Sun, June 23, ‘24 - AM Services
“Casting Out Fear” - Dr. Doug Melton
1 John 4:15-19
“For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn – – fighting without and fear within.”
2 Corinthians 7:5
1. Begin by confessing that Jesus is the Son of God - vs 15
“It is the normal state of the human heart to try to build its identity around something besides God.“
Søren Kierkegaard
“But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ And he said, ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, ‘ “
Genesis 3:9–10
“After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: ‘Fear not, Abram, I am your
shield;‘“
Genesis 15:1
2. Know and believe the love that GOD has for you. - vs 16
3. Confidence comes through the completion of that love. - vs 17
“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us.“
1 John 4:12
"You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;"
James 2:22
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