We’ve been learning how God our father doesn’t want his children to live lives clamped by worry and fear. We’ve been learning how to live courageously in the face of fear laying siege to our hearts.
- Rejection in our relationships
- In our financial calamity
- Fear of failure, disappointment with myself
- Fear for our families
- Apprehension about death
There’s one last topic we want to address. There seems to be a growing fear among Christians in the United States. The American church is feeling more and more like the outsider at the table. In our television shows and in our judicial decisions Christians are more frequently being painted into radicals who are infringing on the rights of others. Who are standing in the way. Fundamentalist is code word for radical. Evangelical is code word for judgmental. Christians are feeling this mounting sense of scapegoating, cultural labeling and ostracism. People are asking “where is this all heading.”
Fear of mounting societal ostracism, and impending persecution. If we’re not careful, we can pick up the shame attached to these accusations. Victim mentality. And we can let fear cramp us into a corner. Shame, Victimhood, Fear. Since when have those three been our friends. The Bible tells something completely different.
Fearless in the Face of Death
March 6, 2016 • Lester Zimmerman
Fearless About Your Family
February 28, 2016 • Jeremy Leaman
Today's message will specifically speak to parents and their fears for their children. But I do want to say that “Fearless about our Family” includes much more than the temptations that parents face regarding worrying about their children.
You might be a young teenage worrying over your last remaining grandparent because of recent health issues, perhaps you have a cousin who you love like a brother, or maybe you are knees pleading with the Lord to change her husband’s heart. Or great-grandparents who are watching their family in the 3rd and 4th generation drift away from the Lord—no matter if you are single or married, parent or grandparent, childless or just a child—you have family that you love and care for. So I trust that as I share, God will apply my words to your specific life situation and challenge you and encourage you towards a life that is free from worry and anxiety regarding your loved ones.
