"What Fear Doesn't Tell You" - Stephanie Ike

so today family we're gonna be talking about what fear does not tell you you see there is there are transitions taking place you know even and I believe it's in first Corinthians or second Corinthians one of the two you're going to find it it talks about how we go from glory to glory but you cannot go from one place to the next without movements and a lot of times the only thing that would threaten your movement is the fear that you cannot survive the transition fear that you you don't have what it takes to overcome the circumstances that would arise in the process and so there are things why I love what I like the name of this message what fear doesn't tell you because when we have insight to what really those what those circumstances really mean the presence of fear is not going to stop us from moving forward it is something in a 1 anytime it comes to transitions even though that's not in our text today but something I believe we all should study and be you know just have that knowledge about is the Israelites when they were in the wilderness because the wilderness was a place of transition and that's why God never told them to you know build a home there they will have like those set up tents so that when they're moving they could just you know pack it up go to the next place set up another tent it was a place that was a transitional period to where God was leading them but there were so many things that came up to threaten their ability to survive or so it seemed to them they would complain so many times about not having food you know not having water then there's water the waters bitter then they can't fight it's just all these things were complaining about because they lacked insight about what God was really doing and one thing that always baffled me is when they thought that they could return to Egypt they would always complain as we just we should just go back to Egypt and not die in the wilderness but Egypt when we look at the story of what happened when Moses when they cross the Red Sea right and came into when across the Red Sea left the Egyptians the Bible talks about how Pharaoh and hundreds of men pursued them and all those men died in the Red Sea and so because of the Israelites so many women became widows so many sons lost their fathers a nation lost their king but for some reason they thought they could go back what are you going back to I believe if they ever tried that they would have been killed because when you think about it these are people who grew up and they're they understand there's so much bitterness I would believe that the Egyptians had for the Israelites because as a result of them they lost so much but for some reason they thought they could go back and that's what fear does to us it blinds reason you try you yet so now you're trying to go back to something that would ultimately kill every bit of purpose and yet and for some people literally you're contemplating actually going back to some where you came from in being here a place where you moved by the voice of God by being obedient to God's Word to you and really just the passion God has given you to pursue something and so we're going to talk about that what fear does not tell you before we go into the message I want us to open 2nd Timothy 1:7 what I love about 1st and 2nd Timothy is because these are letters written to Timothy by the Apostle Paul now the Apostle Paul regarded Timothy as a son and what he really meant was like Timothy was his spiritual son and so when someone says you know my spiritual son my spiritual daughter it's about God has entrusted that person to your care for their spiritual growth and development so first Timothy and second Timothy Paul is right at him lat full of insight and wisdom ultimately it was for the purpose of Timothy walking out his calling and Paul was saving it 2nd Timothy and I believe is in chapter 4 he once told Timothy that I have finished my race and I have kept the faith and what I love about that is because Paul is speaking from a place of experience and completion and we all have a race to complete and so this passage is very key because I believe it to be one of the most important things that Paul relates to Timothy and so he says for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind and a sound mind really when you even look at it also suggests a meaningful self-control and what I also love about that is because you can't really have self-control if you don't have a sound mind because you cannot believe you can choose to not do something or less you cannot choose not to do something unless you believe you cannot do it all right so it's really connected but what I want us to highlight here is that fear is a spirit fear is not an emotion it is a spirit that when you use to it it reveals itself through you as feelings of uneasiness doubts you know others alike so there are feelings that come as a result of you yielding to the spirit and I say that because fearful circumstances the the presence of the spirit of fear is there and so there is a reason to be afraid but then I believe that Paul is saying that for God has not given us a spirit of fear you see because the spiritual possess reveals who you are and so when he's telling us and power love and sound mind as it relates to the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is power is love and his sound mind because now when you know that okay God has given me his Holy Spirit he has given me the ability to have divine nature then my life should be submitted to the things that reflect the authenticity in me and so what Paul is saying is that if I if God has not given us a spirit of fear then we should not be yielding to the spirit of fear we should not be given into that spirit but we should give in to the Holy Spirit you see Jesus would often say you know fear not and he's saying it because honestly there is a reason to be afraid there's a legit reason to be afraid but when he's seen fear and not he's saying do