#1: You fear confrontation due to your upbringing.
- Typically, negativity in the household is bad
o Yelling
o Fighting
o Physical violence
o Verbal Abuse
#2: You fear/have been scarred by failure.
- Beast, afraid due to past experiences, scarred
- Many of us who may not have been scarred fear getting to that point
#3: We choose Popularity over Purpose.
o LIVING FOR THE APPROVAL OF PEOPLE KEEPS YOU FROM THE PURPOSES OF GOD.
§ Moses—Hebrew slave raised by Egyptian royalty!
§ Comfort—Calling. Popularity—Purpose.
o THE 3 POWERS OF PURPOSE
§ PURPOSE DIMINISHES DISTRACTIONS
§ PURPOSE PUSHES YOU THROUGH THE PAIN
§ PURPOSE EMPOWERS YOU TO PLEASE GOD
o We can’t please everyone—but we can please God
- Our first and foremost purpose as Christ-followers is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ
o Matthew 28 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them all the things that I have commanded you.”
Have You Chosen Purpose Over Popularity?
#4: You’re outnumbered
- Elijah
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#5: You’re not confident
- Lack of Confidence is a direct result of a lack of trust in God
o I don’t know enough
o I don’t speak well enough
o I haven’t been a Christian long enough
o I don’t have all the answers
Conclusion: Why aren’t you trusting God?
What’s holding you back from your purpose?
WE MUST STOP BEING AFRAID TO SHARE THE GOSPEL
The reality:
We all go somewhere when we die. We go one of two places heaven or hell. Everyone is a sinner. Everyone has done something wrong in their life and falls short of God’s standard of perfection. We all deserve eternity in hell. But God loved us so much and wanted a relationship with us so badly that he sent his son Jesus to die as a perfect sacrifice for all the bad things we’ve ever done. It says that in John 3:16. Now, you don’t have to reach that standard of perfection. Jesus did it for you. All you have to do is the ABC’s and make Jesus Lord of your life and you will become his child and secure everlasting life with him in heaven after you die. That’s all you gotta do.