What are you afraid of?
Fear in the mind causes stress in the body. The body will manifests the stress. It causes us to drink, overeat, not sleep, depression, quitting, etc.
Luke 12:25 – which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his life?
Big idea: FEAR IS NOT ALWAYS A SIN BUT ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY
Who are you afraid of? Someone other than God takes that position in our lives. We need “them” when we shouldn’t. Life doesn’t come from “them” but from God, we should fear Him!
When you fear someone you cannot love them.
Someone takes the place of God in our lives
Proverbs 29:25 – the fear of man is a trap
Fear includes being afraid of someone or holding someone in awe: Worshiping other people, putting your trust in people, needing people. We replace God with people and we end up fearing others. When we are teens it’s called peer pressure. When we are older we call k
1. Who do you fear? Whose opinion matters way too much to you?
2. Do you need praise?
3. Are you overly devastated by criticism?
Criticism is constant, global and present.
Not everything on the Internet is true!
Don’t let criticism devastate you, otherwise you are fearing man
4. Are you committed to people and things God didn’t all you to?
You’re following other people’s calling in our lives.
FEAR IS VISION WITHOUT HOPE!
When we see the worst possible case-scenario
FEAR IS NOT ALWAYS RATIONAL BUT IT IS POWERFUL
We are terrified of things we shouldn’t be terrified of
FEAR IS ABOUT NOT GETTING WHAT WE WANT, OR GETTING IT AN DLOSING IT, OR GETTING WHAT WE DON’T WANT
FEAR PREACHES A FALSE GOSPEL
It makes you look for a functional savior.
It makes for a fake savior
What is your hell and your heaven?
FEAR TURNS US INTO FALSE PROPHETS
We predict a future that will never happen and we cause ourselves worry about a future that isn’t coming
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO FEAR? FEAR NOT!
The most frequently mentioned commandment in the whole Bible
God usually says FEAR NOT I AM PRESENT WITH YOU
ITS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT FACING YOUR FEAR, IT’S ABOUT BEING WITH GOD
For ex…
Adam is afraid. God’s answer is to be with him.
God says to Abraham “fear not I am your shield!” Protection
Isaac hears the same. “fear not, I am with you” Presence
God keeps saying this a lot because we forget
Jesus says the truth will set you free
Moses hears “my presence will go with you” God doesn’t give him a map, He says “I will be with you”
Elijah hears “fear not” at the brink of war.
David said “even though I walk through the valley of e shadow of death I will fear not because God is with me
Isaiah hears it, God calls Jacob a worm, says “little Israel, fear not!”
Jeremiah hears it. He’s the weeping prophet. He’s a sad man.
Daniel hears it
Mary hears it. “fear not teenage girl, God will be in you!”
Jesus conquered the thing we fear the most: death! If we die we get to be with Jesus!
We have to reset worse case scenario.
Jesus tells His disciples “fear not, I will be with you always until the end!”
We are all going to be afraid, we tend to forget.
Everything may not be ok but we will be ok with God