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the bow ones on my lilt, the bone ones on
my right. You know what's going down tonight?
Speaker 2: Yeah, come on, Phil, you know I'm me getting a
truth ringing chains. I'm in the hoof, bringing bowl to
your brain. No sing, No one in the main MoU Yeah,
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ride up standing mother baby. You're living in Moly?
Speaker 1: What doctor see?
Speaker 2: You're living in poly?
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Speaker 2: You're living in bony? What doctor see you living in bony?
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Speaker 1: Doctor Z?
Speaker 2: What up?
Speaker 1: Famly? Welcome back to another episode of Living Boldly with
Doctor Z, the space where we lean into faith, purpose
and the boldness God placed in each of us. Oh wow,
welcome back ball once Bo. Today, I want to speak
directly to your heart with this message. Faith over fear,
trust in God. And in certain times it's just something
that we have to do. I know sometimes with things
that's going on in this world and in life, it's hard,
you know, just trust in God for some of us.
But trusting in God is the best way to go.
And because let's be real, life, get hit hard. I mean,
whoo it can be like a hurricane that hit you,
you know, just just tear up everything. You know. Life
can hit hard, bills can stack up, you know, relationships
get tested, our health and our dreams, our peace of mind,
you know, all of it can feel like it's you know,
on the edge. And in those moments, you know, fear
wants to creep in and take the dry receipt. But
you know, today I want to remind you that fear
may not but it doesn't have to move in, you know,
because we serve a God who is bigger than any
storm that may come our way. Now, I'm gonna give
some scripture foundation on this topic. Second Timothy, first through
seventh verse, it says, for God has not given us
the spirit of fear, but of power, love and a
sound mind. Let that sink in fear is not from God.
Power is love is a sound mind is So anytime
first shows up, we need to recognize that it's not
heaven sin no, no, no no, And we don't want
well and we don't have to agree with it. Okay, yeah,
I like, yeah, I was gonna say, want to some
of us don't want to, but we don't have to
agree with it. When it comes our way. You know,
Fear does paralyze, but faith mobilizes and it gets us going.
You know, Fear tells you to shrink, but faith tells
you to rise. Fear tells you what if it all
goes wrong? But Faith says, but what if God shows up?
Like he always does? And you know what, that's one
thing God does for me and my family. He always
shows up, and he shows up right on time. And
sometimes it's not about having a whole plan, it's about
trusting the one who holds the plan. And you know
that's God. And I know that's not easy all the time.
Trust me. You know, I've had my own seasons of
wrestling with the unknown. But and every moment when I
choose faith, God met me there, you know. And God
has been there for me throughout every obstacle that I've
been through in my life. Heith, I'm a living witness.
I have a testimony, you know. And I know that's
one thing that you guys were here throughout each episode
of Living Bowling with Doctor Z because this is my
own personal testimony in this show of things that I've
actually experienced and been through in my life. So let's
pause and reflect I want you to ask yourself, where
have I been letting fear drive my decisions. Also another
question you can ask yourself is what would it look
like to give God full control again? You know, sometimes
we think trusting God means we won't feel afraid, but
that's not it. Trusting God means we move forward anyway,
holding His promises tighter than a problem in front of us.
And some practical ways to walk in faith over fear
is I'll say, start your day in prayer and the
Word and feed your faith daily, and you know that
helps so much. Speak God's promises out loud, you know,
replace fear filled thoughts with the truth. And another thing
is surround yourself with bold believers bond because we're not
meant to walk this alone, so don't forget about your tribe.
And also lend me your intake of fear based media.
Protect your spirit at all times. And also another thing
you can do is journal what God has already done
for you. Your past victories are proof that He's not done
with you yet, and there's so much more to come.
So let me be real with you. There were times
I didn't see the way ahead. Times I cried out, God,
are you still with me. And in those moments, I
didn't need all the answers. I just needed to remember
who God is, faithful, present, and undefeated. Woo. You know
they always say that that Internet is undefeated, but guess
what the God is undefeated? Is that nobody's defeated him ever.
Now I want to get into a bold prayer. Boo, God,
let me pray over you real quick. Father. For every
person listening right now, I speak peace, I speak boldness,
I speak trust. Remind them that you are with them
and the fire in the valley, in the silence, let
faith rise up where fear tried to settle in. Let
them remember who they are and more importantly, whose they are.
In Jesus' name, we pray Amen. Now, I want to
thank you for spending this time with me today. And
if this message blessed you, please share it with someone
who needs a reminder to choose faith over fear. And
remember your faith is not weak because you feel afraid.
Your faith is powerful because you keep going anyway, you know,
And that's one thing that you have to remember, is
you gotta keep going because that's what God would want
you to do. He would want you to keep going.
He would want you to stop. He wouldn't want you
to allow fear to take over. Okay, So before I go,
I just want to say that keep living, Bowley family.
This is doctor Z signing off. I love y'all, y'all,
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