encounter the the
demonic world you need faith
it takes faith any time that you get
ready to attempt something
that you failed at before you need faith
because there's a little voice
that'll come back into you and tell you
you know what happened the last time you
tried this
it didn't work the last time that you
talked to them and i don't know who this
prophetic word is for
but when you go this time i heard god
said that it's going to be different
now you might have fished all night in
those waters [Music]
[Music]
and you've come up with empty nets and
then his son he
at the word of the lord to experienced fishermen
fishermen
he says let down your nets on the right
side of the ship
at this time when you let it down on the
right side of the right relationship
god says i've got a drought you're
getting ready to take in such a multitude
multitude
because this time you're going at his
word there's this little voice that
tells you
you lost the last baby if you get
pregnant again you're gonna lose this one
one
and now you're scared to even tell
anybody again that you're pregnant
because you're afraid
because you know you lost the last one
let faith arise fear not
fear not the last person walked out and
left you
and so now you're afraid to love again
you're afraid to trust again
because you got hurt and your best way
of being able to protect yourself from
hurt again is to keep people at bay
to keep them at a distance because you
don't want to get hurt again
you don't want to have your expectations
crushed your your dreams
diminished again let me just say
it's time to rise up and live again [Music]
[Music]
the word of the lord came and said you
know what you did was sinful
it was conceived in sin and the baby that's
that's
and david and besheba's firstborn child [Music]
[Music]
david did everything that he could
within his power
to try to save that baby he cried out to
god he put on sackcloth and ashes
he pleaded with god for his baby and the
and he looked out and saw his servants whispering
and he said what is it is my child well
and they were straight with them they
said no no the child is dead
the bible says that david washed his
face and changed his clothes
never thought about it again and he went
on and had another baby
and his second child was solomon
and out of his first failure came his
greatest wisdom
and i just want you to know that the
other thing that you might have
attempted the last time might have been
a real big failure
but god's not finished god is not
finished with you
god's not finished if you'll have
another baby
where you've gotten right with god and
you've confessed your sin
i want you to hear the word of the lord
in isaiah chapter 43
because before before you try to claim
one of these verses as being right for
you you make sure that you have a right
heart with him
you can't just quote scripture and stand
on promises if your heart is not right
with god
the word only works when you've let it
work in your heart first
but notice the promise that god gave to
a people that was in covenant in
relationship with him in isaiah 43 verse 1-3
1-3
but now o jacob this is a tribe of jacob
he says
listen to the lord who created you o
israel the one who formed you
says do not be afraid for i have
ransomed you
i call you by name in your mind
when you go through deep waters i will
be with you
deep water stuff where you in over your
head he says i
will be with you when you go through
rivers of difficulty you will not drown
when you walk through the fire of oppression
oppression
you will not be burned up the flames
will not consume you
why for i am the lord your god
the holy one of israel your savior
remember when god spoke to moses when he
was leading the people
in exodus chapter 14 and verse 13 notice
this but moses told the people
do not be afraid just stand still
and watch the lord rescue you today the
egyptians you see today
will never be seen again god says it's
what's been chasing you is the last time
they'll chase you
don't be afraid fear not fear not fear
not fear not
he said in deuteronomy chapter 3 and
verse 22 do not be afraid of the nations there
there
for the lord your god will fight for you
the lord
your god will fight for you you got your
heart right with god
god will fight for you joshua chapter 10
in verse 8
he says don't be afraid of them the lord
said to joshua for i have given you
victory over them not a single one of
them will be able to stand
uh stand up to you i want you to
remember the promise of his word in
isaiah 54 17
but no weapon will be able to hurt you
you will have an answer for all who
accuse you i will defend my servants
and give them victory that's why you
shouldn't be afraid
and remember in in second timothy 1 7
for god has not given us a spirit of fear
fear
but a power and of love
and of a sound mind a discerning mind a
mind that is stable and balanced
appropriately
spirit of fear is an attitude of fear
but instead god has given us an attitude
of power an attitude of love
and an attitude of good judgment good judgment
judgment [Music]
[Music]
just remember the acronym of fear is
just forget
everything and run or face
