SEASON 3: SERIES:FEAR IS NOT A FACTOR, BUT FAITH IS! EPISODE 3: GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO FACE ANY FEAR!

IT IS THE ONLY WAY: YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST IS NECESSARY.
WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, YOU RECEIVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HEART THAT PRODUCES UNIMAGINABLE CHANGES
AND A UNDESCRIBABLE POWER TO DO THE WORK THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU TO
DO. JUST SAY YES!


INTRODUCTION: SERIES: FEAR IS NOT A FACTOR, BUT FAITH IS!
GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO FACE ANY FEAR!


SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 32:7-12


7 In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who
were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and
camels as well.  8 He thought, “If Esau comes and
attacks one group, the group[c] that is left may escape.”
9 Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of
my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your
country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’ 
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you
have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this
Jordan, but now I have become two camps.  11 Save me,
I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will
come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.
12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and
will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot
be counted.”


The term “amends” is not used much these days, but when this
concept is put into practice, it helps victims forgive the people
that hurt them. Offenders can move on from guilt, shame, and
self-blame. Amends also increases the possibility of
reconciliation. The book When Sorry Isn't Enough by Gary Chapman
states that all of us make mistakes that we regret. Being sorry,
however, is not enough to restore relationships. We may need to
offer amends in some cases. 


While on his way running from Esau n Genesis 28:15, while Jacob
was sleeping God told him that “He was with him and that he would
watch over him wherever he went, and that he would bring him back
to the land his was leaving. He promised him that he would not
leave him until he had done what He had promised him. Yes, even
when we are afraid, even when we are the cause of our fears, God
is always with us. It does not stop Him from blessing and keeping
us. 


Life has a way of bringing up the things its life we have feared
the most, the things we try to run away from. Some of us move so
far away from our past hoping it will just disappear forever. One
of the things that I have learned in this life is - NO ONE
on this earth has the power to condemn me and they have no heaven
or hell to put me in. God has forgiven me and I forgive
myself!

Shakespeare was right when he wrote, “Conscience does make
cowards of us all” (Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1). As Jacob had no
strength before Esau because of guilt, so many Christians today
are also hindered by their past. 


SCRIPTURES TO LIVE BY:
Psalm 27:1- “The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom
shall, I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom
shall I be afraid?


Romans 8:31- “What, then, shall we say in response to
these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”


NEXT WEEK, WE WILL CONTINUE THE SERIES: FEAR IS NOT A FACTOR, BUT
FAITH IS! 
 DON’T LET FEAR GET IN THE WAY OF THE PROMISES!


Next week read Genesis 50:19-20


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