Breaking Intimidation (2)
Intimidation
Intimidation wants to overwhelm you with a sense of inferiority and fear. Once you’ve retreated into submission, either knowingly or unknowingly, you are a servant of the intimidator.
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Now your authority has been stripped from you in order to be used against both you and those in your sphere of influence.
He will attack us by way of thoughts, imaginations and visions, or he will use circumstances and those under his influence to intimidate us. Either way, he has one objective: to control and limit us.
God knew Elijah was determined to run. When a man has it in his heart to do something, God will often let him do it even if it is not His perfect will.
No one can enter a leader’s
No one can enter a leader’s territory and plunder the results of his influence unless he first puts a stop to the leader. And then he will plunder his territory.
When we are intimidated, we give up our position of authority. Consequently, the gift of God to serve and protect lies dormant. We end up unintentionally furthering the cause of the one intimidating us.
cowardice comes from unbelief
It is important to realize that God takes no pleasure in cowards. We are told, “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death” (Rev. 21:7–8, emphasis added).
of God and will no longer resist the intimidator
the purpose of intimidation: to weaken us so we cannot accomplish the will
A sound mind knows what God is saying and doing right now
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And Proverbs 11:9 reminds us that “Through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.” Knowledge gives the strength you need to escape intimidation’s trap.
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Leaders who fear men will back down and give the people what they want rather than what they need! They become easy prey for intimidation.
The truly obedient are so when no one is around to monitor them
the presence of God lays open our hearts and brings conviction
You will serve and obey whom you fear! If you fear man, you will serve him.
dormant in you
Fearing man steals your God-given authority. His gift then lies
Second, let’s examine the fear of man. To fear man is to stand in alarm, anxiety, awe, dread and suspicion, cowering before mortal men. When entrapped by this fear we will live on the run, hiding from harm or reproach, and constantly avoiding rejection and confrontation.
We will hate what He hates and love what He loves, trembling in His presence and at His Word.
First, what is the fear of God? It includes, but is more than, respecting Him. Fearing Him means to give Him the place of glory, honor, reverence, thanksgiving, praise and preeminence He deserves. (Notice it is what He deserves, not what we think He
“In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence” (Prov. 14:26)
We don’t need to complicate our walk with fear, doubt or reminders of our past shortcomings and failures. If we do, we are robbed of our boldness, and we become unable to step out in God’s ability.
the gift of God would remain dormant in them if they could not believe
Complex faith does not kill giants. It imprisons us in “wonder” land where we try to figure out what we cannot change and hesitate to make any move.
Ask yourself and answer honestly: Does your confidence rest in what God has said or in what you see and experience? If you measure everything by what has happened in your past, you will never grow beyond it.
listen to these intimidating lies, the gift of God will go dormant, and we will live in an oppressed state
You find great boldness in believers who don’t trust in their own strength
Usually intimidation will accuse you of the very weakness it seeks to hide
People who have strong personalities will use intimidation to make a lie look like the truth. You must stay in the spirit to overcome the strength of such attacks.
When a person is intimidated, he looks for an escape, a release
What we do not confront will not change. If evil is ignored it becomes stronger! We both learned from that incident.
The tree will continue to bear fruit until the roots are severed. So to break the power of intimidation, you must go after the spiritual force behind it.
When you let fear enter your heart, here are some of the things you stand to lose: peace, confidence, courage, endurance, heroism, resolution and security
When leaders relinquish their authority, all those under their care suffer
An intimidated person honors what he fears more than he honors God