Life Hacks – How to Fight Fear Sermon notes 7/3/15

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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