Life Hack: A clever solution to a tricky problem
Top 3 Fears American’s have:
#3 Snakes and Spiders
#2 Heights
#1 Public Speaking
Fear is most alive in the fabrication of your mind…
Proverbs: Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. – (Proverbs 1:2 NLT)
I. Fear of human opinion = Replacing God with other people
The fear of human opinion disables. – Proverbs 29:25a The Message
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II. But the Bible has a very different Life Hack to Fear of Human opinion.
The spiritual life hack to the fear of man is to fear the Lord.
Fear of Man: People are Big and God is small.
Fear of God: God is Big and people are small
Fear of God = Replacing “people” with God
Matthew 10:28 NLT
28 “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Proverbs 29:25 MSG
The fear of human opinion disables;
trusting in God protects you from that.
Proverbs 1:7a ESV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge
Proverbs 14:26a ESV
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence
Proverbs 19:23 NKJV
The fear of the Lord leads to life,
And he who has it will abide in satisfaction;
He will not be visited with evil.
The fear of the LORD is expressed in reverential submission to his will.
Fear will taunt you…
1 Samuel 17:8
8 Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Fear is relentless…
Faith sees something else
Fear is overcome one victory at a time…
Victory comes by the LORD
God gives the victory
Face fear quickly
The only way to fight fear is to run toward God.
To run in the face of fear in obedience toward God.
Fearing God is the foundation to fighting fear
Proverbs 1:7 NLT
7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
God has not given us a “spirit of fear”
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