Note the subtitle ‘Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency and the Fear of Man.’ In other words what or who you need will control you. Fear is defined on p.14: ‘"Fear" in the Biblical sense is a much broader word [than just being afraid of people]. It includes being afraid of someone, but extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered by people, worshipping other people, putting your trust in people, or needing people.
Pages 14-17 give some question designed to help us see where we fear men. Welch refers to the fact that it is something the world is very aware of. He cites a book Co-dependent no more by Melodie Beattie. She asks the right questions and helps us to see how widespread it is but has no answers, just love yourself more! The glib Christian answer is: no God loves you, realise that. Goes deeper than that, one thing Welch hints at is think less often of yourself and think more about God.
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