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Courage - The Catalyst to Breakthrough, Part 1
January 9, 2026 · 32 min
Courage is stepping out & doing the right thing in the face of difficulty. Courage is a prerequisite for seeing God unleash His supernatural power in your life. How do you actually get courage?
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The Spark of Courage: Stepping Out in Faith 0:11 Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.0:14 What is it that gives you the will to stay in the fight when every fiber in your body wants to quit? What is it that gives you what you need when you're scared to death0:26 and yet you step out and do exactly what god wants you to do? Well, it's 1 word, courage. How do you get it? That's today on Living on the Edge.0:38 What barriers are keeping you from experiencing god's breakthrough power in your life? Today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram identifies 5 specific obstacles that prevent us from stepping into the impossible.0:51 Using powerful stories from the gospel of Mark, Chip shows how Jesus deliberately taught his disciples to overcome each 1. And at the heart of it all is 1 word, courage. We're1:03 in a series called Experience Breakthrough, Learning to Stop Feeling Confined by Life's Biggest Barriers. If you're ready to break through the barriers that have held you back, this message is for you. Well, here's Chip1:14 Ingram with his lesson, Courage, the Catalyst to Breakthrough.1:19 Mark chapter 6, 5000 people are fed. Notice what Jesus does. He, sends the disciples off. Immediately1:30 Jesus had his disciples get into the boat to go ahead of him, while he dismissed the crowd and after they left he went up on the mountain to pray. When evening came the boat was in the middle of the lake and he was alone1:42 on land. And this by the way, when you're ready to take some steps for God, I mean notice the disciples get on the journey and there is a1:54 stiff wind and they're straining at the oars. That's what it's like when you start taking steps for God. And so about the fourth watch of the night he went out to them and this is trying to increase their faith. So2:05 he's walking on the water and as he comes by and decided to pass by they see him and think he's a ghost and they're terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and notice what he says to2:17 them. He says to them, he says to us, you're taking a step, you wanna do what God wants you to do, and you're thinking, yes, okay, we're gonna go to counseling, or okay, oh, my lens, I'm gonna really go public in this2:29 situation, I'm gonna share my faith with this person, or you know what, I'm going to confront this issue with 1 of my kids and I'm scared to death because maybe she's gonna And what's he say to him? Take courage.2:41 It is I. Don't be afraid. Now we're in Mark's gospel, and Matthew, Mark, and Luke are what's called the Synoptics, and they're speaking to different audiences. And so Mark is written to the Roman audience,2:53 Luke to a Greek audience, and Matthew to the Jewish audience. And so they all tell the same story, but they they add all correctly the full picture, but in ways that help their audience understand.3:06 And so Matthew during this exact same time, he adds something. And he lets us know that right when Jesus is walking on the water and is gonna pass by, Peter You know I love Peter. He's3:18 like impulsive. Let's give it a whirl. What the heck? You know, you only live once. Lord, if it's you tell me to come. And so Jesus says come. And so Peter takes, you know, it's like, This is amazing. He walks on the3:29 water. I walk on the water. And then his courage evaporates and he sees the wind and the waves and there's fear. He starts to sink and literally quick prayer, Save me! And Jesus reaches out, pulls3:41 him up. They get into the boat. They worship him. And that metaphor, that picture of stepping out unto uncertainty, which if God doesn't show3:53 up, you're paralyzed by your fear and you don't do it, is courage. And Jesus is going to use this little picture and then the author is going to take us through a series of barriers to4:05 breakthrough. Because in your life, I can tell you this. God wants you to get out of the boat, and I don't know what the boat is for you, but he wants you to get out of the boat of your fear4:18 and take a step of courage. And that's the catalyst for the power of God. The issue is not does God have power? The issue is not is he willing to help you? He4:30 wants to. But the issue is do you have the courage rooted in faith to take the step that even when you can't see what's going to happen to obey and then watch Him work.4:42 What keeps us from taking that sort of dynamic step that causes the chain reaction of God's power to come into our life? Now I want you to know that4:54 sometimes, you know, when we teach the Bible or when I read it, I'll get into 1 passage and just a paragraph and I'll spend all of our time there, but what we miss often is that the author has put5:05 sometimes story after story and miracle and he'll let you know it all fits together, and he wants you to see the structure of what's happening. So that's what I'm going to do. My prayer is that you read chapter 6 throughBreaking Free from Traditions