Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is a game position in chess (and in other board games of the chaturanga family) in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture) and there is no way to remove the threat. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.
it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
Freedom from the Fear of Death (John 14:1-6 and Hebrews 2:14-15) 1  Background: This was an older man, the father of one of our church members. I met this gentleman when I conducted his wife's funeral service after her death.