Fear less, live more

Fear of God

Intro:

Used to go to parties, but never enjoyed

More worried to see if others were having fun

If my outfit was looking good

If I wasnt looking dumb dancing to music

Lived in Anxiety because the “Freedom” our culture shows is the biggest LIE

Its an unspoken need to be “Approved” by others

You feel TRAPPED

Transition:

THIS is our biggest enemy

Trapped on the inside, to APPEAR free on the out

“Thats why i say Fear? Nah.”

*Add graphic*

Scripture:

Isaiah 51:12-16

Give context

God uses Isaiah to go and bring HOPE to israel that were in captivity to the babylonians for 70 years

He was trying to break a mindset of CAPTIVITY

The time period between them being captive to the babylonians and entering the promise was 820 years apart

“Listen or you’ll miss it”

Transition:

This isnt the first time since they entered the promise and they were stuck

Out of the 820 years they were constantly oppressed for 350 of them

Thats almost half of the time since they stepped into the promise

They lived a life of never living the fullness of the promise of the lord

Juice:

You can physically enter into the promise of the Lord and never live in the promise of the Lord

The Israelites for almost half this period were constantly opressed because, of disobedience and a mindset of fear of man

Subpoint:

When you see obedience in the eyes of a slave, you live like one

When you see obedience in the eyes of a son, you understand the promise

But we try to put down obedience

Salvation without obedience contradicts its self

you cant live one without other

Transition:

The same way you cant live the promises of the Lord with the fear of man

Its creates something in us where if we fear man instead of God we fear everything else instead of God

But when you have the fear of the Lord you fear nothing else but the Lord

What fear of man does:

It controls your decisions

Youre so scared of what others will say that youll compromise your values just to fit in

It silences faith

We get scared to start a Jesus Club, Talk about jesus or simply say were christian because of the fear of rejection, or getting judged.

We lose confidence

Because of this constant worry it creates insecurity and anxeity in us

You become a hypocrite

It constantly makes us live a life of putting on different masks just to avoid criticism

We lose friendships

Youre so focused on pleasing others that your friendships arent genuine

It makes you fake

Visual Analogy

Pill to swallow:

The fear of man doesn’t just make you fake; it makes your entire life a performance where you prioritize applause over being real. You settle for being liked instead of being loved, and in the end, you realize that you’ve built relationships with masks, and not with people.

- You’ll never truly belong anywhere because no one ever really knows you.

Transition to tes.:

“Nossa Lucas”

I say this because THIS was me

people pleased all throughout high school to eventually see how much i wasted what the Lord gave me

TESTIMONY

ALTAR CALL