Finding Fear:: You Don't Have To Run Anymore

When I was a child I had a crippling fear of swimming in the deep end. I used to have nightmares about getting into a pool and having the bottom fall out into an endless abyss. It was terrifying and I had more than a couple of nights where I would fall asleep crying thinking about going to swimming lessons the next day. 

Our fears are powerful forces in our lives that drive all kinds of behaviors. We can believe that fears are the kinds of things that just exist in our childhood. We used to be afraid of the dark, but we're ok now. I used to be terrified of the basement, but I'm good now. 

The reality is that our fears may have changed, but we still carry them. In this series we want to look at two of the biggest fears that we can hold; Abandonment andFailure. Abandonment deals with a belief that people in our lives will ultimately leave us or strand us when we need them the most. Failure is the belief that at some point in the future I will do something that won't be successful or that I will be exposed as a failure in life, career, or relationships. 

These fears are intense and can cause us to do all kinds of things that sabotage our lives and lead us away from being the people God created us and call us to be. Take a listen as we get started with a conversation about facing our fears and finding their hold on our lives released.