Ministry and the Fear of Man

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

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Joy, Unknown, Devotional, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Daily Devotional, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Solid Joys, Jesus, John Piper

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🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Hear God say to you in all your troubles, “I will deliver you. You will triumph in the end. You will be more than a conqueror.”

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0:00.0	March 24, ministry, and the fear of man.
0:07.0	Do not be afraid of them.
0:09.9	For I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
0:14.8	Jeremiah 1-8.
0:18.6	A great obstacle to serving the Lord, especially among the young,
0:24.4	is the fear of rejection and opposition.
0:29.3	All kinds of thoughts enter the mind about how some people might not like the way we act or speak.
0:35.8	People might disagree or be offended.
0:39.0	I might make a mistake and get criticized.
0:42.6	The fear of man is a great hindrance to ministry.
0:48.9	So God says, don't fear, because I will be with you and I will deliver you.
0:59.1	God's presence and approval is more valuable than all the accolades of men.
1:06.4	And God says, that in and through all your troubles, I will deliver you.
1:13.3	You will triumph in the end.
1:15.9	You will be more than a conqueror.
1:19.2	And the same thing is promised to all of us in Christ Jesus today.
1:26.3	God has said, I will never leave you or forsake you, so we can confidently say, the Lord is my helper.
1:33.1	I will not fear what can man do to me.
1:36.2	Hebrews 13, 5 and 6.
1:38.7	If God is for us, who can be against us?
1:43.8	Romans 8, 31.
1:46.0	So God said to young Jeremiah, and God says to young people today, whom he is calling to serve him and to the rest of us.
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