Jamie Winship shares powerful stories of tackling fear in high-conflict areas with faith, modeling courage for his children. He emphasizes the importance of embracing true identity, gamifying preparedness with joy, and conquering fear with love and wisdom.
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Prayed for Invisibility in Crisis
Jamie Winship and his family stayed in Indonesia during the government collapse despite danger.
They prayed to be invisible as hostile mobs approached their car and stayed safely through the chaos.
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Pray and Model Courage
Always ask God what to know and what to do in difficult situations.
Model courageous faith publicly, even if you might fail, to teach others.
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Fear Is a Warning Light
Fear is mainly learned except for a few innate fears like falling.
Fear warns us and invites transformation through truths about God, ourselves, and others.
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Jamie Winship is no stranger to conflict. From working as a police officer to living in international war zones, he learned how to tackle fear with faith—and he modeled it for his children, too. In this episode, Jamie details some of the dangerous situations his family faced as they followed God’s calling. Plus, he’ll inspire you to hang onto joy, even when fear tries to swallow you whole.
Key Takeaways
When living in a high-conflict area—whether a warzone or your home—you have to gamify preparedness with joy instead of fear.
There are times when you may need to pray to be invisible.
If you’re afraid to fail, you won’t be able to model courage in front of other people.
God cannot invite you into greater challenges in the future if your only goal is self-protection and self-promotion.
The greatest gift you can give your kids is the truth of who you are.
Jamie Winship
Jamie Winship is known for bringing peaceful solutions to some of the world’s highest conflict areas. His work in law enforcement and education led his family around the world, including South Asia and the Middle East. Jamie and his wife, Donna, are co-founders of Identity Exchange and have three adult sons.
Key Quotes
20:13 - "Only the fear of falling and loud noises is is innate in us, but all other fear is learned. I want to say to your listeners, what are you afraid of? That's the most important question, what am I afraid of? And this is a daily question. It's not a one off. It's even incident into incident. Why am I afraid right now? Fear is beautiful because it's a warner, it's a flashing warning light. It's an invitation to transformation. It's an invitation to a conversation that leads to transformation. God, why am I afraid right now? What am I afraid of?"
21:34 - "God wants me to know I can protect you in any situation. Though a thousand fall on my right and 10,000 fall on my left, yet will I stand? God says, I want you to know that I can protect you in this kind of situation. How would I know that? By staying. By staying. Why would you want me to know that? Because in the future are greater challenges than this that I want to invite you into, But I can't invite you into them, if the goal of your life is self-protection and self-promotion. Because that's how fear works. And if your goal is self-protection and self-promotion, it will become the goal of your kids. Let's teach them other than that worldview."
29:39 - "External conflict produced by internal conflict, produced by fear, produced by false identity. What's the shift? The shift is not in, stop the war, bring financial aid, change religions. None of that stuff has ever worked. It's a transformation of the human heart, which the whole Bible is telling us. And we're looking for some other solution. Spiritual transformation in your own heart. You're living in a false identity. It's a shift into the true identity, which can only be known in Christ. Shift into true identity moves you into courage. It encourages you, which moves you into internal peace, which makes you able to create external peace."
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