Ep 21 - Five Undesirable Realities of Fear w/ Dan Reiland

In this episode, Lisa and I sit down with Dan Reiland, Executive Pastor at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, GA, and talk about the Five Undesirable Realities of Fear.What’s the difference between a moment of fear and having a spirit of fear?How do you assess fear?Healthy and Unhealthy FearWhat are the effects of elevated and sustained levels of fear?Fear causes us to pull backChronic WorryCreeping CynicismPhysical healthFIVE UNDESIRABLE REALITIES OF FEAR:Fear holds your mind captive. Say no to your fears! Don’t allow them to take residency in your soul.Fear diminishes hope. There’s ALWAYS hope. What can you do? Take action.Fear convinces you of the need to hide. You are exposed.A lack of authenticity causes you the inability to connect with others at a heart level.“God often gives others as part of the remedy to break through the fear but you can’t because you are not authentic with anybody.” Fear causes you to lead defensively."You can’t win from a position of defense in leadership. You spend all your energy in protecting what you have."Fear dampens your joy."The devil loves to insight fear. Fear suffocates the soul."Solutions:Don’t bottle up your fear.Name the fear. When you name the fear…you begin to tame the fear. You make the fear smaller when you define it…it makes you smaller when it defines you.Take action. What can you do about it?Let God handle what you can’t handle.“When you’ve done all that you can do…go to bed…He’s still up!”Dan's New Book: Leadership Alone Isn’t Enough“Next to the favor of God, everything rises and falls on leadership.” Connect with Dan at www.danreiland.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.