Freedom from Fear - Apostle Mike Connell | Bay City Church NZ

just amazing leaders we really appreciate you Dave and Kade there's what you do and the team you've raised it up now how awesome is that hey man Holy Spirit we welcome you to come speak into our hearts challenge us to break out of comfort zones to break into new areas to break out of limitations to shift whether we give you all the honor you're a god of faith who loves us believes in us and war has unlimited possibilities for us we're having a hearts to receive from you today everyone said hey man praise the Lord open your Bible with me in Matthew chapter 25 Matthew 25 a little while ago I spoke just on the issue of fear I want to come back and address it again and just slightly different perspective this time but particularly in light of the fact that just recently as we've had a visit from a prophet this is stirring in our lives towards God and that stirring is not just towards God it's actually towards the community as well it's to break out and begin to have impact with your life so I want to just start off with this scripture here and this comes in Matthew chapter 25 verse 24 to 25 it begins with Jesus teaching a parable of the kingdom and he says the kingdom of heaven is like a man who had servants they gave one five talents gave one to talent gave one one talent and I think most of us would not call ourselves five talent people maybe to palate most people are one telling people your limit abilities but we have something we could use something we can that a God has gifted us with some have got more than that and since we're given according to their ability and each one was given the Commission to do something with what they had and what God had in mind is that you would be productive with what you have did you don't compare with others but you'd be productive you take what you have put it to work produce fruit for the kingdom and then eventually the parable describes when the Lord comes back again he will call us before him and he will call every Christian to stand before him and what we're coming to come before him is for reward in a coming Kingdom and so each one he asked well what did you do what have you done with the opportunities gifts talents that I have given you and one really rejoice here well I had five I got another five and he gets commended and gets promoted once in well I had to and he said got another two he gets the same commendation he's done the best he could he's maximized his potential but then there's this guy who has the one Talent and this is what happens there he said verse 24 he said the one who received the one talent came and said lord I knew you were hard man hard hard Oh Jed reaping where you haven't sown and gathering where you haven't scattered and I was afraid so I hid your talent I hid it in the hair and in the ground here it is you can have her back now I want you to notice here two things about this man or three things about him the first thing is he has a distorted view of what God is like his view of God is that God is hard or that God expects something where he hasn't so him nothing could be further from the truth the Bible says God is full of compassion the Bible tells us he's merciful full of compassion he is gracious to help us he's long-suffering he abounds in goodness and truth so God is not hard God is loving and tender and we see this his his perception of God is distorted secondly you notice his perception was that God would expect something where he hadn't first so on now God doesn't work that way God always sews that's why he expects to reap he gives and puts something in our lives and then he looks for return he looks for us to use what we have so we can be promoted so your journey through life is a preparation for an eternity of serving God we don't just go to heaven and play harps God has a plan that every one of his sons and daughters would extend his kingdom throughout eternity and he's got many ways he can do that so now is your stewardship now is your apprenticeship and the man who had one said I was afraid because you're a hard man and city said so I was afraid second thing we see us fear caused him to withhold using what he had fiha caused him to withhold what he had in other words he didn't take the talent the gift and begin to invest it and use it to produce fruit and the result was he withheld it and kept it to himself most of us when we read the parable we won't put ourselves at five and we don't want to be called the one telling maybe on two but actually the majority people are really well one telling people we have something God has given us the question is how do you see God because if you don't see him as a loving kind father wanting his sons and daughters to grow so he can entrust them more you live out of fear like a servant you'll be in bondage and you won't use the opportunities God has given you so God wants us to overcome this issue of fear and there are two parts of overcoming fear one is the issue of dealing with the distorted view of God and the second one is overcoming the attacks of fear which come on everyone the Bible says God won't take away there doesn't anywhere to say you take away your fear he expects us to face and overcome our fears who's got a fear they need to overcome hey we've all got fears in fact we'll kind of whole heap of them we could have a whole day while everyone shared what they were afraid of you'd find out most of us afraid of the same things and so we need to do it so I want to just