What Do You Fear? Video provided by: TruthMedia Films
Fear. It sneaks up on us when we least expect it. It can frustrate or even paralyze us. It can be embarrassing! Do you think that you miss out on some of the best opportunities because you are just simply afraid to engage? In this short film, Levi pleads with Trick to find a better solution for his fear. This comical perspective addresses a very real issue that most of us deal with.
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Hi Eric, I want you to know that you are not alone. Many people have issues that seem to plague us over and over again. But there is hope for us all. Peter tells us, “So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Doing this, you will never stumble or fall away.” (2Peter 1:10) So it is possible to experience God’s Spirit bringing complete victory over these weaknesses. The key to it is asking the Holy Spirit to help you. Whenever you have the temptation to follow the old sinful patterns, stop and ask God to give you the control you need to refuse. Fill your mind with verses that promise His help and power. And then don’t do it, trusting that His Spirit is helping you say, “NO!” Thanks Him for HIs help and ask that He help you again the next time you are tempted. You know those are prayers He is going to answer because they line up perfectly with His will for your life.
Eric: think you meant to type CURSED not “cured”. Am I right? Sure changes the flavor of the comment.
I’ve been saved for five years I genuinely called upon jesus and put my Faith in him and convicted with godly sorrow and I used to go alot by feelings and I kept cod repenting and I was backsliding than last year I was cured by masturbation and I have peace bit I’m on meds and serious panic attacks!!!!! Ugggh it won’t stop I hate it
hi Selah,
I had read your reply a while ago and wanted to let you know that I prayed for you.
Just an over cap of events that happened in regards to my comment in January: I finally surrendered totally to Christ and got baptized this summer ( in may). Right after that, a series of crazy events happened. I became seriously ill and also lost a few friends along the way. Despite all that, I have been praising God through it all and I feel happier and full of joy. Life is not perfect but I decided to trust in God for everything. I am not perfect, but I believe God is and his work in me is being done and I see the changes already. In regards to my passion for writing verses singing, I decided to do both. The fear of failure was replaced by courage and diligence. There are days where I question my abilities and wonder if I’ll make it in life, but I quickly go back to the word and the holy spirit reminds me that I can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. I believe, Selah, that if you put your trust in God, all of your fears will seem silly and you will stand strong and chase your dreams. Look at Gideon, who was fearful and cowardly, he questioned everything but the moment he believed in the one who sent him he was full of courage and did the impossible with the help and guidance of God. Most of all, I confessed to God that I knew that my body and my dreams were worth nothing if I didn’t love him. If I do not obey his teachings and trust in him fully, everything I work for will be futile. If I do not practice loving my neighbor, all my hard work would be in vain. When I made Christ First and the most important, everything fell into place. Sanctification is a hard and painful journey but it is revealing and necessary. I will continue to pray for you and I thank you for your kind words. Just knowing we can build each other up in love has brighten my day, and year so much.
I pray for Selah and everyone else struggling with fear and confusion. I Pray Heavenly father that your spirit will move in such a way that it will leave them speechless! I pray that they will become bold in every way and on fire for you and your kingdom! I pray that everything they put their hands to will prosper in your name. Most of all I pray that your peace and joy will saturate them from head to toe. Let your awesomeness rest upon them and let this be a testimony of your love for us all, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Much love in Christ,
Kawaii
@Selah in my life I have personally discovered that when I pray over fears that I have which have been many as when I look within myself I see a very insecure person! God chose to bless me with ADD and me being aware that I was different than others in many ways but not knowing what until later on life was very confusing and made me extremely fearful of many things in life including success.
Two years ago I decided to surrender myself over to Christ totally as I tried to do everything on my own and I have a very strong personality with a strong will. Things did not change overnight as I fail often however I can slowly see God working within my life as I allow the Holy Spirit to take away the fear and work within me as the more we submit to him the greater peace a person feels. Like Paul God often gives a handicap whether it is mental, physical or otherwise and the reason he does this is so we submit to him and others look at our success and we can tell them it is not me but Christ through me with is making me succeed! God gave all of talents and when surrender them to God even when we fail we know that God has a purpose for the failure. USE your talents to Bles God! God Bless!
I don’t know what I can really say is my biggest fear in life. Overall, I don’t want to be viewed as a fearful person, but I know that’s what I am. God’s given me a love for singing and an amazing opportunity to get into an amazing music program in Indiana, but I am afraid of succeeding and leaving everything behind to risk a career in music, especially when I am not in love with it. I am afraid of failure which is probably why I am afraid of pursuing music. I am afraid of failing in my relationship with God because I struggle with OCD–mainly going through several spiritual battles of wondering I really believe what I profess to believe. These are only to name a few. I have just ended a bittersweet relationship today because of my desire to recommit myself to God, and I can already feel the fear and the nagging voice telling me I’m just going to fail again even in little things like having devotions and actually enjoying them!