not yield to the suggestions of what that spirit is telling you your life would look like do not look at things from his perspective look at things from my perspective because I have given you my spirit and it's so interesting because when you think about the spirit of fear for example uneasiness is one of the feelings that you know that comes out of that but uneasiness will tell you to be you know that a circumstance would threatens your ability to move forward but then power tells you it gives you the knowledge that I have the capacity to overcome so they cannot they don't do all together but all honestly a lot of these things is it's easier said right like we know it but now how do we walk into it and that's why I want to discuss this topic alright and so we're going to open this is the main text for today we're going to open Matthew 14 22 to 33 I'm going to read it through and there are three things that were going to really discuss about what we can learn well Jesus I believe is teaching us through this message right and so it says immediately he and that's Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side while he dismissed the crowds and after he had dismissed the crowds he went up on the mountain by himself to pray when evening came was there alone but but the boat by this time was long it was a long way from the land being being by the waves for the wind was against them and in the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking on the sea but when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified and said it is a ghost and they cried out in fear but immediately Jesus spoke to them saying take heart it is I do not be afraid and Peter answered him Lord if it is I command me to come to you command me to come to you on the water he said come so Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus but when he saw the wind it's so interesting when he says when he saw the wind because already the pastor tells us that the wind was against them so he's been saying the wind right but but really when he shifted perspectives when he started listening to life from another angle so when he saw the wind cos not he's walking on the water is no longer in the boat even though it was really a mess when he saw the wind he was afraid and beginning to sink he cried out lord save me Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him saying to him o you of little faith why do you doubt and when they got into the boat the wind ceased and those in the boat worshiped him saying truly you are the son of God not what fear does not tell you number one have a slide if you know me I love the slides so about that kyla so the first thing is that you've been equipped to overcome I say this because right before this passage right before I say it says that immediately Jesus tells them to leave right before this this is when Jesus fed the 5000 people he fed the 5000 people where to you know two fish five loaves of bread come on somebody there's a ministry even called that right he fed them right before this happened he showed the disciples a miracle that they had never seen you see God will never put you in a position that requires more faith if you didn't already equip your faith to believe that you can overcome in that area right before and what is so amazing and weakness isn't the same chapter well it's so amazing is that so when Jesus is doing this miracle right five over 5,000 people actually needed to be fed when he broke the bread he didn't give it directly to the people he gave it to the disciples and the disciples gave it to the people and I believe that what is what was taking place here is that God is trying to show us that there is a part that we play in this you see for the disciples well not every time I read that passage I'm like for the disciples to take breath from Jesus so he was they would go back though go to him and take the bread give to the people go to him take the bread and give to the people the fact that they did not complain or question him at any point in time that Lord are we gonna have enough to feed all these people they were just obedient and that was that was a revealing of their faith that I don't know how this is happening but Jesus you're doing it and I'm gonna keep going back to you taking this bread and to giving it to the people you see the part that we play in this thing called life is faith we have to believe that God will always come through we cannot question in the process the disciples never questioned him so I mean there are 12 disciples right there over 5,000 people they keep going back to him going back to him I never did they say uh here now a 3,000 mile never gonna have enough they just kept going back they believed that whatever he was doing was working you see there's a passage in scripture that talks about he who he who asked God for something should not doubt because he should not he should not believe that he will receive anything from the Lord and I believe that doubt is faith without works because we're saying that god I believe you to do this but your works are looking a little different God I believe that you're going to do this but we're complaining God I believe that you're going to do this but where our actions are not aligning with what we're saying we believe God to do and so we have to walk in the knowing that Lord you've already equipped me to overcome and one of the simplest ways to do this is to meditate on the faithfulness of God in your life sometimes you just have to look back I loved it during the worship when they're singing God yesterday today and forever you're a God because if you saw me out of something that at the time I had no idea how I was gonna come out of why am i complaining about the now because obviously you brought me out of that for me to see you in a different way for me to believe in you in a different way and so when I am seeing something that I've never really experienced before I know I know Lord that you would also bring me out of this and so fear would