Choosing Love Over Fear

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment." — 1 John 4:18

What if the wall you've built around your marriage, the distance you keep from your kids, or the friendship you keep at arm's length aren't protecting you — they're just fear doing what fear does? Jesus told of a servant entrusted with a single talent who buried it, explaining, "I knew you to be a hard man... and I was afraid." He wasn't just scared — he believed a lie about who his master was, and that lie cost him everything.

In Part 2 of Building Strong Relationships, Pastor Mark draws from Matthew 25, Ephesians 6, and Proverbs 18 to show why fear and love can never counsel you at the same time — and two ways to reconnect to the love that casts fear out. You'll learn the difference between fearing the Lord and fearing punishment, why isolation is fear's favorite trap, and how to let love — not fear — be the voice you listen to in every relationship that matters.