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My friend Jonathan preached at church this weekend. He helped confirm something that's been in me for some time now. During his sermon, he touched on both fear and believing God. This has been a huge theme in my heart for nearly two months now.

He didn't mention them much, and there's more to it that I'm feeling needs said. It just confirmed to me that this is something God has for our church to hear.

This helps because last Thursday my pastor offered to let me share this some Sunday in July. Knowing this is something God has to share gives me more confidence. If it's me doing it, I question a lot. If it's God, I'll go with it.

My preparations have been difficult. It seems that this is so huge, that I can't do it justice on paper. Getting the first little bit down looks so inadequate. It's filling out some now and I think I've got a flow, but there's still more to do.

I try to outline a lot of detail so I get the whole picture, then pare it back to the basics. I find that if I take too much detail on stage with me, I refer back to it too much and it gets choppy. I also go too fast as I move from point to point, instead of living in the moment.

Hopefully I'll have it finalized this week. Say a quick prayer for me and what God wants to do through it.