Life stresses, seasoned with ongoing major world events, have pushed many into a place of fear.

Here's Dr. Michael Youssef, beginning today's leading the way.

I want to tell you at the outset that the person who lives in fear is a person who is being behind bars more

powerful than steel, more inescapable than Alcatraz, and more permanent than death

road. Fear destroys your abilities. Fear destroys your dreams. Fear destroys your dreams. Fear destroys your potential for

Jesus Christ. Fear destroys your health. And I want to tell you, fear destroys your relationships.

Fear easily becomes a daily companion. It joins you during your commute, in your marriage,

at work, and if allowed, it'll get into your faith, chasing joy far away and disintegrating

your passion for Christ. Hello, welcome to Leading the Way Audio with pastor and international

Bible teacher, Dr. Michael Youssef. Today, listen as Dr. Yousef continues his series, David,

Portrait of a Champion, with a look at how a young shepherd boy replaced Israel's overwhelming fear with overcoming faith.

Listen with me as Dr. Michael Youssef begins this episode of leading the way.

It's very difficult to preach on the subject of fear and faith without injecting oneself in the process because I don't

think there's a single person who does not know what fear is any form of fear some

form of fear in fact I have learned of late that there is a new type of fear that

just been added to the official list of phobias,

and it is the fear of the day Friday the 13th.

It is called Triske-decaphobia, and it means the fear of number 13.

And it is in the sense the latest in this list of phobias that are officially recognized as a form of anxiety.

Hydrophobia known as the fear of water,

claustrophobia known as the fear of being closed in, and acrophobia is the fear of heights.

And then there is another phobia. It's pobo phobia which is the fear of fear

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