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“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”

A thought by Max Lucado (2012-02-06) from his book, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear (p. 87-88). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Oh, these fears that we have really do trap us, don't they?  But they don't have to. Max says, “I have a friend who was dreading a letter from the IRS. According to their early calculation, he owed them money, money he did not have. He was told to expect a letter detailing the amount. When the letter arrived, his courage failed him. He couldn’t bear to open it, so the envelope sat on his desk for five days while he writhed in dread. How much could it be? Where would he get the funds? For how long would he be sent to prison? Finally, he summoned the gumption to open the envelope. He found, not a bill to be paid, but a check to be cashed. The IRS, as it turned out, owed him money! He had wasted five days on needless fear. There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have

“Whether or not storms come, we cannot choose.”

A thought by Max Lucado (2012-02-06) from his book, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear (p. 72). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We had a major storm here in sunny California last Friday.   Earlier in the week, it was beautiful.   I loved it.   I didn’t choose what happened on Friday.   But it still came. Max says, “Whether or not storms come, we cannot choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.”   He goes on, “I found a direct example of this truth while sitting in my cardiologist’s office. My heart rate was misbehaving, taking the pace of a NASCAR race and the rhythm of a Morse code message. So I went to a specialist. After reviewing my tests and asking me some questions, the doctor nodded knowingly and told me to wait for him in his office. “I didn’t like being sent to the principal’s office as a kid. I don’t like being sent to the doctor’s office as a patient. But I went in, took a seat, a

“Prayer is the saucer into which parental fears are poured to cool.”

A thought by Max Lucado (2012-02-06) from his book, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear (p. 60). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Being a parent can be such a fearful thing to be, can't it? Look at this verse in Lamentations 2: 19: “Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children” Max says, “Prayer is the saucer into which parental fears are poured to cool. Jesus says so little about parenting, makes no comments about spanking, breast-feeding, sibling rivalry, or schooling. Yet his actions speak volumes about prayer. Each time a parent prays, Christ responds. His big message to moms and dads? Bring your children to me. Raise them in a greenhouse of prayer.” Max shares this story, “Some years ago I witnessed a father taking this priority seriously during a Sunday morning worship service. As we took communion, I heard a small boy a