Saturday, 12 September 2009

• Currently Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear By Max Lucado see related

  why are we afraid?

  I just finished reading max lucado's new book "Fearless." the whole thing was pretty dec but i mainly liked the first chapter "why are we afraid?" I'm more interested in someone helping me understand why i do what i do, than someone just telling me how to fix what i do. anyway, here are some great quotes:
  

  • "[The disciples] do not ask about Jesus' strength: 'Can you still the storm?' His knowledge: 'Are you aware of the storm?' Or his know-how: 'Do you have any experience with storms?' But rather, they raise doubts about Jesus' character: 'Do you not care...?' Fear does this. Fear corrodes our confidence in God's goodness."
    
  • "Does he care? Fear unleashes a swarm of doubts, anger-stirring doubts. And it turns us into control freaks."
  • "Fear, at its center, is a perceived loss of control. When life spins wildly, we grab for a component of life we can manage: our diet, the tidiness of a house... or in many cases, people. The more insecure we feel, the meaner we become."
  • "Fear unleashes the tyrant within."
  • "Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia. It dulls our miracle memory. It makes us forget what Jesus has done and how good God is."
  • "When fear shapes our lives, safety becomes our god. When safety becomes our god, we worship the risk-free life."
  • "The fear-filled cannot love deeply. Love is risky. They cannot give to the poor. Benevolence has no guarantee of return."
    

  "I prayed to the Lord and he answered me. He set me free from all my fears." Psalm 34:4
  

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