Fear
Sometimes Sleeping Difficulties Come When God is About to Do a Great Things
Genesis 15:12. Sometimes sleeping difficulties may be a sign that God is about to tell you something important. This was the case with Abraham in the Bible.
Seek God, not Man, to Find Your Passion
Proverbs 23:17. Many people never find their passion in life because they are looking in the wrong place. Instead of seeking God for what they should do in life, many people will seek their passion in the material possessions or other attributes that other people have in life. Seeking what others have leads to envy and disappointment in life.
The Wrong Way to Overcome Guilt
Genesis 3:10. Guilt can be a heavy burden, but there is a right way and a wrong way to overcome guilt. Humans have experienced guilt since the Garden of Eden. The way that Adam and Eve tried to address their guilt is an example of a wrong way to overcome guilt. Adam and Eve experience guilt because they had disobeyed God by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
God Can Shame You to Bring You into a Place of Honor With Him
Ezekiel 39:26. Sometime God uses shame to chastise us in order for us to come into a place of honor with Him. It is amazing that every time we drift from God, He will find a way to chastise us to do right. This chastisement may come in the form of physical afflictions or emotional distress.
Solomon's Obedience Would Bring True Success and Prosperity
1 Chronicles 22:13. David, near the end of his life, advised his son that total obedience to God would bring him true success and prosperity. David told him that obedience to God came from obeying God's commandments as given to Moses in the Wilderness. Solomon would now be the leader of the Israelites, and just as with Moses, Solomon was charged with fulfilling God's commandments.
Fear Nothing But God
Bible Summary. Fear nothing if you have God on your side. With God, there is no need for emotional distress. He is more awesome and powerful that any worry, fear, or person. When we are separated from God, we will let our imagination get away with us. We will focus on evil thoughts versus the good things of God. As a friend of God, we should not fear anything.
Good Excuses For Denying God – God is Not Convenient
Acts 24:25. Many of us have good excuses for not fulfilling God's purpose in our lives. For us that our ambitious or prosperous the best excuse is that doing God's purpose in our lives is not convenient. This is what happened when Felix, the Roman Governor, met with the Apostle Paul and received God's Word.
Spiritual Perfection Is Love, Without Fear
1 John 4:18. From a Christian perspective, spiritual perfection is based on love - love of God and love of people. This perfect love is "agape" love and is defined as unmerited favor. This Godly love casts out the fear in our lives and leads the way for us to be spiritually perfect.
Alms Giving is an Acknowledgement of God
Acts 10:2. It is so easy for us to get caught up in our day-to-day activities and forget God. This is not how God desires for us to live. He desires us to acknowledge Him in all things. This can be done through prayer and meditation, but it is also done through our alms giving.
Jesus Frees Us From Strife
John 14:27. Many times you may not be the source of strife, but then you get caught up in it. Someone may be boasting, and then you start boasting. Someone attempts to take something of yours and then you take something of theirs. Someone hits you, you hit them back. Only Jesus can free us of the strife of this world. Jesus enables us to not to get caught up in the strife and conflict.
Fear Nothing Because You Have God's Promises
Deuteronomy 31:6. When we have a relationship with God, we can rely on His promises. We can be strong and of good courage.
Fear Only God
Matthew 10:28. All of us have a tendency to fear things, worry over things, and to be anxious over the future. The Bible says for us not to be fearful of things "...which kill the body..." but be more fearful of God who can "...destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matthew 10:28). God is a jealous God.
Face Death That Is Eternal
Revelation 21:8. The third type of death is Eternal death. Eternal death is eternal separation from God. If we have not accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we will face death that is eternal on Judgment Day. Eternal death happens because man chooses sin (disobedience to God), and thus, we choose to be separated from God.
Face Death From God's Perspective
Matthew 10:28. Death is not something we desire to talk about, much less face. From a Christian perspective death is something we need to fully understand and discussed in order to face death from the right perspective. We need to know what it is and what it is not. Most people are scared of death.
Christians Believe Versus Fear
Mark 5:36. We tend to fear things that we cannot control or that are outside our five senses. For Christians we may fear God, but we believe in His promises first. Jesus is the Lord of peace (2 Thessalonians 3:16, "Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all").
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Deuteronomy 31:6, "Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee."
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