and Unworthiness 5:17 chapter 9 a little bit later today, and you know put your feet up and get a glass of iced tea. I'll give you the highlights, and I'll narrate it because what I want you to catch is the big picture. Barrier5:29 number 1: courageous steps that overcome this barrier. Our first barrier is our traditions. We open it up in Mark chapter 7. The context is they get out of the boat5:41 and now you need to know that things are swarming. Look at the very end of chapter 6. If you have your Bible or iPad, whatever you're using, look at the very end of chapter 6. Peter's walked on the water. He's now fallen5:52 in. They're in the boat. They get to shore and when they get to shore, notice this very carefully. People are running to villages and places all over and every single person who brings them to the marketplaces,6:04 anyone who touches Jesus it says all of them are healed. Jesus is communicating, I am the good shepherd. He's doing these miracles to let people know, I want to help you. And physical healing is a way, you6:15 know, he lets him know, I'm here. I'm the healer. I love you. I'm for people. And so his popularity is mushrooming, and now the religious leaders are threatened and so we6:27 pick up that story in chapter 7. The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who'd come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and they saw that some of his disciples were eating with hands that were not washed. The6:39 Pharisees and the Jews always washed their hands ceremonially when they came back from the market, before they ate, and at special times. So, this is not like wash your hands for germs. This was a6:51 spiritual issue. There was a tradition that, you know, when you went out into the market, and you were around those gentiles and all the evil in the world, you should clean yourself. Now you can scan the passage, but I'm7:02 going to tell you what's in it. 7 times the word tradition is there. The tradition of the elders. The tradition of the elders. The tradition of men. Tradition, tradition, tradition, tradition. And basically what they say7:13 is, you know, you're not playing by the rules and for years and years and years we've been told we have these rules made by men, and Jesus says your traditions nullify the truth of the word of God. And Isaiah was right.7:25 Look in the text. What's he say? Isaiah was right. Your lips say 1 thing, but your hearts are far from me. And he said you have your traditions and then he points out that you7:37 actually the barrier of your tradition keeps you from obeying what God actually says. And so by that time the Pharisees who were very greedy by the way and very religious, so a lot of things haven't changed. People that7:49 were to support their parents in their old age, like we're supposed to. And what the Pharisees did is they came up with a new tradition is just say the money is Korban or dedicated to8:00 God and so you would keep the money and you wouldn't have to support your parents. And Jesus just rips them. And he says your traditions made by men, your rules made by8:12 men, nullify the word of God. And then he says, You know anything, no food is unclean. If you're thankful for it, it goes in you because everything you put in your mouth, it comes out of you eventually. He's pretty8:22 graphic here. He says, If you wanna know what makes you unclean, it's what comes out of your mouth because that's what fills your heart. Greed, malice, envy, sexual immorality,8:36 using people, corruption. He said, It's the things in your heart, That's what separates you from God. And what all of us have is we have some baggage and traditions8:48 and rules that we have equated with scripture over time, and it's a barrier. It keeps you and keeps me from stepping out and being courageous. The fear of man because people tell8:59 us, Well, you have to do it this way all the time. I was, getting interested in Teresa. She, many of you know, she, was not a Christian and was married before.9:12 She would find out later that her husband was having an affair with another woman for about a year that she was unaware of. She got pregnant with twin boys, and when he found out that, he left9:24 with another state with another woman. She was, you know, absolutely just devastated. Her boss, a few weeks later, led her to Christ. And after multiple9:36 attempts to contact him and bring restoration, a couple years later there was nothing. And so she got a divorce and had 2 little boys. And I met her when the boys were just She came in a9:48 bible study. So, 2 and a half, 3 years later. And so, you know, I certainly was attracted to her but, a young woman with 2 kids was not on my radar, so I began to pray that God would give her a husband. I10:00 prayed for 2 years. I just didn't have any idea that I would be, you know, like the answer. And it was really hard, because I at that point in time I was a basketball coach, and I was a10:12 teacher, and we were doing this college ministry, and then I got, I got this like, Oh my gosh, God, you gotta be kidding. You want me to be like a pastor or a missionary or something? And little by little,10:24 I Theresa became 1 of the most godly women I'd ever met. And I got to know those kids and God said, Okay. I want you to This is my plan. Well, you know, I