open up some things just on fear number one the first thing I want to say fear is a tormenting evil spirit fear is a tormenting evil spirit let me give you three scriptures that describe what fear is like if you think fear is just something well it's just in my head was just something I'm feeling you actually lose the ability to address and to deal with it the Bible is very clear notice in the scripture 2 Timothy 1:7 God writes - prior to through Paul to Timothy and he says God has not given us a spirit of fear spirit of fear does not come from God God does not terrify you God does not scare you into a buying a spirit of fear does not come from God that is the first thing fear is a spirit it's a demonic spirit being it's an unseen invisible spirit being which has one thing in mind to fill you with it's now fill you with fear he said God has not given us a spirit of fear that word fair means timidity dread lack of courage to face the pressures of life so fear is an overwhelming sensation that causes or steals courage from us so we won't face things we run from them and maybe the problems we face are not because the problem is a big problem it's because fear turns us into a coward who wants to run away rather than face it I can think of many times I ran away that a patna running away which I've had to work at to overcome fear is a spirit God has not given us a spirit of fear what does God give us God gives us his spirit which has three aspects to it the Holy Spirit empowers us to face the challenges of life he didn't say I'm gonna take you away from them he encourages and helps us to face whatever life dishes up to us he said that's a spirit of love in other words the Holy Spirit or the spirit of our Father wants to reveal how loved we are how secure we are that God is with me therefore nothing needs to terrify me if you're standing there and you've got some big guy in front of you and he's a bully and he's pushing you around you have every reason to be afraid but if you had six bigger guys behind you who had your back you're not gonna be afraid at all you'll be a little bolshie see because why because your perception has changed you have someone with you and so when we have an awareness that God loves us is with us that God will help us the Lord is on my side I will not fear what can man do to me if God is on my side if God is with me why should I be afraid God is with me see our problem is we don't believe God's with us when fear comes our consciousness of God goes and then we think I'm all alone I've got to face this thing and we want to find a way to run a man or fight or whatever okay so we see their fear first of all fear is an invisible spirit base that floods your mind and distorts the way you look at life it looks worse when fear is affecting your thinking you just don't see clearly it looks bigger it looks better it looks worse okay second thing about fear is that it tells us that fear brings slavery to us in Romans chapter 8 verse 15 you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear you have received the spirit of adoption or the spirit that places you a son whereby we cry daddy father so notice that where bondage means to be a slave who surrenders to do what someone else wants them to do so notice the first thing we see then that fear is a spirit it didn't come from God God gives us a love he gives us power he gives us a sound mind the ability to discipline our life that's what comes from God now using the same thing again it says you have not received the spirit of bondage that's slavery spirit of fear is a spirit of slavery it means it forces and pressures you so you yield to your fear instead of facing it and overcoming it God has not given us that kind of spear what has he given us he's given us a spirit that places us into sonship whereby God is intimately connected so intimate I can call him daddy daddy I need you help show me what to do daddy God make daddy give me the strength help me to overcome this you notice what he's telling us it's a spirit and it brings bondage the third thing I want to share about fear in 1 John 4:18 there is no fear in love but perfect love casts out fear because fear involves torment so notice now fear is a spirit fear enslaves us so we're not free if you have fear active in your life you are not free there's parts of your life you're not free you're imprisoned by the thing you fear and then finally it says that fear has torment that means it it brings fear it brings a punishment around a lot it acts on our life to cause pain and anguish constantly it terrorizes us think about what a terrorist is a terror as a person who uses fear or threats to force you to do what he wants you to do so that's what fear is it's a terrorist it's a spiritual terrorist it enslaves us it frightens us intimidates us and afflicts us in different ways yes the next thing that see it does fear seizes your focus when fear comes around your life it will affect your thoughts and this is what it does now we have in spite of what you think about multitasking we only have the ability to focus on one thing at a time multitasking means you're flipping backwards and forwards and nothing's getting your focus now mine connects you only focus on one thing at a time so what see fear does fear will cease your focus in other words it begins to fill you with thoughts about an evil future and it keeps feeding the thoughts in and if you listen and take heed to the thoughts the spirit that's attacking you knows that and it'll keep feeding them