never want to you to know that God has already equipped your faith to overcome number two we have it right there slide right obedience led you there you see it's so interesting that Jesus is the one who told them to go they didn't go by themselves they were following the Word of God you see a lot of times when we when we move based on God's leading we assume if you like me up everything is a sign I'm not that's a sign you know that's the sign I should get closed down I just saw sprinkles we find all the wrong signs and the wrong things and sometimes in this and sometimes in a search stance what the enemy tries to do if you're not aware because actually there's a scripture that says when tribulation comes because of the world when you're moving in a direction God has called you you will it isn't without a doubt there will be tribulation there will be circumstances that will arise but when the enemy tries to do is to deceive you that Oh perhaps it's punishment from God or perhaps it's a sign for you to turn around you see one thing that God taught me and it blew my mind was that even in the place that I haven't called you I will still allow you to have the victory for you to know that nothing is beneath me I will allow you to see that I can make a way for you there and tell you from a place of clarity that this is not for you and so so many times when you encounter a problem it's not God telling you oh you need to go no I mean he is God he can see you through it until you turn around he did that for a prophet named Elijah he provided food for him he's over there walking to his destination he gets there God is like why are you here nothing is above God's power and so no matter what you are experiencing in your life if God's Word sukh you there believe that he will see you through it as well one of my favorite passages is when God was speaking to Jeremiah and he says that I am watching over my word to perform it and the beautiful thing is that when God gives you a word and sometimes that's why it's scary to us because it's almost like he's showing you the destination because you see when Jesus told the disciples he taught he directed them to go and he gave them a destination they were to go to the other side but Jesus was well aware he knew that obviously you know what was going that what they were gonna encounter that there was gonna be the wind was going to be against them and all that stuff he knew that but he stayed behind and what I love is that in the scripture it talks about and Jesus went by him he was alone and he prayed now the only time in scripture where you know when Jesus is praying for someone and he revealed what he was praying about those a disciple named Peter and he said Peter I have prayed that your faith would not fail it is likely that when Jesus was praying while they were in the boat he is praying for their faith that no matter though even if the wind is against them that they would know that they are secure that they would know that they're okay that they would not be uneasy because family a lot of times God will be silent there was a reason why they were experiencing that and Jesus was not there but that does not mean he's not watching that does not mean he's not he's not aware of what's taking place there's some things that he showed me about even people listening to this message that there are things that you're asking him about and he's silent on it it's not because you're not praying enough or you're not hearing you know you're hearing is blocked or anything but there's a part that we play and that part is faith that even when we don't see him even when we don't hear him we believe in him because of his track record in our lives right number three it's a lad it's about your relationship with Jesus this really blew my mind it's not even about the circumstance you see one of the last things that they said after so first of all Jesus comes he's walking on water he's walking on the problem he finds a supernatural way to get to them the moment he enters the boat it's up when we read the passage it talks about how the wind seized right so the moment he's in their presence what was against them was not working for them but at the end of it the disciples said to him that truly you are the son of God you see all along they have been knowledgeable because Jesus had been referred to himself as a son you know the son of God all along they have been knowledgeable about who Jesus is but the circumstance brought them from a place of knowledge to revelation you see knowledge for example would say in the book of a sire you know the Word of God says by His stripes we are healed revelation will tell you in the book of Isaiah God's Word to me is by His stripes I am healed not revelation makes things personal it makes you believe it also for yourself because you can have knowledge about things but if you're not walking in the revelation of what that thing is you cannot encourage anybody I always I always talk about healing because it's not just about the knowledge of the word I know that to be true I've experienced God's healing power in my life and even if I'm not expensive in my life I have seen God's healing power as well and so it's from a place of Revelation not just a place of and the Bible says because you could read the whole Bible you could know the whole Bible and not even move in power and that is why even people who are theologians don't even believe in the miracle-working power of God but they know the Bible and we cannot have a relationship with God solely based on knowledge we have to also walk in the revelation of what we know and so the circumstance brings you to a different perspective of our Father the circumstance because for example it's a difference when you tell someone jesus will provide when you know that you've been in some funny things than he provided for you when you speak from a place of truth you empower and you impart faith in the other person and everything about our lives family is really about what God wants to