Spiritual Manna for Spiritual Warfare Series - Intro to Crow Healing ...

paralyzesso many people.We are often told, "Where there is a will, there is a way." But we alsoseeplenty of great people take risks and fail. Willpower is not sufficient initself to guarantee success. Boldness, such as displayed by the risk takerPeter walking on water is not a guarantee of success either. We needsome wayof determining when to hold or fold our cards in life, and how tomaintain ourfocus if we do "step out on water."Our fears prevent us from being assertively proactive in getting whatwe want,and our fears become self-fulfilling prophecies. For instance, when oneof ourfears is from that group of fears described as: fear of being abandoned,fearof not being loved, & fear of rejection, then we will fear to risk anythingthat might cause us damage in our relationships. These fears actuallypreventus from risking to do the very things we need to do to be our own valuedworthwhile person in the sight of man & God. In other words, thesefearsprevent us from saying or doing anything that would hurt people'simage of us.Yet by showing our own lack of self-respect and self-confidence, withouraccompanying "over-giving", the results tend to be the very thing wefeared.By not valuing ourselves, others match our actions & also devalue us.Bytrying to defend ourselves from the pain of rejection, we actually createthedynamics that produce the lack of love, which we feared.Are you a person worthy of liberty & justice? You will see that mostChristianPatriots are not willing to take major risks. They claim, "When thegovernment