Fear
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There is Superstition
So, here we are on Friday the 13th … a day considered in western ...
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Fear and Peace and Comfort
We live in tumultuous times. You pick up a newspaper and people in ...
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The Big Picture
We fight so many battles in life. And when you’re in the midst of ...
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The Fear of Disapproval
Swimming against the tide, adopting a stance, say, that your friends, ...
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Don’t be Trapped
The thought of being trapped, in whatever form that may take, is a ...
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The Foolishness of the Cross
Can I ask you today, how smart are you? As you look back on your ...
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Travelling Into Fear
So, when fear strikes, how do you respond? On the one hand, the ...
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When You’re Shaking
Fear is far more common, far more widespread, far more prevalent that ...
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Controlling Thoughts
Fear isn’t an emotion that we enjoy. Not at all! In fact, if it ...
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Replace Trepidation with Anticipation
Allow me today to run a word by you: trepidation. Straight away, it ...
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Don’t be Ashamed of Failure
Failure is something that we don’t like to talk about because as ...
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Your Power to Overcome Fear
Faith, true faith, in Jesus is a good thing – a very good thing. ...
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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
Have you noticed how as you hit the odd pothole, the sharp twist, the ...
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The Fear of Death
Most of us have rather an uncomfortable relationship with the idea of ...
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Avoid This Trap
There have no doubt been times in your life when you’ve been ...
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Know Your Worth
Have you ever felt like trash; as though the world’s chewed you up, ...
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Some Things You Can Be Sure of, But…
One of the most difficult things for us to do is to step out in faith ...
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A Fickle Fanbase
Created as we are, as social creatures, we by and large love it when ...
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Your Place of Safety
We chatted yesterday about suffering – the privilege of suffering ...
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Seeing Clearly
Insults are a fact of life. And when we’re the one on the receiving ...
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Don’t Panic
Every now and then, to use a sporting analogy, life throws you a ...
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The Time is Coming
As much as we sometimes wish that a difficult patch that we’re ...
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Shaken But Not Stirred
“The fear of God” is perhaps the strangest notion you’ll ever ...
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An Offensive Saviour
None of us likes being offended. Sometimes we take offense, because ...
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The Not So Popular Jesus
These days, people who have a positive impact on this world tend to ...
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God In Your Old Age
One of the things that I find so intriguing is how God can take ...
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Walking Brave
Thank God that we’re not all preachers. Can you just imagine? ...
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Don’t Expect Them to Applaud
As counterintuitive as it may seem, the moment we set out to live a ...
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Don’t Sound the Retreat Just Yet
There’s a trend these days amongst some of God’s people to see ...
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All is Well With My Soul (5)
Over these last couple of years, with a pandemic sweeping the globe, ...
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Doom and Gloom Merchants
Over these past couple of years, there’s been a lot of doom and ...
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Don’t Be Afraid of Being Small
We’ve all felt small and insignificant from time to time – ...
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Persecution Rising
There’s no doubt that the persecution of Christians is on the rise. ...
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Don’t Get Too Attached to This Life
Life on this earth is far from perfect. We have great days and good ...
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The Times When Darkness Rules
There’s simply no doubt that we live in a world of creeping ...
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No Such Thing as Insignificance
Have you ever felt, well, insignificant? This sense that other people ...
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Don’t Believe in Vain
I strongly suspect that there’s a point in every person’s faith ...
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Swimming in the Sky
I’m sure that you can think back on some really scary things that ...
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Don’t Forget Who You Are
I don’t know about you, but one of the things that I’ve noticed ...
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Hang On For the Ride
Life sometimes seems a bit like a rollercoaster ride … up and down, ...
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Speaking Truth, Plain and Simple
Saying things the way they are these days is becoming increasingly ...
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Hell is Still Hot
‘Hell’ is not a popular concept these days. Fair enough. The ...
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The Lord Will Be Your Confidence
With pretty much anything in life, there are different levels of ...
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The Getting of Courage
Courage is … well, the strangest thing. We admire it in others, we ...
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Do This for the Lord
If there’s one thing a pandemic will do in putting pressure on ...
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Persecution is Coming
Let’s be honest … in this day and age, the temptation to forsake ...
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Help!
For each one of us there are times in life – situations, ...
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A Prayer Through Tears
When you’re completely at the end of your tether, where do you go? ...
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Conquering Fear
The most difficult time, I think, to cope with fear is when the thing ...
