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Fear // Medo








Today I heard some amazing sentences, inspiring sentences.
  •   We are the biggest blocking stone to become what God wants us to be.
  • There is no denial of courage. You deny that that reality has authority over you.
  •  God let us choose how to do what is the calling you have, you can do it joyfully, or you can do it angrily, resenting and complaining.
  •  Conditional faith isn’t faith.
  •  We’ll never be victorious if we face things with fear.
  • The enemy knows your fear, and he is going to threaten you over and over again.
  • The hardest command in the Bible is “Don’t be afraid”, “Fear not”.
  • No one was borne brave. It is a call to be brave.

Esther 4:13 – 16. You need to know that God’s plan will come true with or without you. It’s your choice if you’re going to do what He is calling you to do, and How you are going to do it. If you decide not to follow through, God will find someone else, and what are you going to do with your conscience? Or you can choose to do it, how -  is the question.

There is no doubt in Esther’s story that she was afraid. She was afraid of death. Where did she find her courage to go before the king without being summoned? Verse 16 – she invited the Jews to join her in prayer and fasting and then she said, “If I perish, I perish”. What was more important in that moment for Esther? Was her life that she hold it dearly? Was her love for her people? Or the fact that the chance of their survival would be slim? What happened to Esther that made she say, ‘If I perish, I perish’?

Would you have said that? Do we know what the future holds for us? What if that is it? What if your call is just that? I don’t know that, neither do you.

The circumstances, the consequences and the fear didn’t stop her. She was still afraid. The threat was real. There was an actual chance that just because she dared to go before the king without being summoned she could be put to death.
Fear, paralyze us. Have you seen an animal with fear? They freeze and they become aggressive. We become paralyzed; we can’t think straight; we don’t make sense; we do also paralyze. The fear takes over our thoughts, our emotions, our behavior, and our faith.

What are you afraid of?
Of the death? Your death? Sorry but that will happen doesn't matter what you do. Better start enjoying life while you can.
Are you afraid of the death of some relative? Of your son’s? Of the end of your marriage? Of failing? of getting hurt?

Those aren’t important questions, because there are real possibilities of happening. The important question is: And then what?
Esther said, ‘If I perish, I perish’.
How big is your God who is saying ‘Fear not’?

Is He big enough to lead you into green pasture even when you are afraid?
Then what if he dies? The what if he leaves you? The what the diagnosis is confirmed? Then what if she hurts you? Then what if you hurt her? What are you going to do?
What is stopping you to follow through?

Esther had a choice.
Esther faced the fear.
Esther took the courage she was offered.








Hoje ouvi algumas frases incríveis, frases inspiradoras.
  •  Somos a maior pedra de bloqueio para nos tornarmos o que Deus quer que sejamos.
  •  Não há negação de coragem. Você nega que essa realidade tenha autoridade sobre você.
  • Deus nos deixa escolher como fazer o que você é chamado, você pode fazê-lo com alegria, ou você pode fazê-lo com raiva, ressentimento, reclamando.
  •  A fé condicional não é fé.
  •  Nunca seremos vitoriosos se enfrentarmos as coisas com medo.
  •  O inimigo conhece o seu medo, e ele vai ameaçar você de novo e de novo.
  • O mandamento mais difícil da Bíblia é: "Não tenha medo", "Não temas".
  •  Ninguém nasce corajoso. É um chamado para ser corajoso.

Ester 4:13 - 16. Você precisa saber que o plano de Deus se tornará realidade com ou sem você. A escolha é sua, se você vai fazer o que Ele está chamando você e como você vai fazer. Se você decidir não seguir adiante, Deus encontrará outra pessoa, e o que você fará com a sua consciência? Ou você pode optar por fazê-lo, como  - é a questão.

Não há dúvida na história de Ester de que ela estava com medo. Ela estava com medo da morte. Onde ela encontrou coragem para ir ao rei sem ser convocada? Verso 16 - ela convidou os judeus a se unirem a ela em oração e jejum e então ela disse: “Se eu perecer, eu perecerei”. O que foi mais importante naquele momento para Ester? Foi sua vida que ela tinha por preciosa? O amor dela por seu povo? Ou o fato de que a chance de sobrevivência deles seria pequena? O que aconteceu com Esther que fez ela dizer: "Se eu perecer, eu perecerei"?

Você teria dito isso? Sabemos o que o futuro nos reserva? E se é isso? E se a sua chamada for apenas isso? Eu não sei disso, nem você.

As circunstâncias, as consequências e o medo não a impediram. Ela ainda estava com medo. A ameaça era real. Havia uma chance real de que só porque ousasse ir diante do rei sem ser convocada, poderia ser morta.
Medo, nos paralisa. Você já viu um animal com medo? Eles congelam e tornam-se agressivos. Ficamos paralisados; nós não podemos pensar direito; nós não fazemos sentido; nós também paralisamos. O medo assume nossos pensamentos, nossas emoções, nosso comportamento e nossa fé.

Do que você tem medo?
Da morte? Da sua morte? Desculpe, mas isso vai acontecer, não importa o que você faça. Melhor começar a aproveitar a vida enquanto pode.
Você tem medo da morte de algum parente? Seu filho? O fim do seu casamento? Fracasso? Se machucar?

Essas não são questões importantes, porque existem possibilidades reais de acontecer. A questão importante é: E então o que?
Ester disse: "Se eu perecer, eu pereço".
Quão grande é o seu Deus que está dizendo "não temas"?

Ele é grande o suficiente para levá-lo para o pasto verde, mesmo quando você está com medo?
Então, e se ele morrer? E se ele te deixar? O que o diagnóstico é confirmado? Então, e se ela te machucar? Então, e se você a machucar? O que você vai fazer?
O que está impedindo você de seguir?

Ester teve uma escolha.
Ester enfrentou o medo.
Ester pegou a coragem que lhe foi oferecida.

tradução da letra em português 


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