Kawaii…
I first saw the article on this website on the blessings of loneliness maybe three days ago. God led me to it during the end of a long bittersweet season in my life. I felt some comfort from it and then I saw your comment about ending a romantic relationship with someone who is not a believer. And then your remarks about wanting Christian friends and how you have had friendship struggles and feel lonely because of this. When I saw that, I was shocked because I am in the exact same situation. And it gave me the encouragement I so desperately needed to end the romantic side of my relationship with my best friend who happens to be an atheist. I so want to recommit my life to Jesus and knew I could not profess to love my Savior and be so much in love with someone who could not profess the same, truly feeling the antithesis. And now I come on this page to do a study on fear which I struggle with more than anything and I see your comment on your goals of being a novelist and safety and then how singing and performing are you dreams. I cannot begin to explain the awesome encouragement God is giving me through you. Once again, I am in an extremely similar situation. I will be praying for you, and just wanted to let you know how God has used your devotion to Him as a catalyst for my own relationship with Him. Thank you so much!
That’s an interesting perspective angels, that these individuals actually suffer from a psychological disorder. I don’t know if that is always the case, but I agree that it is often the case.
I also totally agree that there is a need to forgive ourselves because we do take on the blame even when that is totally inappropriate!!! And it is so true that the abusive person accuses the victim as being the reason for the abuse.
Verbal abuse by an adult who assaults you verbally and damages your self-esteem is an individual who suffers from a psychological disorder. Usually they suffer from BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) or NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder). Individuals who are Borderline have a very difficult time regulating their emotions and have rages. They see everything black and white. There is no grey areas. Meaning, at one point in their relationship with you, they will idolize you and after an arguement for ex, they will hate you treat you less than human.
Individuals who are Narcissists believe they are better than everyone else and have grandiose thoughts about themselves. For example..they may brag that they are great musicians, but can hardly play an instrument. In their eyes they are the greatest individuals on the planet and everyone else is lower than dust. They often need a narcissistic supply. Someone who will take care of them and pay their way in life. If felt threatened by you or denying what they want they will have a narcissistic rage! They become abusive, verbally, sexually, physically.
Artria, you are doing the right thing by ignoring this individual and also by forgiving them, but you also need to forgive yourself. I say that because being victims of these type of individuals, we often blame ourselves. They often make us believe that their actions they impose on us is our fault. I do understand, I was a victim of a NPD ex-boyfriend. keeping yourself safe is important and looking after yourself and your emotional well-being.
@artria I understand first hand abuse however in my life I have discovered that if it was not for the abuse that occurred in my life I would not have compassion towards the hurting of others. God often if we allow him too will use a heartache to comfort others who have gone through the same thing. In life people will always hurt us as we grow older we become wiser and are more careful to be involved in loud abusive people as their ignorance is due to the very low self esteem they have of others. WE don’t have to be their friends but we can show Gods love to the hurting. God Bless
For a long time I was afraid to stand up to a relative and point out how they were hurting me mentally. This person is bigger, louder, and older than me. I thought I had no choice except to either hide or be lead around by this relative. I had also been naive until having spent even more time around them. I finally realized that even though God expects me to forgive them, that he doesn’t require me to associate with them. I told them how I refuse to be hurt again and again by their mind games and verbal abuse, that they let me down in ways they can’t fix, and I would not be around them. It hurts when a child says they hate you, and you understand, forgive, and discuss it, but a grown person saying it repeatatively along with cursing over the smallest disagreements is abusive. Abuse is never acceptable. God help victims of abuse to be strong and face their fear through you. Give it all to him. Peace be in our hearts, we are not alone!
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At one point or another we are all gripped with fear of some sort. we should be careful not to let this fear control us through out our lives. I fell a victim of fear through out my life and until now, I did not know that it is not right to be a slave of fear. This was fear of rejection. God in His word has promised us that He has not given us a spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind. If you have God, when faced with any kind of fear, He is faithful enough to enable you to overcome it.
I can personally relate this video with my life. I am a recent college graduate and I had dreams of becoming a novelist when I first entered. During my sophomore year of college I realized I was changing and my dreams were too. I wanted to be a novelist because it was safe. I didn’t have to be around people and if I worked hard I could live in a nice house away from the world. However, God was tearing down those walls I built for protection and the dreams I always had to sing and perform came back to me. However, It was frightening because it meant that I had to communicate and interact with people. I had to open myself up to strangers when I sang or perform. It meant I had to also dig deep into myself. Even today, I find myself still crippled with fear. I’m afraid to get a job because I don’t feel qualified or good enough. I don’t think i’m talented enough for ANYTHING. I don’t feel as if I am even good enough to date because I don’t have a job and things are just so out of control. I prayed that God will show me the way, show me how to overcome fear. Honestly, I know I am afraid of failure, rejection etc. I need to be in control and safe because my childhood was always full of fear and insecurity. I think this video is saying that if I continue to live this way , everything will pass me by. In regards to the young blonde man and his girlfriend, he was even willing to give up his girlfriend for a false sense of comfort. He was pushing everything out of his life.
