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4 Ways To Stop Fear From Making You Your Own God
“Be not dismayed . . .” (Isa. 41:10) How do you respond when fear becomes your master? How do you respond when fear so masters your life and your leadership that it becomes your god, when it so replaces Elohim, the Master of the universe and history that you lose all trust in Him and trust yourself instead? In those moments your thinking is distorted, your mind is confused, your life is distressed, and your motives are misdirected. You have become your own god because fear has replaced God in your life. You are dismayed, powerless, and hopeless. Here are four steps to take when you have…
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When Does A Leader Talk About Their Fear?
When does a leader talk about his fear to his followers? Never? The apostle Paul disagrees. He talked about his fear when he shared his faith, when he showed the Corinthians that, while he came to them in fear, he acted by faith and bore fruit despite his feelings. “When I came to you I came with fear and trembling (I Cor. 2: 3). He wrote that after he survived terrible suffering from Macedonia to Corinth, when he was rejected and attacked and had to wonder what his future was. He certainly knew that Corinth was too much for him, that Roman culture mixed in with the Corinthian…