in until all you can think about is possible trouble or evil it's going to happen today tomorrow in the future sometime it constantly holds your thoughts have you noticed that that when fear comes around you it's like you can hardly think of anything else it grips your mind it takes your focus and when it takes your focus if then stops you seeing other possibilities you just see one thing ahead of you and disaster is looming and I see no other way out but when we can get free of the of fear we see possibilities so fear when it grips your life seizes your focus holds on to your mind and then it limits you and you begin to stay in a company confined you to a comfort zone confined you to living within what you're comfortable with and a hinders you sing what's possible and breaking out so that's why I thought that there God is wanting us to address any area of fear in our life because fear will keep us contained in what we're safe with we just talk to the people we feel good with pastor Kate was saying core mix and talk with someone else that you don't know oh no I like my friends I feel safe well does that mean you feel afraid when it comes to meeting other Beebop I know I know and I feel awkward you mean fear I'll get to this in a moment the many faces the fear hairs that what we do is we real able fear because we don't know admit we're afraid so we just call us something else a bit all see we have many things we use I want to I'm gonna pick a few out hope that you'll recognize some of theirs so fear seizes your focus and then you have this thing what if what if what if I did that well I don't know what if I stepped out what if I started a business what might happen so we get we get flooded with what-ifs and it listen this is for everyone this happens to everyone there's no exceptions no exceptions even people that look like they're not afraid have fears all of us are exposed to it it's just a matter whether you can but you're willing to have the courage to face them and overcome them and break out of the cupboard Zone in limitations fear keeps you in the comfort zone keeps you confined that's why God wants us to get out of fear and into a place of revelation of his fatherhood get to that seminar on the fatherhood the father love of God it'll help you because it's it's one of the foundations that helps you overcome fear is knowing my dad he's got my back he's with me when you're a little kid you know if someone bully you just yet my dad's gonna come he'll tell you what well it would come on God want you to live your life like that now daddy is a Big Daddy he's an awesome eternal unchanging powerful God and he's got my back if you knew God had your back in every area what would you do that you're not doing now you do other things you do new things when they be right see so in Psalm 56 verse 3 whenever I am afraid whenever that's David writing whenever meaning I feel fear frequently but whenever I am afraid I put my trust in the Lord in other words not saying you don't get afraid he's saying there's a way you need to deal with the fear you need to leave in on God draw from his strength and faith setting overcoming so our stone and it's hit or something like that hey okay so so what what I noticed is that rather than say I'm afraid which no one wants to search mr. your main or Sam afraid I mean the man's world's gotta be tough to John Wayne's starkly these two all that kind of thing you know tough we do tools you don't to close with tools don't do cakes we do burgers means don't nuts oh now we're talking son the veal The Hunger coming on feeling FOMO I might miss out [Laughter] so what happens is is that rather than some afraid people use other words I'm gonna use several words that people use and actually every one of them if you actually look up what they mean they all mean to be afraid so here's here's what you hear people say you may have seen one of these things yourself I'm concerned about this really I'm concerned I'm just concerned look at the meaning of concern say you mean it concern means to be worried or to have trouble or distress to be anxious in other words to be based on fear it's the fear and you're not calling it fear and because you name it another name you can't deal with it I'm just concerned a brother I'm concerned no no you got fear and anxiety and say now trying to get into control mode we'll get there in a moment there's one I'm concerned I'm worried about this you dude worried oh well that family are worried us you know we tend to worry an FN a mom worry no no no actually fear it's a spirit of fear you're dealing with you're being attacked by fear and you're surrendering to it that's why you're worried - worried me to be anxious it's a mental distress it's a torment with disturbing thoughts it has the context of something ceasing you by the throat and stopping you I'm worried a little bit worried anxious anxious I'm been anxious about this that's another word for fear - another word for fear I'm worried I'm anxious it means - it means an unease or nervousness and overwhelming sense of apprehension about the future where I actually feel tense and what really is going on I doubt my ability to handle what's coming up why because I'm afraid I'm afraid because I'm trusting in myself and I don't think I got what I need to overcome it that's why I've got all these feelings in my body that's making me feel anxious I need to get a pill well this is what's going on on this I mean an altar calls in big churches with lots of young people the