checked with my parents and had their support,10:36 but in that day, as is important, you know, divorce is not like for any reason, anytime, anyway. God hates divorce. He wants us to be together. But when you're10:47 abandoned by an unbeliever or on grounds of infidelity, God provides measures for people who are the victim. But I had a spiritual leader, that we have now10:59 reconciled all this, but he told me, I don't believe in divorce. He said, If my wife died, I would still not remarry. You get 1 shot, 1 person. And I've been around my spiritual leader in this group for about 7 years.11:11 And I mean, the tradition of this group was, that's the way it is. And I remember agonizing. We fasted and prayed and prayed and fasted, and oh God, I read every book on the subject.11:24 I looked at every verse. And it was real clear what the Bible said is, you know, she's an unbeliever. She's abandoned by an unbeliever. It was immorality. Here's what the Bible says, but this group's tradition.11:36 And so, this man's wife went out for coffee with my wife and said, If you marry Chip, you'll destroy his life. God has his hand on Chip's life, and he'll never use Chip's life if you all get married.11:49 It's a lot of pressure. And I agonized and I just realized 1 day, you know, I'm gonna give an account for my life before the judgment seat of Christ. And it was a real breakthrough for me because that was the12:01 beginning of a series of decisions that said, What other people think can't dictate what I do. The fear of man is a snare, but blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. It's Proverbs12:13 29 25. And you know there's some of you that you know exactly what you ought to do and you don't do it because of your tradition. You have a history as I've talked with 1 guy recently. You have a12:24 history that, you know, your great great grandfather, grandfather, grandfather, they're Buddhist, or they're Hindu, or they're moderate Muslims. Or, you know, God has been speaking to you and you know that you're walking12:35 with Him now and you need to go public with your faith and you really haven't, but it's, you know, I don't want to do that because, you know, my family or my parents, you know, they think that, you know, I got baptized12:44 as a kid even though I wasn't a Christian and God's speaking to me, but I just don't want the hassle. My mom, my dad, it'll offend them. You know, for others it's just, you know, the tradition. You know, my faith is12:54 really private, and, you know, I don't want to go too public with that. I don't want to be fanatical, and that's sort of part of the tradition in our family. We really love God, but we're not real public about it, and13:03 God says go into all the world and share the gospel. I love people and you're my agent, and that tradition holds you back. Jesus said you want courage? You want to believe? Then look at some of the man13:15 made rules. The second 1 he says there's a barrier of our unworthiness. Right after this it's interesting the issue is whether you're unclean, and right after this, Jesus is trying to get a little R and R if you13:27 will. I mean he's been bombarded by all these people, all of them, they want his time, they want his energy. And so he gets away, verse 24. Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He13:39 entered a house and didn't want anyone to know it. Yet he could not keep his present secret. In fact, as soon as she heard about him13:51 a woman whose little girl was possessed by an evil spirit came, fell on her face, and she begged Him to heal his little girl. And so, this is a14:02 woman the author wants to know. She's a gentile, Greek origin, she's a woman, she breaks in, she's uninvited, she does everything wrong, but she's passionate.14:15 And and the conversation goes, as you read a little bit later, and he says, Look, I came for the house of Israel, the Jewish nation. And the gentiles were called dogs in that day in a slang term. And Jesus, I think14:27 testing her says, You know, I came for the children and not for the dogs. And her answer of faith was, even the dogs after the children eat get to come in and get the crumbles under the table.14:39 And basically what she's saying is you know what I believe in you and I don't have any hope, but I I don't care what anyone says. I don't care. I'm coming and I need your hand. And then the text says, Daughter,14:51 go home. You've answered well your faith, your daughter's well. But, you know, if I was 1 of those disciples, I would say, That woman is unworthy.15:03 I mean, number 1, I mean culturally, and she's not a Jew, and I mean who is it? She rolls herself on the floor and she begs. And you know, for some of us, you have this little lie.15:15 Yeah, I think this is probably true. Not for Chip, or maybe a pastor, a missionary, or you know, you know some Christian you think is really hot stuff and really lives a life. Yeah, I bet God does that, but not for15:27 me. And so you know what? You don't take any step out. You know why? Your fear of disappointment. I'm afraid if I take a step out and I'm unworthy.15:39 God, he wouldn't do for me what he does for some other people. And so Jesus very clearly says, you know something? I I love impartially.15:51 I'm for you. Do you believe?15:54 You're listening to Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. We'll hear more from Chip in just a moment. If you've missed any part of this message or if you'd like to share it with a friend, you can find it anytime online16:06 at living on the edge dot org. And while you're there, you'll also discover a full library of Chip's teaching series, small group resources, and practical tools to help you grow in your faith.Overcoming Deafness and Resource Scarcity 16:18 It's all waiting for you at livingonthedge dot org. Now let's get back to today's message.16:24 The third barrier is the barrier of our deafness. Right after this, we read that a group of people come and they have a friend who's deaf and mute, and they bring him to Jesus.16:37 Look at your text. They beg him. Notice the pattern. The people at the end of chapter 6, they brought their friends and they begged Jesus to heal. The woman comes and she begs for her daughter. And now they come and they16:48 beg for their friend. He can't hear and he's a mute. And so Jesus takes him aside out from the crowd. He heals him. Some of us, you can't hear from God. You17:00 think, you know, I would take a step of faith or I would have a breakthrough, but you know what? I'm afraid because God doesn't speak to me the way he speaks to other people. I don't want to go public with what I really17:11 believe and why? Because people will ask me questions and I don't know how to answer them. You think you're deaf. You think there's some special thing that other people know about this book. And every single day17:23 this book that God speaks to ordinary people is available and the great majority of Christians never open it. They depend on people like me to, you know, give you 30 or 40 or 50 minutes of a little bit17:34 of truth and then you're on this journey of trying hard to be a good person. Totally missed the point. The living God who created the world says this word is alive and17:46 I'll speak to you about you and about me and I will give you promises, and I'll give you direction, and I'll show you what to do with 1 of those kids and work, and what to do when you're single, and what to do when17:57 you're depressed, and what you do when you're struggling, and what to do at work, and when and how to do what, but you've got to listen to me. Because see faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.18:09 And he's saying to his disciples, because the the goal of all these things as the author writes this, the real goal is not just to help these people. These disciples are gonna get the ball and the mission to take it to18:20 the world and they did or we wouldn't be here. He wants them to learn. He wants them to learn. You know what? No 1 is unworthy no matter what you think. He wants them to learn. I'll speak. I'll18:32 speak and I'll open people so they can then at their hearing they can speak. And then we get the fourth barrier. It's not just our deafness, but it's our lack of resources.18:44 How many of us said, you know I would really do that. You know I'd like to go on a missions trip, but you know if I take the time off I don't have the money or you know, I see that that's a really big need and I would18:53 love to help people, but you know, I don't have that kind of money. And so we saw the feeding of the 5000 in the Jewish arena. Now we have the feeding of the 4000, but it's a gentile audience.19:05 It opens up in chapter 8. During those days another large crowd gathered and since they had nothing to eat Jesus called his disciples to him and said, I have Are you getting this? I have compassion.19:17 The word is splachna. It comes from down deep in your gut. It's visceral. Jesus sees the needs of people. Gentile,19:29 Jew, hurting, moral, immoral. Jesus sees the needs in something deep inside of him because of who he is as God. He just cares. And compassion19:41 is not sympathy. It's not like I feel for them. Compassion in scripture 100 percent of the time leads to action that actually helps people. And so he says I have compassion for them. They've been with19:53 me 3 days. It's like a rock concert except different. It's like 3 full days and they're hearing him teach, but there's no porta potties. There's no food. And he20:05 says, the 3 day seminar is over and I'm gonna send them home and they many of them haven't eaten. They're gonna faint along the way. Notice he doesn't say to the disciples. He doesn't say you feed them. He just presents20:17 the issue. He just presents, you know, here's people that have a need, we ought to do something. And you know, I can just hear20:29 Peter to John. You know, he did it once. You think he can do it again? What are we going to do? And they go back to the same old thing, and they don't know what are they going to do. And, of course,20:40 they bring what they do have, because that's what God wants. The breakthrough comes not when you have it all figured out, Not when if I do this, this, and this. Not when everything gets lined out, then I'm gonna do it.20:50 You bring what you do have to the supernatural power of the living God who lives inside of you as a follower of Christ, and you say, I'm gonna courageously step out because I believe you'll provide.21:03 And so 4000 people get fed and then the disciples get clean up duty again and guess what happens? There's 