Don't Be Afraid... Open Your Eyes
Series: Prayers from the Bible
September 18, 2022
Dave Smith
Fear wants to steal your joy, take your courage and leave you cold, naked and trembling. Fear's basic strategy is to manipulate you with the mysterious and taunt you with the unknown--fear of death, fear of failure, fear of defeat, fear of rejection, fear of being alone, fear of God, fear of living. Yes the arsenal is vast, and what is the goal? To create cowardly joyless souls. ---------- You see, Fear doesn’t want you to make the journey to the mountain. Fear figures that if if can rattle you just enough, you will take your eyes off the lofty peaks of life, and settle for a dull, drab, safe existence in the flatlands of existence. ---------- This Sunday, we want to encourage with the words, DON’T BE AFRAID! A phrase that occurs 88 times in the Bible and is mostly spoken by God to his people. When these words are spoken by God, we can trust them.
Episode Notes
2 Kings 6:11-16
BIG IDEA
Prayer helps us to see beyond burdens, fears, and failures... to see Him place our trust in Him.
James 1:2-6
WE WILL SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF THE BATTLE
- We are never outnumbered when God is with us
- The outcome does not depend on our contributions
- The result is based on spiritual faith not physical force
Ephesians 6:12
Ephesians 6:18
WE WILL EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF GOD
Genesis 26:24, Jeremiah 42:11, Joshua 1:9
WE WILL REMEMBER GOD’S PAST VICTORIES
Deuteronomy 7:17-21
- This problem is too big for me
- I can never make it through this
- I can’t overcome all these obstacles
Matthew 8:26, Matthew 14:21, Matthew 16:8, Luke 12:28
2 Chronicles 32:7
1 John 4:4
NEXT STEP
Open your eyes and see God’s providential grace… Nothing can separate you from His love
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