two things they keep coming up with is anxiety and depression it's a growing epidemic today people taking medication for anxiety not against you take a medication but address what the real problem is a spirit of fear and learn how to overcome it in the idea okaythis those ones say yes if you're here's not a couple now you may recognize these ones whoa I'm under a lot of pressure I'm under a lot of pressure hey getting armed under a lot of pressure that sounds nice doesn't it what it means is you're afraid of failing you've got fear gripping you I'm under pressure why are you under pressure where is the pressure it's pressure in my mind I can feel the pressure on my emotions I feel that make self getting a bit o uptight because of the pressure I'm under that's a spirit of fear it brings pressure on you fear spirits bring pressure on your life and so you say you people use language like I'm feeling pressured actually they're under attack by spirit and don't realise what it is if you don't realize what it isn't call it another name you won't deal with the problem you actually got to call things the way God calls them then you can address them with God's solutions he said cast all your cares your worries your anxieties your stress points cast them on the Lord because he loves you and cares about you he wants to carry them he wants to hold them up it was to lift you up and help you through you're gonna learn to let it go to the Lord one people Peter 5:7 so I'm pressured how many know they're pressured he gets quiet when people start to realize oh that's me I laughed when it was the other guys now it's me there's another one here how you doing I'm a bit stressed out Oh stressed out what a stress say stress is a pressure on your life it's a force that deforms you so when I'm stressed out it means I'm pressured by fear and I've got to the stage where I don't think I can handle and cope anymore that's why I am stressed out notice these things how many know someone like that stressed out some people are stressed out all the time why are they stressed out all the time because of fear and sometimes it's mismanagement sometimes it's mismanagement and that leads to further fear but it often it's the fear that drives the mismanagement so when people are afraid they lose all confidence they can cope and become apprehensive about what will happen when people are afraid they lose confidence I can cope you understand why knowing that you are loved and God is with you is a key remedy to overcoming fear because it's not dependent on me I got God's got my back daddy's got my back I can give my thing to him and then I just do what I need to do and leave it all to him you understand but fear distorts your thinking so you don't look to God you start to instead carry it in your body you can't sleep you get stressed out you get uptight then you start affecting people in the family all got so quiet we get around these areas see you start kicking the cat see well when people when people become afraid the next thing is I need to control this I'm feeling like I can't cope I need to get back and control again so I need to try and control the people around me so parents try to control their kids because they're afraid they might do something and maybe we look better I made even maybe will be bad I don't know I don't know because I'm afraid I don't know what it is but it might happen see but if it did happen you'd find a way to overcome it there was a program I loved watching is called keeping up appearances and and hyacinth is forever trying to keep up appearances trim Trevor trying to make it look good and she never succeeds because it always falls the path you can't control life and you can't really control people if you control people you hurt them you damage them you reject them and then they live in fear and the fear that was in you is now in them so when people feel anxious feel afraid feel stressed out then what they try and do is gain control when I get stressed out frequently instead of facing what it isn't dealing with it I'll just tidy my room that feels much better now I got control over something tidied up a drawer I felt control over something I just think something to be under my control I'm feeling it's all out of control well it's just fear it's just fear he got any people they're getting on this is you whoa Wow so they all kids used to laughing because I had daddy have a cleaning fete well dad had a cleaning village as man he's got anxiety which means he's got fear which means he's not coping which means he needs to get near to God and repent instead of bringing out on everyone else you can't control people you can't control suit or anything you can control us what you think and what you do that's right if you'll just stick to what you think and what you do you can deal with life that's really where the battle is and you're here dealing with what's a room what's in your own minds they so controls the sifter because you think that you can control up but you can't it just has a way of breaking out and so you live anxious and tense and stressed and and burdened and pressured and and blah blah blah those are the things that happen we can't we can't deal with it of course then when people feel afraid then they get angry angry is another way of controlling everything so when you find someone who's stressed out they usually irritable and angry irritable and angry irritable means angry snitchy angry why angry afraid so anger gives you the feeling you can be in control but