Calvary Church
The Place of Freedom: Victory Over Fear, Part 1
Pastor Ottis Barnett - Sunday, April 8, 2018
Locations & Times
Calvary Church
2728 E Harley St, Inverness, FL 34453, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
place - topos - marked off space of opportunity
fear - cowardice or timidity because of eternal pressure
3 Characteristics of Fear:
1. You run to the negative
2. You magnify the Enemy
3. You surrender to the circumstance
1. You run to the negative
2. You magnify the Enemy
3. You surrender to the circumstance
3 Spirit gifts to conquer fear:
1. Power
Power - dunamis - power of God
The power of God to change circumstances. This word occurs 120 times in the New Testament. 83 times it is translated power, 22 times it is translated miracle, miracles, or miraculous power.
1. Power
Power - dunamis - power of God
The power of God to change circumstances. This word occurs 120 times in the New Testament. 83 times it is translated power, 22 times it is translated miracle, miracles, or miraculous power.
How do I engage the power of God for my circumstances?
1. Embrace the promises.
Take 2 Timothy 1:7 and memorize it and meditate on it and say it out loud.
Say I don’t to fear! I can trust God!
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
2. Enlist all of God’s resources.
Pray!!! Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
People!!! James 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
3. Exercise Your Faith.
James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Put your faith in God to the test. Step out and reach out to people! Even when you are fearful.
1. Embrace the promises.
Take 2 Timothy 1:7 and memorize it and meditate on it and say it out loud.
Say I don’t to fear! I can trust God!
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
2. Enlist all of God’s resources.
Pray!!! Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
People!!! James 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
3. Exercise Your Faith.
James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Put your faith in God to the test. Step out and reach out to people! Even when you are fearful.
3 Spirit gifts to conquer fear:
2. Love
love - agape - divine God kind of love
2. Love
love - agape - divine God kind of love
"When I am fearing the fallout of relational failure the fix for sure is love." --James McDonald
3 Spirit gifts to conquer fear:
3. Sound mind
3. Sound mind
- The Spirit of Fear is fixated with death
- The Spirit of Fear manifests false strength
- The Spirit of Fear rejects reason
- The Spirit of Fear self destructs to cope
- The Spirit of Fear manifests false strength
- The Spirit of Fear rejects reason
- The Spirit of Fear self destructs to cope
Final Thoughts:
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