Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. And the title of today's post is

Don't Allow Your Enemy to Define You. Proverbs 2925, three different translations.

Fear and intimidation is a trap that holds you back.

But when you place your confidence in the Lord, you'll be seated in the high place.

The message says the fear of human opinion disables.

Trusting in God protects you from that.

And the New American Standard, the fear of man, brings a snare.

But one who trusts in the Lord will be protected.

Yesterday we talked about the devastating effects of the fear of man.

Other descriptive words and phrases for this snare are the fear of human opinion,

intimidation, people pleasing, political correctness. Yielding to this desire for social acceptance

and lack of conflict, has produced compromise and cost the

American church immeasurably. Here in America, we have lost three generations to humanism and

progressivism. Details and statistics were given in yesterday's post.

You can find that here. Today, let's take a look at some of the ways those on the left use

the fear of man to trap and silence their opposition.

Some of the more obvious tactics are threats of force.

These threats are made individuals, businesses, the police.

Judges, legislators, lawyers, voters, private citizens, and more.

Violence. These include riots, burning and damaging buildings and cars, vandalizing churches

and pro-life organizations. These are all to intimidate. Lawfare, a new word that had been coined,

meaning the weaponization of law enforcement,

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