everything and rise you decide
you decide you decide
forget everything and run or face
everything and rise
face everything and rise and god tells
us fear not fear not fear not
fear not because i'm with you
and i will help you and i will uphold
you at the right hand of my righteousness
righteousness
and even when you feel this duplicitous
nature on the inside of you
i love the words that were pinned by an
anonymous writer
that said two natures [Music]
[Music]
the one is foul the one is blessed
the one i love the one i hate
and i just want you to know today
that those same two natures beat within
your chest
they beat on the inside of you the one
is foul
the one is blessed the one you love
and i encourage you today feed
your faith and starve your doubts to death
death
your faith survives
off of a diet of the word of god
it does not survive off of cnn
nor fox your faith
survives from a diet of the word
of god and the more that you feed it
you pray that god will open up the eyes
of your understanding
so that you might behold wondrous things
out of his word
and when you pray and read the word
and study the word and meditate on the word
word
and when you share that word with others
it begins to magnify you tap into the law
law
of magnification and your life
will be transformed by the glory of god
this is an exhortation to you today
to put god's word back in a place of
prominence and preeminence in your life [Music]
[Music]
but i went to the jewish temple to worship
behind what would be considered
it was a scroll with the torah
the living word it's the word
what was in the ark of the covenant
was the word it was the word
and also inside was a pot of manna which
is the proof of the word
and aaron's rob that butted which is the leadership
leadership
that flourishes out of your life and
produces something that can
feed you and all of these
are the result of the living
word and it was that word
that charged the whole ark of the covenant
covenant
so that if you were an unauthorized
person and you touched it you died
what charged it was the power of god by
the word of god
the book of hebrews reveals to us
that god is upholding all things
by the word of his power not the power
of his word
the word of his power it is because
god's power
is released by his word
and when you put god's word
into your mouth and speak it out
it becomes power to you
and i implore you this day the same god
that promised us in psalm 107 and verse 20
20
that he sent his word and heal them
and delivered them from their destructions
destructions
that same god loves you
believes in you and he has sent his word
jesus christ is the personification
the embodiment of the word remember john 1
1
in the beginning was the word
and the word was with god and the word
was god verse 14 and we beheld
this glorious of the only begotten of god
god
who dwelt among us and that word
became flesh jesus
is the word embodied
she is the word he is the word
jesus is the word
you receive jesus and then you're
sustained in relationship with him
may you fall in love with the god of the bible
bible
may you fall in love
the word wouldn't it be a shame
if you said that you were in love with somebody
somebody
and that person had written you a stack
of love letters and you never read them
and yet you say that that's the lover of
your soul
and the lord is saying i have written
you a love letter
with my promises and i've given you
something to deal with fear
and your depression and if you'll get my word
word
on the inside of you that word will transform
transform
your life bow your heads right where you
are if you're in this place if you're
joining us right in your place of listening
listening
and you're not in right standing with
jesus christ
the living word is standing and knocking
at the door of your heart
i know that two natures beat within your chest
chest
the one is foul the one is blessed
the one you love the one you hate but
the one you feed will dominate
if you'll feed them a steady diet of the
word of god by first receiving
jesus christ who is the living bread the
living word
come into your heart he says you'll i'll
sup with you and you with me [Music]
[Music]
if you just pray this simple prayer dear lord
lord
i ask you to come into my heart [Music]
[Music]
i believe that you sent jesus
to die on the cross for me [Music]
[Music]
that i might have a right to the tree of life
life [Music]
[Music]
i believe that you raised him from the dead
dead [Music]
[Music]
i receive him right now into my life
transform me [Music]
[Music]
because of your love for me [Music]
[Music]
i'm now saved and i thank you in jesus name amen
in jesus name amen may i suggest to you he's
may i suggest to you he's only ever wanted that you would
only ever wanted that you would surrender all to him
surrender all to him all the good stuff and the bad stuff
all the good stuff and the bad stuff surrender it all
surrender it all surrender your worries your stress
surrender your worries your stress your anxieties your fears about the
your anxieties your fears about the future
future about what you're going to do and how
