Faith Over Fear - Fear Not

New Song Church OKC

Isaiah 60:1
1. Giving Hope.
2 Corinthians 1:10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he willdeliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us
He has, He will, & He will continue to deliver us.
Romans 8:28

“A conqueror defeats his enemy, but a more than conqueror defeats his enemy AND then turns around and makes the enemy SERVE HIS PURPOSE”

through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2. Provide Support.

3. Stay Close

Practice “physical distancing” but stay “socially connected”

Hebrews 10:24-25

Give Hope, Provide Support and Stay Close

I believe if we focus on this, we will truly Be Ministers At This Opportune Time That Make An Eternal Difference.

The most often mentioned command of Jesus in the Gospels is “fear not.”

Healthy fears enable me to create boundaries that I can control that protect me from dangerous things.

Unhealthy fears create prisons that control me and cause me to feel like dangerous things are inevitable.

Numbers 13:27-33 27

Fear puts problems between us and God but faith puts God between us and our problems.

1. Fear Makes You Crazy

2 Thessalonians 3:3The Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

2. Fear Makes You Feel Small

Unmanaged fear in your life will always make you feel small.

3. Fear Is Contagious

Numbers 13:32 So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge. 33 We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

Numbers 14:7 “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. 8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”

#1 Stop Feeding Your Fears.

2. Start Feeding Your Faith.

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.