do through us for the world and so sometimes when these circumstances happen it's really to build your relationship with Jesus because at the end of it maybe this does the one the the problem when we are so focused on just getting out like Lord just get me out of this Lord just get me out and we miss because the funny thing is that once you're out of it is done you're not even and that's why we forget so many times how God has seen us through because we were just waiting gut I just want to be out I just I just need to pay this rent Laura I'm not trying to hell that's Laura I just need to pay this rent right Lord I just I need the funds to do this I need this to happen I need to get this job I need this person to whatever it is we are so focused on the destination and when we get there we're already there without looking for the next thing and we miss the point of seeing God in a different way and knowing that from that place I can minister to another from that place I can tell someone else going through it that God will provide God will heal you but these are the things the enemy does not want you to know because he's struggling for you to yield to his spirit he wants you to say no listen to what I am saying about the situation to keep you stagnant because you can't move you can go back and you don't want to move forward but family in this time there's a lot of things that it would seem as though it is threatening your ability to to make progress but it's not you're just focusing on the wrong spirit there are things that even one of the things that God even kept speaking to me about why this whole thing with fear we really have to you know get a headlock on it it's because even in our nation there are things that are going to happen the enemy's only way to you is to make you it's for you to submit to his spirit of fear and they're things that are going to happen not just things that are rising in our lives with things that will start taking place in the nation but you have to know that God the same yesterday today he will be the same forever if he's been protecting you then he's gonna keep protecting you if he's covered you then he's gonna keep covering you if he's provided for you then he's gonna keep providing for you standard me family there was a lot that I was like oh god I really want to take this message here and there and do all this dancing dancing things with it but sometimes there you just have to compact it and throw it in right because there was something and before we even go Oh something that he kept showing me and you see when hmm when Paul was telling Timothy that God has given us a spirit right that is a power of love and a sound mind what the enemy has done to some of you is to attack you in those areas early on in life you see when it comes to having let me hold me please like this the absence of power would always open the door to fear and so what happens is that because and it's and it's always that's always the enemy is always after what God is gonna do in through your life it's never heat I mean why would he waste this time with someone who's not great and so there was some of you and you were drawn here today and and the fact of the matter is that the fact that you are here is already a sign that God's grace never left you but literally what the enemy what the enemy did or the enemy did it was to take power from you and it was either through sexual abuse of physical abuse but to put you in situations where you felt like you could not defend yourself and without knowing that opened that opened the gate to that spirit of fear and so there are a lot of things you're fearful about some of the smallest things you're like ah maybe not and he attached you in that area because he knew if hid that spirit could find some kind of room in your life then he can always control to some degree your movement well family God is going to break that thing tonight and so but whenever it comes to sexual abuse physical abuse it's a very it's a weighty topic in and it also kind of dislike this connection of shame and no I'm good and you know I've got it together but if you are here and you know that the Spirit is tugging on you we are only here to love on each other that is the only purpose of us being here we're never here to say oh my gosh girl did you know this person now I never know no God is watching all of us people and so if you're here and sexual abuse physical abuse things that made you feel like it took your power away come down amen and amen it's okay Oh thank you guys thank you thank you that don't be shame has no place no place no place and we are not going to yield to we're not going to you to that spirit anymore if you are here and you know that this message is speaking to you and just still on sexual abuse and physical abuse come on down come on down this was an area that God seriously highlighting thank you Jesus thank you Lisa thank you Jesus thank you Jesus come on thank you amen thank you Lord all right uh Thank You Lauren you see the the crazy thing is that the enemy wants you to he wants to trap you in shame and so even Dobby we are in God and all these things and you're like now I'm getting up I'm I've gotten over it and it's like and sometimes you even question God why did these things happen and and God willing there's a message that he's been talking to me about and we're gonna really whenever it releases meat we're gonna talk about even how are we walking out on Authority but the fact that you are here family focus on what God is doing now the fact that you're here the fact that you're listening to this message it didn't have a hold on you like the enemy thought but what is gonna happen tonight every every part of you that it's still lingering and what nothing is gonna be broken off in the name because sometimes sometimes you don't even know you don't even know why you're so scared any little thing you're just like why am i why am i panicked why am i anxious why am i uneasy and that that's a that's a word for some of you