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0:00 I always say if you don't deal with fear, it will deal with you. There's not enough deadbolts you can buy in the world to stop fear. Fear is not part of the kingdom of God. It is not part of your future.0:12 It is a lie. You don't have to be afraid because God is with you. Light always wins over darkness, and you are not of the kingdom of darkness. You're of the0:24 kingdom of light. Matthew chapter 8 is our scripture for today. Matthew chapter 8 23 through 26. Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him.0:35 Suddenly a furious storm came on the lake so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was what? He was what? Sleeping. He was sleeping.0:49 The disciples went to him and woke him saying, Lord, save us, we're going to drown. He replied, you of little faith, why are you so afraid? Then he got up, rebuked the winds, the waves, and it was1:01 completely calm. Now the issue to Jesus was not the storm, was it? The issue was their lack of faith. He was sleeping.1:13 The root of your fear is not your bills, your sickness, your problem, whatever it is you're facing, that is not your problem. The darkness is not your problem. It's the1:25 fear of the darkness. It's the fear of the sickness. It's the fear of money problems. It's the fear that's holding you hostage. It's the fear you've trained yourself to believe. Not the problem. Because Jesus has given1:37 you the keys to the kingdom. You have light. You have answers. But it's the fear you have taught yourself to believe about the problem that becomes the problem.1:51 If I can just get out of this storm I'll be okay. If I can just pay that off I'll be alright. If I can just deal with this issue, I can just get well, if I can just get past this problem, this stress, this pressure, then2:03 I'll alright. But you're not recognizing the problem. Those are symptoms of the problem. We have to go to the root. It's a deception. We try2:15 to avoid fearful situations. Jordan and I know a lady that is amazing. She's about 80 or so, and she lived alone. Her front door had about 6 deadbolts2:26 on it. Amazingly, when you went into her house, the next room, the door to the next room had multiple dead bolts on it. You2:38 follow that hallway down to her bedroom, her bedroom door had multiple dead bolts on it. Let me tell you friend, there's not enough dead bolts you can buy in the world to stop fear. She2:50 lived a life of a prisoner in her own house. She lived a life of being a prisoner in her own life and this is what fear is going to do. It's gonna try to make an agreement with you. People say3:02 okay, can put up with this. I can put up with this. I'll try to do this. The disciples told Jesus, don't you care, we're going to, not maybe, we're going to drown. They're professional3:14 fishermen, we're going to drown. They, we're going to drown. But Jesus was what? He rebuked the winds and the waves.3:26 But there's something you need to know about what happened on that trip because Jesus had said to them in Matthew 8 18, just a couple verses ahead of this storm story, when Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders3:37 to cross to the other side of the lake. And if Jesus said we're going to the other side of the lake, there is not 1 demon in hell and no storm more powerful that can stop him from getting there.3:50 And if Jesus said by his stripes you are healed, there's no demon in hell that can stop you from receiving that healing or what you have need of. Except you.4:01 Accept your fear. You've gotta stop thinking and saying what fear says and start saying what God says about your situation. I've read the scripture several times over the last few weeks and I wanna read it again. You4:13 should probably rehearse it over and over. Luke 10 17. The 72 returned with joy and said, Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name. He replied, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given4:25 you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the power, all the power of the enemy and nothing What does nothing mean4:37 to you? What's your definition of the word nothing? Nothing. 1 version says nothing by any means shall harm you. Friend, if you have that kind of authority and that4:48 protection, what do you have to fear? The Bible says, what do we have to fear? Fear is absent in the kingdom. It is not part of kingdom life, it is not part of your life,5:01 it is not true. The bible says you can't trample on snakes and scorpions, right? That means you're going forward. Fear tries to hinder you from moving5:13 anywhere. Right? Fear says, you stop or probably back up, but you trample on snakes and scorpions, which indicates you move right on and Satan has no authority, but5:25 you're moving. You're moving forward, right? So when I had this paralysis, I went to the doctor and they began to test and it was a bunch of mess. They gave me all kind of futuristic prophecies.5:41 And they said you gotta cut this out of your diet. Your body's all whacked out. You gotta restrict. You gotta change how you live. Confine limitations.5:53 What we do is we agree with it. Well I guess I could live without that. I mean I guess it's better than die. I guess I'll take that 1. I guess I'll, okay, I'll confine myself. I'll restrict. Okay, I agree to that.6:10 I got to the place I was afraid to leave my house. I was a prisoner in my own body. Listen, I'll put it real plain. Fear is hell on earth. The Bible6:22 says with fear there's torment. And friend, you have been delivered from fear. Amen. But we began to make concessions and Drinda wisely said 1 day, going through all6:34 this stuff, you gotta do this, you can't do this, you do this, you can't do this. She says do you wanna live this way? I said no. Well, she took the medicine, she goes, fine. She threw it in the toilet and flushed down.6:47 Everyone say thank God for a godly wife. Amen. And you know, so I had to learn. Listen, you can't win, you'll never6:59 win making concessions with fear. And fear will try to tell you to make concessions and back up. You're not, you can't and won't and it's trying to bounce you in a corner and you can't do that.7:12 You've gotta stop that because it's all a lie. Second Timothy chapter 1 7, for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.7:24 Now through this series, we're gonna talk to you how to get free from fear, how to overcome fear, how to deal with fear, we're gonna cover that, but right now I'm trying to lay a groundwork that you know what, fear has7:33 pushed you in a corner. You're bigger than you think you are, did you know that? Your potential is greater than you think you are. You can be doing great things because God is in you. And fear tries to tell you that7:44 you're incapable, that you're not lovely, an idiot, you're he's gonna start naming all these adjectives about your life which don't match up what Jesus says about you. And you've gotta change the7:56 picture, we'll talk about that. Join us for more from the Faith Over Fear series next time on Fixing the Money Thing.
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