actually it doesn't it's an illusion because even when you're angry you're not in control still you probably get out of control then you sound do you things are mine now got another mister clean up why not just deal with the fear be much easier in the long term face the fear and learn to walk in the peace of God learn to walk in the peace Jesus gives Jesus said in the world there is tribulation but be of good cheer have courage and face it properly because I have overcome the world I leave my peace to you you could walk in peace this is one of the ways that we can evident we're different then we're walking in Kingdom life peace or I use Krista listen when you're stressed out you carry a spirit of fear that fills the atmosphere magma and Matthew chapter 6 verse 34 said Jesus's don't be stressed out about anything rather sit first the kingdom of God seek it first and his righteousness or ordering your life his way everything will start to flow to you and he says now sufficient for one day is the evils thereof in other words he said each day has its own challenges so stop thinking about tomorrow's challenges today I want you to learn to live in the present if you're thinking about what may happen tomorrow or next week or what if what if what if what happens is you can't live now you people talk to you and you're distracted you're not there your heads gone somewhere why cuz you're thinking what may happen tomorrow so he said don't do that he said don't be anxious in other words resist fear and one of the ways you resist fear is by aligning your priorities right I am seeking and placing God first his priorities first and I'll order my life aright and then he says also just deal with one day at a time today you got every grace you need for today tomorrow stuff that'll come tomorrow that's how we're meant to live to live by faith whatever I got to face today I get through today tomorrow well that looks pretty tough but I'll see about that tomorrow when I wake up tomorrow and I meet with Daddy he'll tell me what I'll do tomorrow to deal with that you see it's a way of living it's a way of living and he says as you live that way then what you need will come to you without the stress it'll be added to you so what he's saying is everyone else is up try trying to get things if you will stop being uptight refuse fear and surrender and come under his leadership his kingdom authority put your priorities right then you enter a flow with things come to you without the stress oh god bless me today oh that happened today I've got a bargain today oh this happen people say aren't you lucky that's how people try to describe it they say you must be lucky no no I made decisions not to yield to fear and to allow my life of the Lord and I'm not lucky I am blessed I am blessed blessed I'm blessed I'm blessed blessed how many people recognize some of that fear stuff already so where's that come in that was figured in well the Bible tells us in Genesis chapter 3 verse 7 8 9 and 10 talks about Adam and this is what happened Adam and Eve were created to live in the presence of God to walk under his governance and to express his life but they were Adam was given a command the chyme was this he said don't eat the fruit of that tree eat the fruit of that tree you'll die secondly he was given he was told given a command cultivate the land and protect it got it so what happened this is what happened Adam failed in the mandate he did not communicate clearly to Eve what was required secondly he stood by passively when she was being talked to by the devil and then she and he entered into agreement he failed to protect her that's why it god puts the weight of sin in the world upon the man because he didn't communicate and he didn't stand up and protect he didn't fulfill his assignment and then when he failed instead of facing it and dealing with it properly he yielded to the spirit of fear and out of anger blamed his wife and blamed God and then he had serious consequences which we've all experienced now fear is the problem for everyone so you see in that story there how fear entered the first thing that Thea did with the moment they become afraid that says they covered themselves with fig leaves they hid their identity put on a mask to hide from one another fear will cause you to hide your real self and put up a front what you're like and when you're like that you'll be alone you'll be lonely you'll be fear filled because all the time you'll wonder if people see me what I'm really like what will they do so putting up fig leaves doesn't help your fear it actually buries and conceals it and then enhances allows it to go unhindered so if you put a mask up about who you really are and we all practice that in various ways then what happens as you live in fear that someone will see through the mask someone will see through the image it concerns me deeply churches through the Western world becoming image based rather than substance based we need to develop transparency and the character of Christ and a culture where we can be open about who we are in our failures in a performance culture you can't be open about the fact you've got a problem you have to hide it because of fear what will happen I've seen some horrendous things happen over the years I prayed for hundreds of people to be delivered not just from things that happen in their home but what also happened in churches because it was not a culture of love and acceptance where you could bring your failures out and say well that's just it there's