I pray to God that everyone who is struggling with fear and insecurity, that he will personally visit each and every one of you reading this. The holy spirit can mend a broken spirit, he can drive away fear and he can supply you with the courage you need to succeed. In Jesus name I rebuke the spirit of fear, anxiety and insecurity. I speak forth peace and love and courage into the lives of those reading this, in Jesus name. If we pray for others and agree and believe that he can do this, it shall be done. In Jesus name, AMEN!
Yes, I was single till I was 30 and then God brought this christian lady in my life and we got married and have been for 23 years. God can do that for you too philosopher and for anyone who seeks him first
Hi Mercy,
From what I understand, you are engaged to a man who loves you very much but you both have a temper. We all get angry sometimes but it sounds like you might be having trouble communicating in a healthy way. If you’re getting angry about something very quickly, why not have your conversation in writing? If you and your fiancé are both angry at each other it might help to take a few minutes on your own to cool down and write out why you reacted the way you did. If you both tend to react very quickly it might help to sit down and see what your biggest triggers are. What is it that makes you angry? How can you take time to listen to each other instead of getting upset immediately?
I hope I understood your request and my prayer for you and your fiancé is that you would be strengthened in your relationship. If you’d like to talk to someone privately about your relationship you can contact a mentor. Mentors are available to listen and help you through any situation.
Dear sir i am in love with a guy who happens to engage me as his wife to be but both of us are quick to anger, but also we love ourselves deeply. What can i do to see that this relationship moves forward without an obstacle?
philosopher says love your neighbour as your self…….
Dear sir
i’am philosopher i sphere my TWO YEARS life with church re:born again lady first she select me, like me, love me and same to from my site now i cannot leave that lady because we love like everthing each other continued…….
I have had my More Particular love hitory of two years with that lady i will tell you later on……Continued………………………….
Hi Philosopher, I noticed that you referred to 1 Corinthians 7:36. Let’s take a look at what it says, “If anyone thinks he is acting improperly toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if she is getting along in years and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married.” (1 Corinthians 7:36) The first thing that stands out to me is that the verse refers to the “the virgin he is engaged to”. You and she are not engaged, so the rest of the verse does not apply. Also, and perhaps more importantly, you cannot force someone to marry you and even if you could, why would you want to? Take a look at the way love is described later in 1 Corinthians 13:
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
Take a closer look at those words – patient, kind, not self-seeking. . .. . none of those words describe the type of person who would try to force someone to marry him. I know that you are hurting and I know that you want to be with her, but if she has said no to you then you must respect her wishes. You cannot be with someone who does not want to be you – if you force them to be with you, there’s a word for that. It’s kidnapping and it’s illegal in every country in the world. If she does not want to be with you no verse in the Bible is going to convince her otherwise, and no verse will be a good enough reason for you to force her. I know that it is hard to accept, but it is the truth. You cannot claim her as your wife. You are not married, she is not your wife.
Please i don’t want TO lose that my RIB, AND THAT RIB WOMAN HAS BIBLE SHE RE:BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN
Thank you
Philosopher
JESUS CHRIST SAYS ALL THE TRUTH COME FROM ME IAM THE FIRST AND IAM THE LAST IT’S SAME PRINCIPLE THE WAY OF LIFE FOR PHILOSOPHER IS THE SAME, ONE BELIEVER IE FOLLOW THE THEORY AND PRACTICE
I DEAL WITH TWO YEARS WITH MY WOMAN TODAY SHE LEFT ME WHAT CAN I D0 NOW PLEASE ANY SPECIAL ADVICE BECAUSE I CLAIM TO BE MY WIFE, BECAUSE SEE WHAT DOES >> 1CRINTHIANS CHAPTER 7: VERSE 36 <> MARRIAGE, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, LAWSUITS AMONG BELIEVERS, EXPEL THE IMMORAL BROTHER Please can you read and reply me urgent
Thank You
philosopher waiting for…
POINT IS THAT PHILOSOPHER BELIEVE JESUS AND LOVE BIBLE SECOND IN A MINUTE
What does specificly Bible says About as below
As you know I AM WHO I AM BROKEN DOWN MY HEART BY MY TWO YEARS SPEND TIME LOVING FEMALE FRIEND EACH OTHER LIKE EACH OTHER NOW WHAT ?
Thanks for that link Matt; it looks like they have some really good material there. I like how they emphasize relationship with God as the cornerstone of healthy relationships with others. It is so true that when we are walking with God and sensing His Spirit’s directing we suddenly find ourselves relating so much better to the people around us. That totally goes to your fear Quinton about finding love. God promises, “I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you; plans to give you a hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11) God’s plans are always perfect in scope and timing. That includes His plans for you to be joined with a spouse. Instead of working so hard on finding a woman you can love, keep your eyes on knowing God and as you follow Him, He will lead you to that one that He has planned for you.
Let me pray for you: Lord God I ask that You would help calm the fears that Quinton has. Help him to find his security and his hope in You rather than any other source. Guide him into a closer walk with You where he becomes better and better at discerning Your leading and direction for him. And then, in Your perfect time, reveal the woman that You have chosen for him to love and cherish in marriage. In Jesus’ name, amen.