SERMONS ON FEAR
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Whom Shall I Fear? (2 of 16)
by Ken Trivette
There was a stormy night when the disciples found themselves in a terrible storm and their little boat being tossed about by the winds and waves. Water began filling the ship and it looked as if they were on the verge of sinking. Fear and panic filled the hearts of the disciples and when they approached the Lord, His question to them was, "Why are ye so fearful" (Mark 4:40)? Hundreds of years earlier, the Psalmist had asked himself a similar question: "Whom shall I fear," and "of whom shall I be afraid?" 2. In our present series of sermons we are looking at Great Questions From The Bible. The first question that we looked...
What the Devil Fears Most (6 of 9)
by Jeff Schreve
Well, as many of you know, my wife loves pets. I tolerate pets, but I love Debbie. So we have two cats and two dogs; two little dogs and two regular-size cats, I guess. And, ah, she asked me the other day, she said, "Jeff, I want to get another dog." She said, "I'd like to get a Great Dane" (laughter). I said, "That's fine, but first let me schedule my lobotomy." You know, I mean, I'm just not ready for that. But she loves these little dogs. She'll tell them all the time, "Oh, mommy loves you so bad. Mommy just loves you so bad." And I look at them, dumb and dumber, and I say, "Daddy just tolerates you so bad" (laughter). I mean...
Freedom from Fear (1 of 3)
by Ernest Easley
We're learning these days from God's Word how to live this new year without fear. And what a challenge that is considering that Doctors have identified over 700 kinds of phobias or fears. For example: Acrophobia: the fear of high places. Claustrophobia: the fear of enclosed areas. Ergophobia: the fear of work. Demophobia: the fear of crowds. Gamophobia: the fear of marriage. Phobophobia: the fear of fear. And according to The People's Almanac .. the number one fear in the US is Glossophobia: the fear of speaking before a group. And don't think that Fear is restricted to age. Children fear being alone....
Life's Fearful Valleys (1 of 7)
by Stan Coffey
There are two kinds of fear, there is a negative kind of fear but there is also a positive kind of fear. It is the kind of fear that tells us we shouldn't ski on our feet! It is the same kind of fear you know that tells you that you shouldn't play with rattle snakes and if you live in Florida and you have had two hurricanes and one is on the way, you might ought to think about evacuating! God in deed did give us a spirit of self-preservation, so not all fear is bad. There is a kind of fear that God put within us that is good. That is to be careful when we get out on the highway, be careful how we drive and that is a good kind of fear. But there is what the...
The Fear Factor: Why We Should Fear God (5 of 16)
by Jeff Lynn
Let us remember that the apostle Peter is giving instruction to these recipients as to how to live as exiles and sojourners both socially and spiritually. He is reminding them that they live in the stable economy or 'household' of the kingdom of heaven. We have been reminded about that this week in the wake of the Japan earthquake and tsunamis.He has shown them who they are in Christ, what they have in Christ, and now he is sharing with them how to live in Christ. Last week we concluded with how they are to think as aliens; to get their minds right. Remember, buckle up, wake up, look up and straighten up. But now Peter...
The Grip of Fear
by David Cawston
Have you ever panicked? Have you ever been so anxious that you have made stupid decision? I have! Let me share with you a message this morning about the destructive and constructive sides of emotion. God has a special message for you today to bring release in your life. Let God speak to you though this message this morning. Read: I Kings 11:29-38 29 Now it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way; and he had clothed himself with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field. 30 Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was...
What If It Happens to Me? The Fear of Suffering (4 of 6)
by James Merritt
I want to talk to you today about perhaps the most thorny issue confronting the Christian faith. In fact, it is the single biggest obstacle for non-christians to overcome in order to become believers in Christ. George Barna, who is the George Gallup of the Christian world, conducted a national survey in which he asked this question, ''If you could ask God only one question and you knew He would give you an answer, what would you ask?'' By far and away the number one response was this one - ''Why is there pain and suffering in the world?'' 2. You see the very question assumes that a loving God and suffering cannot...
Facing the Future without Fear
by Fred Lowery
Since I promised last week we are going to talk about fear and facing the future without fear because one word summary of the past decade would be greed. Greed. But the word for this decade to this point is the word fear. As you look back Time Magazine called the last decade the one that we just finished, the Decade from hell. And they said that because of all the things that have happened, the trials and the tribulation, the natural disasters that have happened in this decade. Earthquakes have killed tens of thousands in Iran and China and Pakistan. The shuttle explosion, you remember when the shuttle came over East Texas and...
