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Monday, October 18, 2010

The fear of "No"

The fear of receiving a "no" for an answer can block the power of asking. But, what if instead we start looking at the word "no" as steps on a staircase? Let me explain...




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10 comments:

L E V said...

Bp Renato,

Turning a corner!

Yes, for many of us, we've often given up because of habitual "no's".

Nevertheless, what we're hearing and learning from your messages are immeasurable - in that they're teaching us to put in practice and embrace places of "YES"!

Thank you!

LillyEV

Susana said...

Bishop Renato,
I understand that we can't be afraid to ask. If we are scare then we are saying no to ourselves. We can't give up on something because everyone always say no but we just have to remember that we get closer to hearing yes one day.

Susana Ortega
RI, USA

Motlatsi said...

Come to think of it, asking is so risk free, there is no actual risk in asking. If the worst that could happen when we ask is that we'd receive a 'NO', then we lose nothing by asking, at the very least our situation continues the same. But, in most cases, as you have just pointed out Bishop, the 'NO' we receive is a step up towards a 'YES'. Asking doesn't hurt at all, it leaves us we nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Nelly said...

"The fear of "No""

Yes when we fear the word no we end up loosing opportunity in life and sometime even lose our blessing because of it

jiva_tay said...

this message is strong-as people might hear the word no all the time.Meaning-when they go to a job interview and they give up on finding a job because of the word no. you should not let the word "NO" be a problem in your life.....the more you fight and refuse to have this fear...you will get the answer you want....

Iracelma said...

We should not allow the "No's" to stop us from asking because the more we ask the closer we are at receiving what we are asking for and as you said Bishop the "no's" are stairways to receiving a YES. And knowing this fact why then stop asking? we must continue and in the end of this straiway we will get the "YES" we were aiming for.

Tank you!
Iracelma

Elsie Da Silva said...

Sometimes we let a "No" hold us back, if someone tells us "No" to something that we really want, to us its like if the whole world crumbled. But like you said Bishop, "No" is only leading us to a "Yes".

chery_v said...

This message is strong for those who hear no all the time for example when they go to a job interview and they don’t receive a call back they give up on finding a job because of the word no. The world no sound never been accepted and no affect us.....The more we don’t accept the no and get revolted we will get a reply or an answer but giving up is not a solution.

Cynthia said...

Your message really did appeal to me, at the moment i'm afraid to ask my boss to get time off on some of the days because he might say no, but the only way for me to actually find out is to ask him.

Thanks the advice was really helpful.

Anu said...

Hi bishop

So many times we are told no in our lives and i am definetly one of them negative words were what ruled my life before even to the point that I couldn't even imagine a positive out come the word that you put at the end Sometimes we are so used to know that even to ask God things became something that we don't even do.
The negative words will always come but it's us who decide if wevwant to listen or go ahead until we hear our yes.

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