Taking
a Risk and crossing the “Fear” line
My wife has
been reading an e-book: “The Risk Factor” by Kevin and Chad
Dedmon, Kevin; Dedmon ,
Chad
Their exciting
testimonies encourage Christians to believe the Bible when Jesus said:
Mark 16:17-18b And
these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out
demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18b they will lay hands on the sick, and they will
recover.”
Side note: Redding, California, Bethel Church has
become a place where many people are healed of cancer and a
variety of other health problems after receiving prayer. Jesus is the healer and he still heals today
!!
What God does in Redding
California
Often we hesitate to
reach out because of FEAR - what will people think of me? Remember they thought Jesus was out of his
mind too! And the 120 were accused of being foolishly drunk !
According to Second
Corinthians 10: 5, we need to learn how to take every thought captive under the
obedience of Christ, because the spirit of unbelief can speak in the form of
our personal thoughts.
For example, the
thought could sound something like this, What if this doesn’t work, or what if
this person doesn’t get healed when I pray? These thoughts arise from the fear
that we will fail if we try and also from the fear of people.
Our part is where the risk comes in – We take the risk in
boldness to cross the fear line - - and leave the result up to God.
#Literacymusings How interesting, a religious post. Nice meeting you.
ReplyDeleteJanice
Thank you Robert for sharing with us here at Tell me a Story. Your stories and musings always have a sweet message to encourage and challenge us. Our Pastor told us last Sunday that we should not need to travel to Redding to be uplifted, and that day he certainly was correct. By the way RISK was an excellent book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up at Literacy Musing Mondays.
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