How many people live with an anxious heart? To overcome the fear of losing control we first have to release our worry over the “what if’s.” We are secured by the promises of faith and the Word. When we give our cares over to God, we don’t take them back.

We all experience real pain, and often it can be caused by others. This pain can cause us to be afraid of intimacy, which in turn makes us distant and defensive. To overcome the fear we must find our security and acceptance in Christ, and then prayerfully take an emotional risk.

Everyone fears failure. Through Christ we can and will overcome failure, but we must take faith risks.

When we seek to please man we end up in the rejection traps of being overly starved or overly cautious. We overcome the fear of rejection by saying “yes” to pleasing God and saying “no” to pleasing man.