outers I really blew it this week man my life sucks at the moment okay how can we help you instead judgment condemnation when it's like that you hide so I remember going to a church one time I thought my goodness I've never seen so many beautiful looking people everyone had their act together that looked fine and all these leaky girls and great guys and everything look young and smart and fresh and I thought wherever never see anything like that my life until we started to minister into the hearts and then it became chaotic because there was so much rubbish going on in their lives it was just demons everywhere because when you hide and not transparent you're not walking in the light there's no cancer there's no healing there's no forgiveness there's no breakthrough you end up living tormenta with fear and the moment you can't keep up that image usually a cast aside oh I hate it I just so hate it I believe God wants to restore the culture of fatherhood in the church so we're living in a family that loves us and stands with us and believes in us and so it's okay to say I'm afraid it's okay to say I made a mistake it's okay to say I really blew it it's okay to say I got a problem because what I'm gonna meet with is love that helps me overcome love is what removes the fear love perfect love removes the fear every place there's no love that's where fear will have its hold the places you feel fear you've not experienced the love of God the bracers fear grips your life that's we need revelation of the love of God these are things so it comes it came down through Adam it comes we'll so through our own life it can come through your family some families are gripped with fear you've got an anxious mother and it's been your grandmother was anxious and uptight your mother's anxious up to you given families like that and it's like hope the atmosphere is tension any man I might make a mistake or drop something you just feel tense it's in the family it's a spirit it's in the family it's generational someone should stand up and stop it that someone is you don't call you to stand up and stop it and build a different future even if you're in a family where there's anxiety you become fearful and then you become secretive especially for your man at your mum that's anxious then she's always wanted to know stuff [Music] and then the in main developer a thing about women asking them questions goes right back to Mum where were you what you do how many times have they picked it and you know the barrage is all too much so a fear starts to develop of women so your wife asks you a question suddenly you're in an angry mode trying to gain control because fear of being exposed or mocked or belittle or something like that has gripped your heart it's a relationship so it's such in the family sometimes it's traumas in the womb sometimes things happen while the mother is carrying the child and fear enters the child's life and then it's born with fear sometimes it's just the things which happened when we were a young kept me in the family can be destructive family pets no one talks no one communicates no one knows what's going on anyone know that we've been a whole generation never knew what was going on I just go we discovered the secrets on the way it was like they were hidden carefully hidden family secrets and suddenly it comes out and no one talks mismo cork would all be covering it up starting being honest about it see so it's a dysfunctional family well maybe there's been an alcoholic father alcoholic mother or drug addicts or something like that and what happens one that your children feel so afraid what's gonna happen they pick up and they start to rescue the family then all their life they're buried and rescuing working working working it looks so noble especially if it's in church but it's driven by fear and it doesn't release anyone it can't release people because it's too much fear if you're a leader in the church you gotta be free of fear because you won't release any one you won't activate people you won't raise people who can discover who they are you won't a risk with them because you're too afraid to give them some room to move see fear stop sons and daughters emerging to maturity because they're all held down someone's controlling them we have got to hate that thing hate that spirit of fear and bring revelation that we're loved by the father so it comes through your family it comes through experiences of life it can come through traumas and they can be quite simple things just watching a horror movie when you're too young I can still remember one movie and I'm still good a bit uncomfortable when I think about the thing I watch something I shouldn't have watched when I was too young disobeyed my parents movie invaders from Mars am I going to terrified me to this day and to overcome the fear there's something addictive about coming to fear filled things for a young person you want to walk with God don't get attracted resist going to the fearful things entertainment and media that are full of fear don't drink off that stuff it will increase fear in your life it will open doors for fear in your life make a decision I'm not interfere I'm against fear I'm into in love I'm into the presence of God the power of God anything that brings that kind of fear it's not part of my life as a son this traumatic experience I've had I can remember being yelled at in a classroom 15 16 years old I can remember where I was sitting I can remember the face of the man I can hear him yelling