Mary Cassian says the right kind of confidence needs to come from a right understanding of the Lord.

Every problem we have with confidence stems back to an inadequate view of God. We don't view God as big enough, strong enough, powerful enough, worthy enough, glorious enough, beautiful enough. And when we view him

as big, then we begin to fear him. And the fear of our problems or circumstances begins to fade.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Adorned. For October 28, 2021, I'm

Dana Gresh. If you could cut us open and see inside our hearts, I think you'd find that most

of us are by nature fearful people. I don't know what you might be afraid of, but I'm told that if you're

peladophobic, that means you fear baldness and bald people. If you're erophobic, that means

you're afraid of drafts, like drafty windows or drafty doors. And then there's, let me see if I

can say this one, porphyrophobia, that's the fear of the color purple.

I don't know anybody who has that, but maybe you do.

Or if you've been diagnosed with papyrophobia, that means you're afraid of paper.

Well, the list goes on and on.

Another interesting fear is phobophobia. As you might guess,

that's the fear of being afraid. Wow. Well, God's word has a lot to say about fear. A lot to say.

And as you may be aware, it's not all negative. In other words, there are certain things we should fear,

and there are other things we should not fear. Our guest today is my dear friend Mary Cassian, who lives up

north, that is, in Canada, where I suspect they're probably expecting their first snow if they

haven't had it already. If you listen to Revive Our Hearts on a regular basis,

Mary's name and voice are probably familiar to you. Recently, she was one of our featured speakers

at the Revive 21 conference. Her newest book is called The Right Kind of Confident. And in that book,

she addresses both healthy and unhealthy fear.

Here's Dana Gresh with Mary Cassian to talk about these two kinds of fear.

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