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Chasing Lions

Social Dallas • Nov 30, 2025 • 46 min

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Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Summary

In this empowering message, Pastor Brian Bullock challenges believers to move past comfortable, passive Christianity and become bold lion chasers. Drawing from the heroic biblical account of Benaiah, who chased a lion into a pit on a snowy day, Pastor Brian shows how God positions us in difficult seasons to refine our faith and prepare us for promotion. True spiritual authority comes from relying on God to achieve dreams that far exceed our own capacity, confronting fear with courageous obedience.

Themes

Courageous FaithSpiritual AuthorityOvercoming FearDivine DestinyReliance on God

Pastor's Points

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Pursue a God-sized dream that scares you.

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Don't let a bad day turn into a bad life.

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Take the leap from coward to courageous.

Key Points

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Pursue a God-sized dream that scares you, forcing you into prayer, fasting, and total reliance on God rather than self-sufficiency.
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Don't let a bad day turn into a bad life; hard seasons and terrifying pits are often setups for divine promotion.
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Take the leap from coward to courageous, choosing bold obedience over comfortable compromise and safe Christianity.
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God does not call believers to live passive, cozy lives, but to actively confront daunting challenges with divine authority.
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True spiritual authority and power are forged in the hardships of the pit, not merely in passive consumption of podcasts and teaching.
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The devil relies on loud intimidation to make believers retreat, but Christ gives His followers power to crush every enemy scheme underfoot.
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Trying to carry heavy burdens alone does not impress God; He delights when believers rely fully on His strength to scale walls and crush obstacles.
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Sermon Moments

“You don't get power from a podcast; you get power from a pit.”

“Trying to carry all your heavy bags by yourself to impress God doesn't move Him; He is impressed when you admit you need His help.”

“What if the difficult pit season you are going through right now is actually a divine setup for your next promotion?”

“When are you going to stop retreating and start barking back at the enemy who has been barking at you?”

“A coward Christian will always compromise and run from trouble, but God commands us to be strong and courageous.”

“Jesus isn't just coming back as a quiet lamb; He is returning as the Lion of Judah, and His anointing lives in you.”

This Week

Identify a God-sized dream or calling in your life that requires total prayer and fasting, and step out in action this week.

Identify areas where fear or comfort has led to spiritual passivity, and actively confront those obstacles in faith.

When facing intimidating circumstances, speak God's promises out loud and exercise your divine authority over the enemy.

Refrain from complaining during tough seasons; instead, ask God how current trials are preparing you for future promotion.

Stop relying solely on passive consumption of content (podcasts or conferences) and begin actively serving and stepping into spiritual battles.

Memorize Joshua 1:9 or Psalm 91:13 to declare courageous faith whenever anxiety or cowardice threatens to make you retreat.

Share a testimony of God's past faithfulness with someone in your family or community to encourage their faith.

Remember This

God has called believers to abandon comfortable, safe Christianity and step out in bold faith to chase down lion-sized challenges in His authority.

A Challenge for You

Keep chasing the lion. Feel the fear and do it anyway, because someone else's breakthrough is waiting on the other side of your obedience.

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