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Oct 1, 2019 · When Jesus was teaching His disciples about fear, worry, and anxiety, He taught four key principles. These principles reveal how a wrong response to fear, worry, and anxiety can hinder our spiritual walk, and why we must take our fear, worry, and anxiety seriously as followers of Christ.
Instead of focusing on what affects us, we want to look at fear and worry in light of who God is and how we can overcome them through the power of His Word. WHAT IS FEAR?
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In his mercy, God heard my desperate prayers and preserved my wife. The doctors and nurses were amazing, and my wife was stabilized and recovered. But the fear I felt in those moments was real, and an extreme example of the fears we regularly meet throughout life. The vast majority of our anxiety may not be as severe, but the symptoms are common an...
Philippians 4:6–7tells us, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” But how does prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving uproot the weeds of anxiety in our lives? Or to switch the analogy, if fear and anxiety are like the indicator dashboard lights of o...
The apostle Peter makes an explicit link between humility and relinquishing anxiety: According to Peter, to let go of anxious thoughts and fears requires the multistep process of admitting that (1) I am fearful and anxious, (2) I am failing to trust some aspect of God’s character and goodness, and (3) I need his help to cast these anxieties upon hi...
When we humble ourselves before God, recognizing our weakness, fears, and anxieties, we can begin casting those anxieties before our Lord in prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving (Philippians 4:6–7). In each step of this process, we recall God’s character and promises in our prayers to him. Our prayers switch from “take it away God!” to humble sub...
As much as it depends on you, wage war on anxiety by targeting the root. Experienced gardeners will tell you that the best defense against weeds is a good offense. Strong flourishing perennials, a well-fertilized vegetable garden, or even thick green grass soak up the nutrients and crowd out the weeds. Similarly, as we uproot anxiety and fear, we m...
Lesson 2 GOD’S REMEDY (CURE) FOR ANxIETY (FEAR AND WORRY) is your fear? What useful steps . can you take either to remove the thing that makes you afraid or to lessen your fear of it? PIX #6. DO NOT BE AFRAID (Genesis 15:1–3) Read Genesis 15:1–3. What caused. Abram’s fear? What good reasons did he have to fear? God called Abram and promised
• Develop a proper fear of God. (Use “Fear of God Test” daily to focus of wisdom) -Ps 112:1, 7, 8 – Learn to fear the Lord, fixing your heart on Him and trusting in Him. -Mt 25:14-30 – Learn to channel fear into serving the Lord by faith. • Grow in the development of biblically directed self-control.
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Knowing God's promises can help you counter and prevent fear experiences. (Make verse cards.) 1Jn 4:18 – Maturing love focuses on God and drives out tormenting fear. Isa 41:10 – God will strengthen us and help us. 1Pe 5:6-7 – God cares for us and will exalt us in due time when we trust Him. Heb 13:5-6 – God will never leave or forsake us.
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Anxiety is one of the evil conditions of the heart that comes from unbelief. Much anxiety, Jesus says, comes from little faith. This is the kind of connection we are going to see again and again in the weeks to come. The root of a sinful condition of the heart is unbelief in the living God.
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