at me and I'm able what I did it was traumatic it affected me deeply they had to get over it and to get it healed and deal with the fear of it so we have these things happen we collect multitudes of them the culture is filled with fear the advertising works of fear fear you'll miss out if you don't have this oh you haven't got the latest you're missing out see it's fear driven the media's fear driven people are fascinated with things that have gone wrong with tragedies and distress we called a hill um not be fascinated with them not to feed off the fear and drink off the fear you need to overcome those things it's a spirit does what David said whenever I am afraid I have put my trust in the Lord the Lord is on my side I will refuse fear what can man do to me if God is with me how bad could it really get because I'm the other side God brings me out and I get better it's even for Joseph who ended up in prison and unjustice nor kinds of things at the end he ended up on top and you remember Joseph ruling and saving his family you don't talk too much about the prison and they're all false accusations why because that that's not what to find them that's what Hughes God used to shape him but feel stop you coming out of your prison we have to overcome fear how do we overcome it you got to see it and own it first of all put a name on it it's my fear I've got to face it it isn't gonna go away yeah I dig up baby's feet you take up baby baby it's not gonna go I can tell you right now you just get more fearful God will not take away your fear but if it's a spirit he gives you authority to overcome he wants you to overcome so the first thing about fearest or name i put her name on her what is that fear because there's a spirit behind a break all agreement with a father in Jesus name I break my agreement with fear today in Jesus I rebuke that spirit of fear I push against you you shall not dominate my life so those are two things here's a third thing you can do if you've got traumas in your background or pains in your background or issues they're bought for you to your life have the courage to journey there face them and bring resolution to them own up to the pain own up to what happened forgive the people involved bring it to the Lord get ministry or whatever you need to get free but don't keep the baggage or you bring it into your marriage bring it into your children bring it into your finances bring it into your business bring it into the minute you bring it everywhere you are fear and control and anger will operate so choose it won't be part of my life I'll be known as carrying the love of God I'll be known as bringing the presence of God I'll be known for taking risks I'll be known for stepping out of comfort zone I'll be known for doing things others were to thread to do take time to meditate you see because fear attacks your mind you got to practice training your mind to fix on the Word of God that will keep them perfect peace whose mind is fixed on you in Proverbs that says he'll be said when evil tidings come I'll not be afraid because my heart is fixed trusting the Lord you got to fix yourself on God you fix yourself by meditating getting the truth of God holding them around your life dwelling on them daily until they rest in your heart if he has come up catch them quickly refocus is probably the best word to use when a fear comes it's a thought and a feeling reject the spirit behind it refocus your attention somewhere else the act of redirecting your attention will break the power of that invading thought you've got to be quite active and doing it refocus your attention another thing that will help you overcome fear learn to practice stillness in the presence of God because when people is what people do when people have got fear they avoid stuff when people have got fear they build walls in the heart when people have got fear they become busy when people have got fear they try to control their world sometimes busyness means actually it's fear driving me and many people here will have blocks in the heart you know intimacy in your marriage because of why fear is stopping me I need to overcome it it's my enemy God's not my enemy people are my enemy fear is fear fear is my enemy and I need to take action don't sit around waiting for God to do it all as you have faith in Him and step towards the thing you're afraid of you find it just it just evaporates it's not what it thought it would be and God helps you to walk through faith without works is dead so I need to consciously lean into God become aware of his love and then take a step towards the thing I'm afraid of believing he's with me in it there's nothing like the presence of God to shift you why don't we close their eyes right there God has not given us a spirit of fear he's not gonna list the spirit of bondage to fear he's given us another spirit the spirit of sonship that's his daddy father I am safe I am safe precious I'm here today and you've never made a decision to become a Christian ever made a decision to give your life to Jesus Christ I want to invite you today to leave the place of fear then leave the place of slavery reaching out to Jesus Christ is what it tells us Jesus came to show us the love of the Father Jesus died on the cross taking all our sins and failures breaking the power of them the penalty of them overcoming the devil why so we could become children of God walking in our father's love jesus said to everyone who received him he gave power to become a child of God is there anyone today