7 baskets this time. Because for the Gentile or the Greek world, the word 7 is a perfect number21:15 and they pick it up and it's not lost on the disciples and they're realizing he's not just the Messiah for the nation of Israel, he's a light to the gentiles. Jesus came to save and forgive all people.21:27 And he'll provide. I wonder how many times those of us God shows us a need. Need at a local school. A need with an unwed mother. A need with21:39 sex trafficking. A need with some people that can't make their house payment. A need with some people, and we say, you know God, I would really help out, but I don't have the resources. What's God saying?21:51 Courage is the catalyst to breakthrough. Take what you do have, take a step and start meeting some need and then what you see, God will show up. He'll draw other people.22:03 I mean all those great stories we have of miraculous things that happen, they don't happen to people that are waiting for God to line everything up. They happen to people who step out and often don't know how it's going22:13 to work. In fact that's part of making room. I meet with old and young people and get talking and after a while for whatever reason people sort of get honest with me, which I really like. And I've22:25 met a lot of older people who are living together, who are not married, and basically tell me things like, you know, we know this really isn't right and we can't believe that, you know, this is how we're living, but if22:35 we get married we only get 1 social security check. And so, you know, it's just a sheet of paper, you know, and God understands, really? You know what they're really saying? The God who created the universe and22:47 has the power to raise the dead and take care of everything for them, He just doesn't have the power to provide for what they need each month. I talked to another guy recently who was telling me about, he works in22:59 a tough area and, the only way that from his mind you can make it in this tough area, in this tough economy, is that he pays some people checks and some people cash so he doesn't have to report.23:11 And he casually turns to me. And we're good buddies, and I like him a lot. And I think he was sort of maybe looking for a pass. You know, in this day and age, the only way you can do it, you know, the government's23:20 ripping us off for all this, and I'd have to pay this, this, this and this. And, you know, so I've got to pay them cash because the workers' comp alone would be XX dollars. Now, do I agree with necessarily how much you23:31 have to pay as a business owner and all the rest? That's not the point. But you can trust God. You're telling me I can trust God to forgive my sins, rise from the dead, create a heaven and23:43 create the world, but if I'm honest about my taxes there's no way he could give me more business and take care of that. Do you understand God is on the edge of his throne and23:55 he wants a breakthrough to happen for you and you're basically saying, I'm not taking a step because I don't think he'll provide. And your financial world view has you living in a situation where you24:07 don't experience God's power. You don't experience answers to You know what? God doesn't play games. He doesn't provide break throughs over here when he says now this is true and right and this is what I want you to do24:18 and you say well thanks. I take that as a really good opinion and I'll consider doing that. That's not how it works. Obedience is a channel through which blessing flows. TheSeeing Clearly: From Blindness to Breakthrough 24:30 fifth is blindness. After he gives a little reproof to, the Pharisees and to the disciples, I'll come back and touch that in verses, 8 11 through,24:42 21. He he's going to heal a blind person. And they came to Bethesda and some people brought a blind man and are you getting a pattern here? Begged Jesus to24:54 touch him. And he took him off to the side and he put his hands on the man's eyes and he says, Do you see? And the man says, I see people who look like trees walking around. In other words, he prays and25:06 he gets partial sight and he sees things, but it's blurry. And then he prays for him again, and then he sees everything clearly. You have to understand the literary genius and25:18 why Jesus does what he does, not only for the disciples, but for us. Because just like there was an actual deaf man, the disciples can't hear God. I mean, the25:29 the disciples see the miracles, but they don't understand. And so sandwiched in between these barriers, Jesus is going to have a little talk with his disciples, and he's going to say, I've25:41 shown you miraculously hearing and seeing, and you can trust me. And yet, they don't get it. In fact, notice the 225:53 groups that don't get it. Skip back up now to verse 11. The Pharisees came and began to question him. All these miracles are happening, right? I mean, traditions are blown out of the26:05 water, this unworthy woman comes, this deaf man can hear, you know, 4000 people. And I mean, there's a buzz. And so the Pharisees come and they're thinking, This is really getting out of hand, Allah,26:17 we're losing control. He's getting way too famous. And so they come not to hear, not to learn, not to grow. What's it say? They came to test him and they asked him for a sign from heaven.26:29 And he sighed deeply. Why does this generation ask for miraculous signs? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given. And then he left them and got into the boat. See,26:42 here's people that really think they've got it wired. And this is how we do with God sometimes. You know what? I'm kind of hearing this stuff, God. When you restore my marriage, get me a good job, I get my house back and26:54 my kids' life turns around, and by the way, I've had this chronic pain, take care of that too. When you do all that, then I think I'll believe. Let me tell you Jesus response. He sighs27:05 deeply and says, you know faith isn't you seeing all the things and then faith is choosing to step27:17 out of the boat when you feel afraid in believing what I've said.27:24 This is Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram, in a message titled, Courage, The Catalyst to Breakthrough. Chip has 1 more teaching point to share in just a moment, so don't go away. As you think about27:36 which barrier might be holding you back, let me tell you about a powerful resource that can help. It's Chip's free 10 day devotional called Psalms of Hope. Each day, Chip teaches for 10 minutes from27:48 Psalms, and you spend 10 minutes alone with God, letting his word sink deep. Just 20 minutes a day for 10 days. These devotionals address the very issues we've been discussing, how to28:00 stay close to God, how to hear his voice, and how to trust his provision. Get started today at living on the edge dot org. Search for Psalms of Hope and begin your journey.28:12 Resources like this are made possible by faithful friends who believe in what God is doing through this ministry. Now if you'd like to support this work, give online at living on the edge dot org or send your gift28:24 to Living on the Edge, PO box 3007 Atlanta, Georgia 3 0 0 2 4. You can also call us at triple 8 3 3 3 6 0 028:36 3. Well, now here's Chip with a closing point for today's message.28:40 As we wrap up today, I think to boil it all down, maybe the easiest way to say it is this. A lot of things get in the way of breakthrough. So it's understanding28:52 those barriers. It's realizing that, we have to overcome them. Their breakthroughs mean that you have to get out of you have to get through certain things, and and, of course, that's where it requires courage.29:04 And let me give you a picture of how breakthrough works. It was in, my lowest moment of the COVID virus. All of us have had probably a couple days or a lot more where I thought, boy, my mental29:16 health is bad. I'm thinking not good thoughts. I'm angry inside. I'm resentful. And in the midst of all that, it was, okay, god. I just can't do this anymore. And the lord said, well, why don't you think of some people29:28 that have a more difficult situation, get your focus off yourself, and help them? And, you know, I was praying for a breakthrough. I was praying for, oh, god help me. And so to make a very long story short, I,29:40 I knew that things were really challenging in the Middle East. I scheduled a Zoom call with, the head of all the churches in churches in Egypt who has become a friend. I asked him how he's doing, and he just said, Chip,29:52 it's, we feel like the government is doing a great job, but the pastors are barely surviving. And in the course of the conversation, I said, you know, I've actually30:04 been sorta pondering a little series on the art of survival. And he goes, oh, send it to me. I said, no. No. No. I'm just pondering it. I haven't even written it yet. I haven't filmed it yet. And he goes, well, when can30:14 you get it done? And I out of sheer obedience, when I didn't feel like it, I called someone to encourage him. And as he said that, it was like a light went on inside of me. I got in an empty room. I30:26 looked into a camera, and I did all 3 messages. We put a webinar together with all those people from all those churches. It got translated, then we put it in print and gave it to them. And I thought, oh my lands.30:38 What a breakthrough. And then the head of international said, no, Chip. You don't get. That's the beginning. And then it was 300 cities in India. Then it was across Africa. Then it was Latin America.30:50 Not because I was smart, not because I had a great vision. It's because I got to the very end of myself. And in my desperation, god took my weakness, and he displayed31:02 his power. And that's what he wants to do in you. Could I encourage you just right now, unless you're driving, shut your eyes and open your hands with empty palms and say, god, I'm at the31:14 end of me. And with the positioning that I will do whatever you say, and you sit quietly. And as you listen to the spirit of God, just obey. That's where you'll find breakthrough31:26 and power. Now by his grace, go do it.31:30 What's the secret to overcoming fear and stepping into courage? I'm Dave Drewey, inviting you to find out Monday on Living on the Edge.31:41 Today's program is produced and sponsored by Living on the Edge.In this video 0:00 The Spark of Courage: Stepping Out in Faith5:14 Breaking Free from Traditions and Unworthiness16:09 Overcoming Deafness and Resource Scarcity24:26 Seeing Clearly: From Blindness to Breakthrough
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