Do you find yourself living in fear?

Today there are so many people who are hiding from God and they're living in fear.

Listen to me. God's will for his children is not to live in fear.

God's will for his children is not to live in anxiety.

That only happens when we get away from him, when we don't fellowship with him. God's will for his children is not to live in anxiety.

That only happens when we get away from him, when we don't fellowship with him, when we get away from his words.

Welcome to Leading the Way with longtime pastor and author of more than 50 books, Dr. Michael

Youssef.

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You don't have to go far to recognize that many people are just swimming in fear.

And as you'll hear today, fear can rule over and ruin your life, rendering you useless and what God has called you to do and to be.

But there is hope.

Today marks the beginning of a thought-provoking series from Dr. Youssef called

Freedom from Fear.

Join me in listening to his encouraging words.

Growing up under dictatorship,

you are not allowed to verbalize what you think, especially if it's critical of the socialist dictator who's running the country.

And so in public places, what you do, if you ever want to say something even to a family

member and you're in public, you have to whisper. You have to lower your voice.

You have to look around and make sure nobody's listening. And then you say, what you have to say,

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