Podcast Summary: Real America’s Voice

Episode: "Fear Makes Noise, Faith Makes Room" with Jentezen Franklin

Date: November 30, 2025
Host: Real America’s Voice featuring Pastor Jentezen Franklin

Overview

This special Sunday message departs from Real America’s Voice’s typical news cycle, bringing a sermon from Pastor Jentezen Franklin focused on the transformative power of faith over fear. Drawing from the biblical account in Mark chapter 5—where Jesus resurrects the daughter of a synagogue ruler—Franklin emphasizes how noisy fear drowns out hope, but faith creates the space for miracles. Through relatable stories, humor, passionate challenge, and direct biblical application, Franklin encourages listeners not to let anxiety, fear, or “much ado” block what Jesus wants to do in their lives.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Scripture Foundation: Mark 5—Jesus Raises a Little Girl

• (03:11-07:07) Franklin reads Mark 5:22-43 describing how Jesus responds to a father’s desperate plea, heals along the way, ignores negative reports, and transforms fear and commotion into miraculous restoration.
• Jesus tells the family, “Do not be afraid, only believe” ([05:03]).
• The significance of Jesus clearing the room—removing noisy grief and professional mourners—so faith could flourish.

2. Fear vs. Faith: ‘Fear Makes Noise, Faith Makes Room’

• (07:17-12:11) Franklin explains that fear creates chaos and self-trouble (“ado”), referencing the commotion and wailing in the story.

• Quote:

  “Notice that fear makes noise, but faith makes room. Jesus cleared out the room from all the noise. I'm preaching on fear makes noise, but faith makes room.” ([07:35])

• Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” cited as inspired by this concept—how people create drama out of anxiety even when Jesus is present.

• Personal illustration: Franklin recalls a period of stress in his own life, realizing he was “addicted to ado’s:”

  “Every little thing that comes at you, you make a big ado about nothing. Why do you keep making such a big ado about nothing? I’m with you. I am your God.” ([09:37])

3. Dealing with Worst-Case Thinking

• (10:50-13:55) When bad news comes, we tend to “race in our minds… verbalize worst-case scenarios.”
• He urges, “Some of you have come in with a casket, but you’re going to leave with confidence.” ([11:44])
• The difference between the reality of a crisis and ballooning it into more than it is when forgetting Jesus is present.

4. Clearing Room for a Miracle

• (12:52-16:11) Jesus puts panic and doubters out of the room; only those with faith witnessed the resurrection.

• Quote:

  “Sometimes you have to put doubt out of the room and fear out of the room and panic. Jesus walked into the panic room… and he said, doubt, get out. We’re going to change the atmosphere.” ([12:58])

• Franklin encourages listeners: “I wonder what would happen if we would worship as much as we panic.” ([13:59])

5. Faith’s Practicality – Worship, Not Worry

• (14:30-19:00)
  • Get off negativity and bitterness; “put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.”
  • Quote:

    “We are not supposed to live with a chronic fear over us all the time. That is not of God and you need to rebuke it.” ([13:59])

• Jesus is Lord—stand your ground.

6. Fighting Worry—Even Science Has a Word

• (16:30-18:20)
  • Franklin references the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR); some are “wired” to be more prone to worry, but “God doesn’t want us to live in fear.”
  • Humorously notes he even worried about which version of the gene he had!

7. Making Room for Praise Amid Panic

• (18:21-22:10)
  • Franklin urges listeners to “Find your ‘Hallelujah’… make room for a miracle.”
  • Quote:

    “You can’t make a do and make a miracle happen at the same time. He had to put one out of the room. Make room for healing. Make room for breakthrough. Make room for faith.” ([19:09])

8. The Immediate Restoration—Touch of Jesus

• (21:13-25:30)
  • Franklin describes how personal and healing Jesus’ touch can be, not simply church counsel but spiritual, personal intervention.
  • The girl goes from lying on her back to standing—“Jesus is going to put you back on your feet again.” ([20:59])
  • Addressing fear:

    “Fear is an emotion God created us with… It means face it and fight it, not make much ado about nothing but celebrate—Jesus is everything.” ([21:58])

9. Don’t Procrastinate Due to Fear

• (22:00-25:00)
  • Cautions against living life in chronic avoidance—like not going to the doctor out of fear. “Face it and fight it.”
  • Don’t waste life “making much ado about what could happen.”

