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Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch

Feeling Inadequate for the Task? The Fix is ‘Simple.’

Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Billy Graham, Society & Culture, Bible, Cissie Graham Lynch, Christianity, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Christian, God, Franklin Graham, Religion & Spirituality, Fearless

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We all have times that we feel inadequate for what God has called us to do. I was recently asked to speak at an apologetics conference, but after I accepted, I started to think, “What am I going to share?” Then I remembered a similar story my grandfather shared – about how the simple message of the Gospel was all that’s needed to reach the hearts of those who hear it. With my grandfather’s example in mind, I decided to talk about the simplicity and power of the Gospel. That’s also what ...

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We all have times that we feel inadequate for what God has called us to do.

0:04.0

I was recently reminded of a story where my grandfather felt inadequate and unprepared for a mission that God had called him for.

0:12.0

And how this story recently helped me prepare for an event.

0:17.0

Hi, I'm Sissy Graham Lynch.

0:21.0

Welcome to Fearless, helping you have a fearless faith in a compromising culture. Maybe,

0:35.0

welcome back to another episode of Fearless.

0:48.9

It's hard to believe that summer is here and I am so thrilled. My kids are out of school and I don't like schedules so I'm always excited when they're out of school. But it has been a really busy traveling, a few speaking engagements, but one of those

0:57.0

trips was I had to speak and apologetics conference at Southern Evangelical Seminary.

1:04.8

And to be honest, I wasn't their first choice

1:08.5

to speak at this conference.

1:10.4

My brother Edward was supposed to speak there,

1:12.2

but something came up in his schedule where he couldn't make it and he asked if I would step in and I would do anything to help my brother.

1:21.0

So I said, of course, I'll do it.

1:24.4

A little hesitant because an apologetics conference

1:27.3

at a seminary, I'm not a theologian,

1:31.5

I have no seminary degree, I'm not an apologist, this was quite the intellectual

1:36.2

group I would be speaking at and I was just thought, what in the world would I say to these brilliant people who are attending this conference.

1:45.0

And many of the people I'd be sharing the stage with were guests that we've had here.

1:49.0

Jay Warner Wallace and Alicia Childers, John Cooper, believe was there and other just some like really

1:54.9

great apologist of today's time and I just started thinking like I a little bit

2:01.7

panicked and I had to think what in the world will I talk to them

2:06.1

about and their theme was remaining steadfast in an upside-down world and to me of

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