Title: The Four P's That Prevent Fear
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Hebrews 13:5-6
New Years Sermon
I - The Lord's Plenteous Provisions "Contenting" (5a)
II - The Lord's Personal Presence "Calming" (5b)
III - The Lord's Precious Promise "Consoling" (6a)
IV - The Lord's Powerful Protection "Comforting" (6b)
The word "FEAR" is also an acrostic for "False Evidence Appearing Real," as the following tale demonstrates: Don't give in to fears or they will overwhelm you.
Take for example the small boy walking past a charming old churchyard on a very dark, but otherwise very pleasant, evening. When he walked along lackadaisically whistling a happy tune, he was fine. But then he looked over into the churchyard and noticed the shadows and the grave stones, so he stopped whistling and quickened his pace.
After a few strides his fear took hold of him and he suddenly got the urge to run, and as he ran his fear turned to terror - on what was, after all, just a dark, but otherwise very pleasant, evening! Let me say it again: If you give in to fear it will overwhelm you, if you give it an inch it will take a mile.
Don't do it.
Don't give it an inch. Instead, choose to control your fear and not let your fear control you. There are various reasons that we have fear, not helpful fear, but fear that is harmful and hurtful to is, let us consider these thoughts:
1. Insufficient Resources
We have issues walking by faith and trust, so we want all resources in hand!!!
2. Inadequate Resolve
Our flesh grows weary and at times we fail in our resolve to trust the Lord!!!
3. Inaccurate Reports
If we are not careful, we listen to others and allow them to place fear upon us.
Today, we are going to learn how to minimize our fear and magnify our faith!!!
Misplaced Fear
As the onset of winter approached some Native American Indians approached their tribal chief and asked him to forecast whether the winter would by mild or cold. The chief h ...
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Hebrews 13:5-6
New Years Sermon
I - The Lord's Plenteous Provisions "Contenting" (5a)
II - The Lord's Personal Presence "Calming" (5b)
III - The Lord's Precious Promise "Consoling" (6a)
IV - The Lord's Powerful Protection "Comforting" (6b)
The word "FEAR" is also an acrostic for "False Evidence Appearing Real," as the following tale demonstrates: Don't give in to fears or they will overwhelm you.
Take for example the small boy walking past a charming old churchyard on a very dark, but otherwise very pleasant, evening. When he walked along lackadaisically whistling a happy tune, he was fine. But then he looked over into the churchyard and noticed the shadows and the grave stones, so he stopped whistling and quickened his pace.
After a few strides his fear took hold of him and he suddenly got the urge to run, and as he ran his fear turned to terror - on what was, after all, just a dark, but otherwise very pleasant, evening! Let me say it again: If you give in to fear it will overwhelm you, if you give it an inch it will take a mile.
Don't do it.
Don't give it an inch. Instead, choose to control your fear and not let your fear control you. There are various reasons that we have fear, not helpful fear, but fear that is harmful and hurtful to is, let us consider these thoughts:
1. Insufficient Resources
We have issues walking by faith and trust, so we want all resources in hand!!!
2. Inadequate Resolve
Our flesh grows weary and at times we fail in our resolve to trust the Lord!!!
3. Inaccurate Reports
If we are not careful, we listen to others and allow them to place fear upon us.
Today, we are going to learn how to minimize our fear and magnify our faith!!!
Misplaced Fear
As the onset of winter approached some Native American Indians approached their tribal chief and asked him to forecast whether the winter would by mild or cold. The chief h ...
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