Peter spoke from Deuteronomy 1, looking at why the Israelites were fearful.
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Israel and their journey and their fear.
Fear was the reason they did not take the land.
They felt like grasshoppers, they thought they would be crushed.
Surely God cannot be with us!
Why have you bought us here to die?
Who here is fearful?
My fears
Who here worries about their health?
Who worries about money?
Who worries about a loss of a job?
Who worries about their children?
What is the relationship between worry and fear?
Fears are what underpin our worry.
Why worry about losing your keys. Drain example.
Sensible worry. But if that meant I had to keep my keys on a lanyard, and walked 2m from any drain, then fear would have set in.
Not only is fear a hindrance in your life, but it also places a filter of distorted perspective over your mind. Fear and anxiety produce worry, a false sense of security, and a desire for the things in this world.
Put God first and everything that you worry about and fear will take care of itself.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but continuing despite the fear.
Fear is the thief of dreams
Look at Israel - a whole generation missed out on a land of milk and honey!
God wants to deal with our fears.
WWJD?
Coming up to Easter
Garden Gethsemane, Jesus knew what was going to happen
Relaxed? into the will of God....
Fear at the cross....
Jesus cried and wept to the point of weeping blood. Now that's worry.
What does Jesus tell us?
John 14:26-7
So how should we behave?
Israel needed to remember who they were in God.
Israel needed to remember what God had done for them.
Freedom from fear.
2 Timothy 1:7
Isaiah 41:10
Psalms 55:22
Psalms 89:6-7
Philippians 4:6
Worry and anxiety don’t add any value and only rob today of it’s value
Luke 11:22-34
Questions for groups
What are the things you worry about?
What would be the underlying fear?
Do you really trust God that he can deal with those things?
Pray together that God would deal with those fears.
At the end of his preach, Peter read the words of "Good Things".
