But if you imagine yourself to be a Christ follower, it's different, it's repositioned.

Jesus is Lord.

He's Lord of your calendar and Lord of your cash and he's Lord of your recreation and he's

Lord of your free time. He's your Lord when you're at work. Here's your Lord

of how you parent. He's Lord. Lord.

And that respect and reverence for God is an essential component in the recipe

of maturing in Christ and growing up in the fear of the Lord.

And the degree that we lose it or it's diminished,

we welcome in ungodly destructive things.

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen. be blessed.

We're working through a series that's really centered in the fear of God. And in this session I want to talk to you about the wisdom of that.

Why I believe it's important.

It's not an obligation.

I believe it has tremendous value in our lives to fear the Lord.

It's not something we should be afraid of.

You know, it's just an observation.

My opinion, I suppose you could disagree with me, many of you probably will,

but I think within the church, and this message is really targeted for those of us

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