who will receive Jesus Christ put your trust in him believe he died on the cross for me I am putting my life in his hands my future in his hands I'm gonna begin to walk with God and I'm gonna take up the invitation to be a child of God when you're God's child he cares for you he's got your back is there anyone here right at that place would you raise your hand let me know I want to become a Christian want to give my life to Christ a great decision to make great decision to make great decision to make when I'll make that decision today raise your hand and say I want to give my life to Jesus Christ want to become a Christian I want to follow Jesus anyone here's a hand over there god bless anyone else the hands one over there on the left towards the rear anyone else here today [Music] anyone who stood hold back right [Music] there's two people over there and wonderful another one over here god bless to see the end anyone else anyone else God loves us deeply he cares about you he knows your name he is interested in you wants you to be free of fear this is what we're gonna do Church do two things number one I'm gonna stand in a moment and then I want us to all clapping every person who put their hand up could you make your way to the front just stand facing me I'll lead you in a prayer which we'll all pray a prayer to invite Jesus into your life come on chose to stand together right now let's stay together right there please make me wait to receive Jesus [Applause] - the process [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] righteous decision overcoming fear [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] James and moccasin Rochelle anyone else even-steven that's an awesome name Oh someone else too Wow awesome god bless you man god bless you you made it I'm glad we waited what you're they can become less you come on it's just just stand there for a moment I want to just lead you in a prayer you ready now it won't just close our eyes we close our eyes just to shut away all we're looking at so we can become [Music] Devon not Stevens Devon good on you you wanna stay here Devon sorry about that that was my right ear done here so good Devin that's a good this is we close our eyes this become conscious God's eyes are on you he loves you deeply when we pray a prayer we're just speaking to God he is whole spirit world is so I'll give you some words to pray simple words to advises Christ to come into your life and my church this fall out it's all pray together just help father in heaven I come to you in Jesus name thank you for loving them thank you for sending Jesus Christ to die on my behalf to take away my sins and rise from the dead lord I ask you to forgive me forgive me all my sins and failures today I give you my life Jesus I receive you as my savior I receive forgiveness total forgiveness I receive your spirit into my heart today I declare god is my father I belong to you [Music] fathers thank you thank you for each one father police placing a Potter's knife is a soft and tender god mode touch him today didn't feel the love of God [Music] you say father I thank you that your presence Texas law it'll feel and experience the bubble god [Music] keep going through many struggles and difficulties God is drawing [Music] Holly come to touch your heart she's so precious so that [Music] got what you know we love he cares about you he has plans for your life plans for good not evil she can look forward every day with hope expectation goddess people to connect to you [Music] father we thank you your presence is here father thank you father displace my brother today I just pray God's peace and blessing welcome into God's family bless your life today touch just give a great [Music] this is Bryden she's gonna talk with you you got a little gift for you so if you just follow him but can we have someone just help him just sit down there someone will come to you how about that there you go the others if you like just follow Brighton for just a couple of minutes you just talk with him give you a little gift and someone have you got another Salvation pack another Salvation tank over here that's right that's right raise little corn Church this is fantastic hence Dauphine speaking to you [Music] today [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] which reach other the parrot bag if he's struggling with vehicle struggling with it make a decision Thanks I will place [Music] [Applause] [Music] today [Applause] [Music] which I need to get pastors and leaders to come up with a presence Sammy Peter [Music] when summer comes to you tell about your appearance [Music] thank you Lord Father we thank you right now for the power of Goddess here stretch your hands out to the ones who are here stretch your hands out to them right now it's belief of the power of God to come father right now in Jesus name we take dominion over the spirit of fear I take dominion over spirits of witchcraft I take dominion of a spirits of Terror spirits of torment spirits which have come to bring anxiety in Jesus name we break the power of those spirits we command you to release each captive in Jesus body nice

Channel: Ascend Global Church

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Keywords: Mike Connell, Bay City Church, God, Holy Spirit, Freedom from Fear, Fear, Freedom, Jesus, salvation, Apostle Mike Connell, Overcoming Fear, Love

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Length: 52min 13sec (3133 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 10 2018