you're always just uneasy and it's like why this why that what God is like it's not my love its protection and you might have questioned his love for you back then but he's telling you his love is protection it was love that sent Jesus to the earth it says I'd forgot so loved the world you don't have to live in fear you don't have to live in anxiety don't have to live in all the suggestions and thoughts that fear wants to tell you about your life his love for you is protection the enemy thought that maybe he took something away from you but no he didn't he did not God as a God of restoration and you might not understand how it got how are you gonna restored it but God is creative y'all he got some ways he has some ways I am so excited at you that it took the courage to come down here because for the past few days I felt and it was just a weird feeling and the fact is I saw this is just what God does with me a lot of times because I will begin to feel what the person is going through and even when it comes to healing sometimes when I speak about what areas being healed and I heard about those testimonies is because in that moment all of a sudden my knee starts feeling like it's going on like what is this I gotta walk up in a few right and then he tells me somebody's knee but for the past few days literally I've been so down I didn't I just didn't want to do anything and I'm like God why this almost feels like depression like what is going on here but he was showing me that this is like a hidden feeling that so many of my children are going through but they're hiding it they're hiding and then just coping with it and it was because of the area of sexual abuse and physical abuse amen come on down those two areas and we're just kind of like now I'm good you know because you don't want to get into the discussions of what that might have done or what that meant to you how that affected you but the love of God is something so powerful that no one can explain it the Bible talks about even his peace his peace surpasses understanding it does not make sense why all of a sudden you're just at ease and that is what its gonna happen family that is what is gonna happen family and if you're here and you know that this message when we're talking about fear there are a lot of things that there areas in your life that you were just like kind of hesitant like should i how do i continue how do I move forward and now it's just God is telling you just remember remember remember my faithfulness in your life and if you're here you're just gonna make duck like Lord I'm not gonna give in to fear anymore yeah come on down thank you Jesus just thank you Jesus thank you lord Thank You logistic coming just keep coming it is not the feeling you don't feel fearful you submit to the spirit that is just that's what it is we submit to the life it's telling us we're gonna have but we have a greatest spirit and that is the Holy Spirit and in those moments is to say Lord what are you saying about this circumstance and even if I don't hear you I believe in your power I believe that even if it is not for me I'm still gonna be victorious and then walk away unless family unless God tells you to walk away ahead that's if you hear and clearly all right but no obstacle no circumstance is ever would ever surpass the power of God never I've been to I've gone through things that God showed me I would be successful in it sometimes I experience success today and then he told me to leave and the faces that he told me to leave a long time ago I wasn't just sure if he was telling me to leave when that and then he gives the thing to me and then tells me to release it because now I was I had clarity in my mind it wasn't about well what if I walk away and it's something that was for me or you know whatever whatever and he's like you know what here now drop it because it was never for you in the first place and you're so free because it's not even about you know what did I was it that I failed is it that couldn't get it or is it that whatever he's just like no something's you would have a peace and knowing to walk away from but if you're in a place where you you're just kind of anxious and it's like I don't know if I should guy is a god of clarity family and so sometimes even when you're in the space of I don't know I don't know just be just be in that time just be present in that moment allow God to do whatever he's doing because he knows how to direct you you see why I call love protection is because when you understand the love of a father he would not see you going through something that would damage you and just leave you God is a professional and knowing how to close doors and so family we have to we have to walk there's a sense of freedom we need to have stop being so uneasy with yourself stop being so hard on yourself my god I don't know you know I hope this is not the devil if it's the devil he knows how to shut the door he knows how to get to you just be be present in every moment of your life God is our Father he's not just God up there is our Father it's a very personal relationship imagine yourself with a child and you know that child is going in the direction and you have the power to reroute her won't you do it and that has got to us and there's some things family there's something that it would let you continue because it serves a purpose not the purpose you thought it serve it serves a different purpose and so sometimes even the things that you have walked into and it's like God but why did you allow me to walk into this change one thing God's there telling me is that sometimes you have to come to me in a different way change the question you're asking me because as long as you keep asking me the same question your heart is not open to receive what I have to say so sometimes you have to come from a place of an open heart and say instead of always asking God Lord why did this this why did you allow this to happen because you already have a preconceived thought about whatever God is going to say