The ebbs and flows of faith along life's path from Dr. Michael Youssef.

When faith is up, fear is down.

And when faith is down, fear is up.

Proverbs 2925, Solomon understood this seesaw principle of faith and fear.

Listen to what he said.

Fear of man will prove to be a snare.

Ah, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Life can take you from one extreme to another, sometimes in an instant.

I can think of many days when bathe and courage seem to overflow, and then life steps in, ushering in fear and cowardice.

Thank you for joining listeners from all across the globe for leading the way, featuring the solid,

truth-filled teaching of longtime pastor and author, Dr. Michael

Yousaf. Today, a timely word of challenge and encouragement from Dr. Youssef about not letting

the seesaw of faith and fear hijack your life. Listen along with me to today's challenging

leading the way audio message.

Paul Simon has a song that goes something like this.

I am a rock, I am an island, and the rock feels no pain, and the island never cries.

In many ways, he really speaks for our culture,

and he speaks for many people in our culture

who do not know how to conquer fear in their life,

so they mask it.

And the way they mask their fear is by

covering it up in variety of ways. Some try to appear tough. Others appear courageous.

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