about what you're going to do and how you're going to make it surrender that
you're going to make it surrender that to god surrender it
to god surrender it surrender it to god this is a great time
surrender it to god this is a great time of surrender
of surrender you can't stop a war unless somebody
you can't stop a war unless somebody surrenders
surrenders when you wave the white flag and you say
when you wave the white flag and you say i surrender i'm tired of
i surrender i'm tired of grappling with things night and day and
grappling with things night and day and using drugs to go to bed and drugs to
using drugs to go to bed and drugs to get up
get up i surrender i surrender i surrender it
i surrender i surrender i surrender it is your way of saying lord i am casting
is your way of saying lord i am casting all of my cares on you because you care
all of my cares on you because you care for me
for me i surrender i surrender i surrender
i surrender i surrender i surrender may you surrender your all to him today
may you surrender your all to him today give him your worry give him your stress
give him your worry give him your stress give him all of your fears about the
give him all of your fears about the future
future about what you're going to do
about what you're going to do just chill out because god is saying i
just chill out because god is saying i got you
got you i got you i got you
i got you i got you i got you tell him
i got you tell him i surrendered
i surrendered i surrender on
i surrender on to the line
to the line [Music]
and you have to do that every day every time you get
time you get stressed every time that you're worried
stressed every time that you're worried every time that your body
every time that your body is feeling stressed that you haven't
is feeling stressed that you haven't even articulated with your mouth
even articulated with your mouth surrender to him surrender to it
surrender to him surrender to it surrender to him just give it to him
surrender to him just give it to him just say lord i can't handle this
just say lord i can't handle this i can't deal with this but lord you've
i can't deal with this but lord you've already promised that you're with me
already promised that you're with me that you will help me that you will
that you will help me that you will deliver me
deliver me and i'm standing in the promise of your
and i'm standing in the promise of your word be faithful and read this book
word be faithful and read this book because it's filled with testimonies
because it's filled with testimonies of how god delivered other people when
of how god delivered other people when they were in trouble
they were in trouble and when you read about that it builds
and when you read about that it builds your faith
your faith faith comes by hearing and hearing
faith comes by hearing and hearing and hearing and hearing and hearing by
and hearing and hearing and hearing by the word of god
the word of god you read this word whenever you're
you read this word whenever you're discouraged and it has the power
discouraged and it has the power to lift and to transform
to lift and to transform your life may the lord bless you real
your life may the lord bless you real good
good and may you have an incredible week
and may you have an incredible week filled with faith
filled with faith beginning at each day with a measure of
beginning at each day with a measure of god's word
god's word that feeds your faith and directs your
that feeds your faith and directs your focus
focus and may you engage the law of
and may you engage the law of magnification
magnification that the more that you focus on god the
that the more that you focus on god the bigger that he becomes
bigger that he becomes in your life and the more that you see
in your life and the more that you see god's hand i'm telling you the more that
god's hand i'm telling you the more that you ask for god's hand in your life
you ask for god's hand in your life the more you'll see god's hand in
the more you'll see god's hand in everything that you deal with in your
everything that you deal with in your life
life god's got you may you walk in victory
god's got you may you walk in victory this week
this week and share what god has done for you and
and share what god has done for you and in you
in you and through you with others round about
and through you with others round about you and may your
you and may your mouth become a receptacle
mouth become a receptacle and a purveyor of the truth of god's
and a purveyor of the truth of god's word
word to where you share it with others and
to where you share it with others and you'll be surprised
you'll be surprised that the more you bless others the
that the more you bless others the blessing really
blessing really rebounds back into your own life and
rebounds back into your own life and you'll never
you'll never ever be the same may the lord bless you
ever be the same may the lord bless you know that you're loved and deeply
know that you're loved and deeply appreciated
appreciated have a great week we love you we hope
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