10. Restoration Includes Return to Normalcy

• (25:51-31:33)
  • After the girl’s revival, Jesus says, “Give her something to eat.”
  • Franklin: “She needs a sense of normalcy… Some of you haven’t had a normal night’s sleep, but may the Lord heal you.” ([28:13])

11. Valley of the Shadow: Comma, Not Drama

• (32:00-35:39)
  • Analyzing Psalm 23’s “valley of the shadow of death,” Franklin says:
  • Quote:

    “Notice it is a comma, not drama.” ([32:10])

  • Resist the urge to spiral into despair—pause, remember God is with you, and move forward.

12. You Are Precious—God Knows Your Address

• (36:10-38:35)
  • Reassurance from Isaiah 43: God says, “You are precious in my sight.”
  • Personal testimony: “When I felt like nothing… he would say, you are precious in my sight. Do you understand that?” ([37:10])

13. Practical Application and Call to Worship

• (38:36-44:00)
  • Franklin calls listeners to picture their worries, declare “much ado about nothing—Jesus is everything.”
  • Emphasizes: “If you know this is you… come down here for prayer. You are precious in his sight. He knows your address, he knows every detail about the situation.” ([41:10])

14. Transition from Panic to Praise

• (45:00-end)
  • Closing worship, prayers for healing, and blessings (Numbers 6).
  • Quote:

    "You always fill my heart with songs, songs of deliverance whenever I am afraid… You're replacing panic with praise. I'm gonna find my hallelujah." ([57:50])

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 07:35 | Jentezen Franklin | “Notice that fear makes noise, but faith makes room. Jesus cleared out the room from all the noise. I'm preaching on fear makes noise, but faith makes room.” | | 09:37 | Jentezen Franklin | "Every little thing that comes at you, you make a big ado about nothing. Why do you keep making such a big ado about nothing? I'm with you. I am your God." | | 11:44 | Jentezen Franklin | “Some of you have come in with a casket, but you’re going to leave with confidence. Some of you have come in, in your mind with a funeral, but in the night…” | | 12:58 | Jentezen Franklin | “Jesus walked in to the panic room… and he said, doubt, get out. We’re going to change the atmosphere. We’re not making room for ado. We’re making room for me.” | | 13:59 | Jentezen Franklin | “We are not supposed to live with a chronic fear over us all the time. That is not of God and you need to rebuke it.” | | 18:21 | Jentezen Franklin | “Find your hallelujah… make room for a miracle. Find your hallelujah and say, devil, you’re not going to get my marriage… you still sure can’t have my children.” | | 19:09 | Jentezen Franklin | "You can't make a do and make a miracle happen at the same time. He had to put one out of the room. Make room for healing. Make room for breakthrough. Make room for faith." | | 21:58 | Jentezen Franklin | “Fear is an emotion God created us with… It means face it and fight it, not make much ado about nothing, but celebrate—Jesus is everything.” | | 28:13 | Jentezen Franklin | “She needs a sense of normalcy… Some of you haven't had a normal night's sleep, but may the Lord heal you.” | | 32:10 | Jentezen Franklin | “Notice [the Psalm] is a comma, not drama.” | | 37:10 | Jentezen Franklin | “When I felt like nothing… he would say, you are precious in my sight. Do you understand that?” | | 41:10 | Jentezen Franklin | “He knows your address. He knew their child, he knew her age. He knew every detail about the situation. And whatever you're worrying about… I speak peace.” | | 57:50 | Jentezen Franklin | "You're replacing panic with praise. I'm gonna find my hallelujah. In the midst of it all, I'm gonna find my Hallelujah." |

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Mark 5 Scripture Reading & Sermon Set-up: [03:11–07:07]
• Fear Makes Noise, Faith Makes Room: [07:17–12:11]
• Handling Bad News & Worst-Case Scenarios: [10:50–13:55]
• Clearing the Panic Room for Faith: [12:52–16:11]
• From Worry to Worship—Find Your Hallelujah: [18:21–22:10]
• Practical Application & Call to Worship: [38:36–44:00]
• Blessing & Closing Worship: [57:27–end]

Tone and Style

Pastor Jentezen Franklin’s delivery is warm, direct, humorous at moments, and deeply compassionate. He combines biblical teaching with personal vulnerability, contemporary references, and rallying calls to faith and worship. His language is practical, vivid, and at times poetic (“Find your hallelujah”; “drop the drama and go with the comma”).

Takeaway

Set aside fear’s noise. Don’t let “much ado” or panic dominate your life—clear space for Jesus, for worship, for faith. Even in the face of what looks final, trust God’s presence and his ability to bring restoration and peace. You are, as Franklin affirms, “precious in his sight,” and that is the assurance to stand, trust, and “find your hallelujah” whatever your situation.