The Overcoming Power of Jesus - Breaking Down Barriers

And some sometimes fear is the greatest barrier in our lives that's holding us back because you know what? When we step out in faith and we trust God, we have to let go. You have to let go. In order to swim, you have to get in the water. You have to get in the water and let go of the side of the of the boat or the side of the pool and actually start swimming. You won't ever learn in theory, you have to let go and that's vulnerable. It's scary because when we let go we've got to trust something or someone else. [00:51:11] (39 seconds)  #LetGoAndTrust

Everything that he had been doing for the last three and a half years is now over. It's all gone. It's all for nothing. I mean, have you ever gotten your hopes up so many times and just had them crushed that just don't think you can give them up again? That you maybe you're holding people at bay because you just don't wanna be hurt again? That that's natural and that's understanding, but here's what's happening. Thomas is holding this truth at bay because he doesn't want to be let down again. [00:36:40] (28 seconds)  #TrustAfterLetdown

And so they were looking for Jesus to rise up to be this leader thinking maybe they were he was gonna come to overthrow the Roman government to restore Israel to its former glory, but God was wanting to do much more than that through Jesus. He was wanting to bring salvation through sin. He wanted to bring rain not only earthly kingdom but in a heavenly kingdom, to bring a rain in our life over sin and death, to bring victory. [00:36:13] (23 seconds)  #JesusBringsVictory

That's what happens when we live in a simple world with simple people. What people let us down and and so what we do, we tend to do is we impose upon God the failures of mankind. We impose upon God our failures, how we fail, and we're thinking, well, because everyone else has let us down and because everyone has failed us, we think, well God you're gonna fail me too. You're gonna let me down too. [00:40:53] (27 seconds)  #StopProjectingOnGod

They were all behind this locked door, they were all in this panic room hiding from what they were fearing, hiding from what was on the other side of that door that they feared would come and get them. Now, we don't really know exactly what they're afraid of, we do know that they fearful, but we can we have a pretty good guess. First of all, they're probably afraid because they're followers of Jesus, these Jewish leaders who put Jesus to the cross was gonna come and drag them out too. [00:48:13] (27 seconds)  #BehindClosedDoorsFear

And and so they're fearful for what's out there, and so there's this locked door and it's a barrier and that barrier is fear. How many times does fear hold us back? Fear hold us back from moving forward. Fear the fears of what might happen, the what ifs. The what ifs holding us back. So on your sheet, Jesus breaks through the barrier of fear. He breaks through the barrier of fear. How often do we allow fear to hold us back? How often do we allow fear to rob us of joy? [00:48:52] (36 seconds)  #JesusBreaksFear

you want to grow in your faith, but for whatever reason it seems like you just cannot move forward. Maybe maybe it seems like you try to take two steps forward and you take one step back, or maybe it's the opposite, you take one step forward and two step back. I know that feeling. Maybe it's that God, you know, you feel like God's calling you to something more that he has something more for your life, but for whatever reason you just can't get out of the rut. You just can't move forward in your faith, you can't move forward and you just feel stuck. [00:28:44] (28 seconds)  #BreakOutOfTheRut

In order to swim, you have to get in the water. You have to get in the water and let go of the side of the of the boat or the side of the pool and actually start swimming. You won't ever learn in theory, you have to let go and that's vulnerable. It's scary because when we let go we've got to trust something or someone else. We have to trust God. So how is fear a barrier in your life? How are you allowing fear and worry to keep you from moving forward in the plans that God has for your life? [00:51:26] (34 seconds)  #GetInTheWater