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MARCH 2022 |VOLUME 48| ISSUE NO.3
EVANGEL
OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF FIRST FREE CHURCH
Faith Over Fear Men's Retreat WRITTEN BY KIRK ALBRECHT & KEVIN LABBY
Covid. War in Ukraine. Inflation. Deteriorating morality. Political gridlock. It’s enough to make the hardiest believer end up kind of fearful when we wake up each day, and maybe wonder, “what’s going to happen today?” None of us is immune to what’s going on around us. Life can be stressful, full of worry and anxiety - even fear.
Yet as Christians, we don’t have to live captive to those concerns – we have a living Savior who helps us, and our faith can make the difference! So how can we find the strength to follow God even when it's not only difficult, but intimidating to do so? That's a profound question. But, thankfully, the Bible tells us the stories of many saints who, despite their fearfulness and failings, nevertheless learned to persevere by faith. By looking to them as they looked to Christ, the Spirit can help us renew our courage.