Sermon - A life of choosing love over fear

The choice to reject fear and choose love can feel like something that
only applies to moments of crisis, when we’re starting a new business,
just saw a vehicle accident, or preparing to climb Mount Everest. But in
truth, the opportunity to choose love and reject fear presents itself in the
smallest moments of life, and specifically, in relationships with those
closest to us. Love over fear is a choice every time someone tells us
something about ourselves or has an experience of us that we don’t
want to hear. f you feel fear, you have a choice HOW you respond to it. In that moment
you can ask yourself several powerful questions
• Is this thought helping or hindering?
• What is the worst thing that can happen if my fears come true?
• Who or what is benefiting from this feeling right now?
• How can I embody the energy of love?
To live from love not fear, on a practical level, is to shift from a goal of
protecting our ego, being right, winning the argument, being not to
blame, and move into actually being kind, being loving—in our
actions. It is to be willing to stop proving that we’re a good person and
actually be that good person—to be courageous enough to open our
heart and be love even when our ego is screaming in fear. n the end, the goal of this church life is love for our community and those that make
up this community. The measure of our maturity is our love for others. To support
each other through this adventure that we call life, to watch out for one another, and
to work through love instead of reacting in fear.