so you're not even willing to receive his truth so sometimes you just have to come to God and say Lord show me what purpose not being served in my life and be open be open God is our Father and some here even that relationship understanding that God is my father it's not really a reality all the way to you but he's gonna ship you just open your heart to him his love would be your protection you would not need to walk around and anxious and not easier about life because you would know that Lord you are protecting me the Bible says that the Lord order the steps the steps of the the righteous are ordered by the Lord nothing you do out of love for God or nothing you do out of like Ghana I'm I'm doing this because I'm believing this is what you said you don't need to be afraid of getting it wrong because God is going to order your steps and if that is you just calm down I'm done Amen I see you amen I see amen a man we don't need to be fearful about getting it wrong you probably will get it wrong and cut it's okay with it that's he teaches us through mistakes he teaches us he builds us it's a beaut it's a love relationship thank you Lord for what you're doing in this house thank you lord let us pray family hold the hand of the person next to you something so beautiful in this atmosphere Wow every eye closed and let's take a moment just to talk to our Father just take a moment however you want to talk you want to sing whatever you want to do take a moment thank you Jesus thank you Jesus you see there's some of you and God is just is so beautiful because it's almost like tonight is the first day you're having a conversation with him as a child to their father it's not just about a prayer to God it's it's it's a it's my father and it's almost it's a beautiful thing with Jesus is that honestly he loves each of us in ways that it seems it's just us but he's caring it's almost like there's this picture with like a man rocking a baby in Europe in your day to day life in my scene like you you have to be the one that's always on that carries other people that is doing everything for other people you seem to be the one but Jesus is carrying you he's carrying us we are his children children not his adults he refers to us as his children so it doesn't matter how what age you're in and what career you're in and the responsibilities in your law on your life and even the children you have you are still God's child you are still God's child god you're so good father good I thank you for tonight lord I thank you for the courage upon your children that even the moment of them walking down when we talked about abuse that was them walking yielded to power no longer with shame and and deception have any place in their lives yes they have been through things yes we do this worldís can be evil but God your grace you're loved it never left them even you Jesus had to go through some things thank you Lord that it does not make sense the piece that we're gonna be walking in it does not make sense how easy things will feel and I thank you for sleeping it's coming upon people even even having problems with sleeping I thank you Lord that you're giving them rest further in the name of Jesus we cast every imagination that is of the enemy right now Lord every imagination produced by a spirit of fear we cast it out of the lives of your people right now in the name of Jesus thank you Lord that you are our hedge of protection no more your love protects us your love sees us too we would walk through life Lori guy with our heads up high it would not be anxious we will not be uneasy but we would walk in power with walking love and with the sunlight I thank you Lord that your children will know your heart for them Oh only they know your heart for them maybe they understand why that's not you're not over there just waiting to judge you're not punishing them through circumstances but may they know your heart yes even now it's there's no such a heaviness that many doubt your love for them and they question the things that they're going through as God does not love me but he loves you and it might seem hard in my scene rough but focused on the grace of real life focus on his love seen you through the fact that we are alive today speaks of so much hope family God loves you and some of you really need to know that you really really need to know that that he's not just waiting for you to get it wrong the fact that you were drawn here today and some of you this this was this is among your first time here and you don't even understand why you were drawn here today but you need to know that Jesus loves you even when you haven't accepted him in your heart he's watching over you he's watching over you thank you Jesus have your way in everyone's life here your words as a perfect love cast out all fear may we walk always in the revelation of your love for us may we know Lord God that circumstances don't mean anything it's actually serving our good that's how we get from glory to glory that is how we grow that is how we walk in the next dimension of our lives so you'll be the glory father thank you Lord for what has happened in this house thank you Lord that no one will walk out of here the same way they walked in everything they walked in here that is not a view Lord God we release it on this altar tonight every shame every guilt every fear everything Lord God we release it on this altar tonight we are not walking out with it Lord Jesus for this reason we have such a place for this reason we can come here and cry out to you Oregon to release the reason for the tears here and not taking it out with us thank you Jesus so what you're doing and what you'll continue to do in this house and through the lives of your children thank you Lord that there so it's so it's so beautiful because even even in the spirit we are all soldiers where it's so beautiful who we really are and we are walking into everything that we are in the name of Jesus thank you Lord in Jesus

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