Welcome back. We're
talking today about fear.
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The fears that I experience,
the fears that you experience,
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and how the Lord Jesus Christ
wants to bring us deliverance.
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Today we identified six
different categories of fear.
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We talked about fears
about faith, fears about family,
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fears about health,
fears about relationships,
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fears about future,
and fears about finances.
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Next week we will talk about
how the Lord Jesus Christ wants
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to bring us deliverance from
those fears that have bound us.
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First though is our application,
our assignment for this week.
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And that is three-fold.
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I have my journal here.
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It's right in front of me.
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This one was given to me
by my mother in law, Valerie.
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I love this journal, and it's
something that I can use often,
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and it stays open,
and it's nice and flat.
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So pick out a journal, or
pick out a piece of paper;
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something. It doesn't matter.
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First write down
what your fear is.
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You might have a different fear
than any of the ones that I've
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mentioned here today.
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It doesn't matter.
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Identify what your fear is.
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I've identified here, this is
just an example, for this fear,
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God is untrustworthy.
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Next identify the lie.
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What is the lie
that Satan has told you?
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What lie leads to that fear?
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In this case I
think we could say,
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God causes evil and suffering.
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If we think that, if we
think God causes the evil
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and suffering in this
world then, of course,
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we won't trust God.
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Number three is Scripture.
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Identify a Scripture that
you can claim, that you can use,
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that will combat
the lie of the enemy.
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The Scripture I chose for this
fear, and this particular lie,
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is James 1:17. It says, Every
good gift, and every perfect
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gift is from above, and comes
down from the Father of lights.
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So God says, I want to bring
you good and perfect gifts.
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Of course I don't
cause evil and suffering.
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A second fear I
have on my journal here
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is health and disease.
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The lie might be
God is punishing me.
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The Scripture God can use
to combat that lie is John 9:3.
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That's the story we talked about
during the program with the
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man who was born blind.
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Neither this man
sinned, nor his parents.
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It wasn't either
one of their faults.
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God was not punishing them.
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It was that the work of
Christ should be glorified.
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Whatever your fear is
identify it this week.
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Write down the lie, and
then identify the Scripture
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you can use to claim.
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Next week we'll talk about
how God wants to break that
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fear and set us free.
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Our closing
Scripture is Romans 15:13.
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Now may the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace
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in believing, that you may
abound in hope by the power
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of the Holy Spirit.
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