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Faith is an awesome thing – it’s a gift from God and one of the reasons God gives us faith and then takes us through trials to grow our faith is so that we can conquer the things of this world. That’s what the Bible teaches us. Problem is that when we’re in the middle of the conquering bit – well, that can get a bit scary.

When God calls us into something that’s really hard, scary, tough, radical … He does that sometimes, have you noticed – what we need is unwavering faith. Yeah, right! Where do you get that, pray tell?!

Just before He was crucified, Jesus told His somewhat frightened disciples that they should be of good cheer, because He’d overcome this world. Then the Romans nailed Him to a cross. Doesn’t sound very cheery to me. Doesn’t sound too much about “overcoming” to me.