It Was Grace That Taught My Heart to Fear (3 of 3)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: Many people are very suspicious. They'll collect rabbit's feet. They'll put horseshoes upside down to collect luck. And they'll avoid various things like letting black cats cross their path or allowing themselves to walk under ladders. But one of the most famous fears people have is of Friday the 13th. It's considered an unlucky day, because - down thru the ages - both Fridays and the number 13 have been regarded as being an ill-omen. The number 13, for example: The Turks so disliked that number that they practically removed it from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a...
Love Has No Room for Fear (5 of 6)
by Frank Damazio
Intro: We have been exploring the book of I John, learning how to live like Jesus. We've seen Jesus rightly proclaimed by John the Apostle, understood that living like Jesus is a miracle that results from abiding in Him, and we have been empowered to overcome, to conquer the enemy, through the Holy Spirit anointing on our lives. From the Apostle of Love, we also learned about the lavish love of the Father. The love of God is rich and pure, beyond any human love we could ever experience. We are to take that same love that Jesus has revealed to us and show it to others. We share perfect love with imperfect people. Our text today...
Transforming Fear Pt 2 (5 of 5)
by Michael White
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone...
Death Without Fear
by Jerry Vines
We have followed the life of Joseph as we have seen him carried into the land of Egypt, and have observed that through of all of the difficulties and trials he experienced, God was with him, God blessed him and God continued to use him. He has been exalted to the position of Prime Minister in all of the land and has become, in a literal sense the Savior of his own people, providing for them grain-corn during these days of famine. The brothers of Joseph have made the astounding discovery that he is still alive so now they are returning back to get their father, Jacob. They get Jacob, they go back into the land and now we pick up the story...
Overcoming Fear (3 of 6)
by Jim Henry
A Sunday School teacher asked her class of young married women,''What is the fear that grips your heart, your worst fear?'' Each of the girls wrote down her foremost concern. They went something like this: ''I'm afraid that something will happen to my children.'' ''I'm afraid that my children will rebel against our leadership when they're teenagers.'' ''I'm afraid something will happen to me before I can raise my children.'' ''I'm afraid something will happen to my husband and we'll not be able to raise our children together.'' On and on it went. Each of these young women shared with honesty the heartfelt fear that gripped her mind and heart...
How to Handle Your Fear
by Adrian Rogers
Well amen. Take God's word please and turn to II Timothy chapter one and in a moment we're going to begin reading God's Word beginning in verse 6. II Timothy chapter one. And if you didn't bring a Bible with you this morning look there in the pew racks before you and in all likelihood there's one. and turn to it. I believe you'll always get so much more out of a message if you have an open Bible there in front of you. That is, if the preacher is preaching out of the word of God. And speaking of preaching to you out of the Word of God let me talk to you a little bit about the newspapers before I talk to you from this text. Ann Landers...
Do Not Fear But Believe
by Tony Nester
I remember reading about Jairus' plea for Jesus to heal his twelve year old daughter when our daughter, Charissa, was also twelve years old. That gave me some inkling of what Jairus was feeling when he went in desperation to find Jesus to save his little girl from death. Luke identifies Jairus as one of the Jewish authorities, a leader of a synagogue. Synagogue leaders, sometimes called rulers, were in charge of how a synagogue managed and conducted its worship. That's important to know because by this time in his ministry Jesus has said and done things which the Jewish religious leaders have opposed. Here's one...
Faith over Fear
by Robert Walker
A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, ''If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.'' Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, ''Who...
America: Gripped by Fear
by Ernest Easley
As of September 11th... America has been Gripped by Fear! Fear has gripped us as a nation like an object in a vice! And that should not surprise us! Now... the recent events should sadden us... but not surprise us! In speaking of His second coming... Jesus said in Luke 21.25-28, ''And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress (anxiety) of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud...
Fear Not (1 of 7)
by Stan Coffey
This is a forty day period of time that gives us an opportunity for forty days to have a special walk with God when we focus our attention on God's love and God's care for us. And the fact that God wants to give us victory over fear. God wants to give us affirmation; He wants to give us faith for daily living. Right now in our nation we just memorialized those who were killed in the tragedy of 9/11, the third year anniversary of 9/11. We know many Americans are concerned about the future. In fact among women, the number one concern in the national election is security. One of the main issues that people are concerned about is the security...
Farewell to Fear
by James Merritt
It is a spirit that hovers over every home and hamlet on earth. Sometimes it expresses itself through sweaty palms. In a moment it can tie your stomach into knots that take hours to undo. It can shove a lump into your throat and shut down your entire windpipe. It can cause your blood pressure to rise like a rocket and your courage to drop like a rock.2. If the shock it brings is strong enough, the blood can be cut off almost completely from the brain momentarily, causing a person to faint. In other cases, it can cause the blood flow to the extremities of the body to be hindered so that a person actually gets "cold feet."3. This...
