Fear is behind you.
Just like in those scary movies, the werewolf is behind you, the psycho killer is chasing after you, the alien blob is creeping up on you.
Fear positions itself behind you. Fear always hangs out in the corners. Fear is always just outside your field of vision.
It doesn’t just happen in the movies. It also happens in real life. People fear that cancer is going to get them. People try to run away from past mistakes. The fear of failure lurks behind us convincing us to not try. The perception of what other people think creeps up behind us. This fear can’t be seen, but it can be felt.
Fear operates from behind us, but we can change positions on fear.

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We need to face our fear. God doesn’t want us to run away. He wants to see us claim the victory over what use to scare us.

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Something new will follow after us. Psalm 23 says that God’s gooness and love will follow after us!

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Our fears are now in front of us, but there is someone between us and our fear. Isaiah 52:12 says the Lord will go before you and also be your rear guard. You are completely covered by God!

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Now you stand and be strong & courageous (2 Chronicles 32:7)

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Fear 1 Behind You
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Welcome to October at Redemption Church. My name is Chris Fluitt. I am the lead pastor at Redemption. We invite you this month to face your fears.
1 Fear title
Everyone has at one point been afraid of something. If we are honest there are things in our life right now that scare us. There are world situations that make the hair stand up on the back of our neck. Realities are scary, but we are often afraid of possibilities. We have laid awake at night afraid of what might be…

* What if I get cancer? My family has a history of dying of that terrible illness.
* What if I fail? I am trying to do this really good thing… but what if I fail?
* What if my spouse falls out of love with me? What if my children get into trouble?

There are so many negative possibilities. It can be a little scary.
I don’t know a single person that is not a little worried about the presidential election.  There are reasons all around to be scared.
What if you were less afraid?  What would life be like if at the end of this sermon series you were braver? What if at the end of October you had more confidence?  What if you stopped letting fear control your life?
This is what we want to see happen in everyone’s life. Please join us for all 5 weeks of this series.
2 Scary movies
Ever seen a scary movie?  We want to know what movies you find the scariest. Text in anonymously – 214-856-0550.
We can learn a lot about fear from Scary Movies. Let’s see if you follow me here..
In the movie, the xenomorph alien with sharp teeth inside a 2nd mouth and acid for blood has positioned itself where in relation to the defenseless female…?  Behind her.  Turn around lady!
In the movie, the masked psychotic killer with the sharp machete has positioned himself where in relation to the clueless camp counselors who are in love…?  Behind them.  If those 2 kids would stop making out for a second they would see Jason Vorhees right there.
In the movie, our strong female lead has run for her life and franticly found a room to hide in, but unknowing the gigantic oozing blob is positioned where…? Right behind her.
These movies always make us yell at our tv’s.  From our viewpoint we clearly see the danger positioned behind the character we are rooting for. Always behind..
The 1st thing you need to know is that Fear positions itself behind us.
3 Fear Positions itself Behind us