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Adrenaline Filled Moments
There are many things that happen in our lives that we find ...
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The Age of Self
The behaviour of people these days seems to be getting worse and ...
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Standing Up for What’s Right
What a bloomin’ mess the world seems to be in right at the moment. ...
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Are You Wilting?
It’s a sad thing to see a beautiful pot plant wilting, drooping, ...
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Waiting to Die
What’s life all about? Is it just about getting up and doing the ...
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Taking Risks
One of the incredibly inconvenient things about God is that His ways ...
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Stepping into the Unknown
When we’re faced with adversity, we often don’t feel all that ...
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SOS
There’s a huge, God-sized hole inside each one of us. And there’s ...
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Dealing with Fear
When you’re afraid, when the road ahead is dangerous, will you take ...
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Don’t Be Afraid
So often God’s wisdom – what He tells us to do, how He calls us ...
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Never Smile at a Crocodile
There are enough challenging and even scary things out there in the ...
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Trust, in What?
Every now and then, we can find ourselves in a deep, dark hole, a ...
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The Gift of Confidence
They say that the world needs adventurers. And we do – people who ...
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The Instinct of Fear
Fear can be a trap, but if you trust in the Lord, you will be safe.
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The Banana Skin
We all experience fear at some point. But some people live with ...
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Protection When You Need It
Something that quite frankly irritates me is when you’re going ...
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Deliverance from Fear
Can I ask you today, when was the last time you were afraid of ...
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He is Coming Back for You
The fear of dying is something that crops up every now and then for ...
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Living in Fear
It’s amazing how many times throughout the Bible, God says to us ...
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The Dark Cloud
I cannot begin to imagine what it must be like to be martyred for ...
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When You’re Eating Dust
When was the last time you experienced that sense of hopelessness? It ...
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The Gift of Courage
In those times when fear strikes your heart – and no, it’s not ...
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In Your Darkest Hour
Darkness descends on our lives from time to time. It just does. And ...
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Do Not Be Afraid, Ever
Fear isn’t a pleasant thing. When was the last time you were ...
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Hiding in a Cave
When things in your life have been at their worst, when you’ve been ...
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Whatever it is that Ails You
If only life were perfect. If only we didn’t have to deal with ...
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Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear
Have you ever had that uneasy feeling in your heart? Sometimes you ...
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Finding a Way Through
You’ve no doubt often heard it said that God is the God of the ...
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Poor Old Joseph
Suffering, on its own, is bad enough. But when the suffering comes at ...
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The Stronghold of God
Let me ask you something: where do you run for protection? You know, ...
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A Price to Pay
Most people don’t like change. Even good change can be difficult. ...
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Walking Through Dark Places
Sometimes, we put on a brave smile, “How are things going?” ...
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His Abundance
A question for you today: on balance, are you a person who’s filled ...
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I Don’t Know What to Do
Growing in maturity, in one sense, is about learning to rely less on ...
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Don’t Panic
Question: how much of your sense of security is tied up in your ...
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Exhibit Number 850
A few years ago, I saw the weirdest thing on TV; these young people, ...
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The Farmer
What pressures are you facing at the moment? What’s eating away at ...
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No More Tears
According to the German Society of Ophthalmology, women cry on ...
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Stop Being a Wimp
Have you ever felt reticent to go to God with your problems? Perhaps ...
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There’s No Need to Shout
The other night, I was speaking at a business event, and afterwards a ...
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When Nothing Seems To Make a Difference
Fear, I mean real fear, is a terrible thing. It rocks you to the ...
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Don’t Panic
In the middle of a crisis, when you hear some guy yell out “Don’t ...
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The 800 Pound Gorilla
Fear isn’t something we like talking all that much about. It sends ...
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Nothing is Bigger Than God
What’s the biggest problem in your life right at this moment? That ...
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An Impatient Heart
We all go through awkward times of transition in our lives – from ...
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I’m Afraid
I met with a man the other day who was going through a real struggle ...
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Set Free From Fear
There are many people who are slaves to their fears. In fact when, in ...
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Blessed are the Meek
Meekness and humility aren’t qualities you hear much about these ...
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Blessed are Those Who Mourn
I remember once sitting with a friend whose wife had just died – at ...
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Devil
I have some good news for you today. You need never, ever, ever be ...
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Are You Living Under a Curse?
If I were to ask you, “Are you living under a curse?” what would ...