Post on 13-Jul-2015
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Resolution Solutions
Fear Not
Difficulties, challenges and storms of life…
Our Response to storms…
Control
Worry
Procrastinate
Fear
Living Courageously
Observations from Matthew 10
Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out
and commanded them….
DISCIPLES SENT WITH INSTRUCTIONS
Matthew 10:7-8 7 And as you go, preach,
saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons.
TOLD TO PREACH AND DEMONSTRATE GOD’S POWER
Matthew 10:9 9 Provide neither gold nor silver nor
copper in your money belts,
TOLD TO TRUST FOR PROVISION
Matthew 10:16-2016 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.
GIVEN WARNING
18 You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak.
GIVEN WARNING
For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; 20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
GIVEN WARNING
Matthew 10:28-29 28 And do not fear those who kill
the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
COMMANDED TO FEAR NOT
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
COMMANDED TO FEAR NOT
Learning to live without fear
Know that: 1. God is
BIGGER than our PROBLEMS
Learning to live without fear
Know that: 2. God knows
the FUTURE
Learning to live without fear
Know that: 3. God will
BE WITH US.
Learning to live without fear
Know that: 4. God
VALUES us.
Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Trust- be confident, rely upon
All your heart – heart is the metaphor for the center of everything. From the very center of your being. All that you are about.
Lean not on our own understanding of things –
Proverbs 14:12 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
Acknowledge Him – seeking His wise aid
Direct our paths – to make right, pleasant and prosperous.