Eleutheria Ministries: Truths From God's Word

We are continuing in our study on the tactic of fear. Just a reminder: Merriam Webster online dictionary defines fear as: an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger; anxious concern.   Today we will be digging into the Word to take a closer look at another common fear that Christians face today.     Fear of the Unknown (Vain Imaginings).    Example 1: Abraham     In Genesis 12:10-13 we read, Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”   Here we see that Abram was afraid tha...

We will continue studying the tactic of fear. Just a reminder: Merriam Webster online dictionary defines fear as: an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger; anxious concern.  Today we will be digging into the Word to take a closer look at another common fear that Christians face today.    Fear of Failure.   Example 1: Regulations for the Army of Israel. Deuteronomy 20:8, “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.’  (NLT)  In the regulations God gave Moses and the Children of Israel, He included a rule about fearful soldiers.  If anyone was afraid or worried, they were to go home so that their fear would not impact the rest of the army.    God knew that if one man began to fear it would spread like leaven in a batch of dough.  The fearful one would begin to verbally express his fear and others would grab hold ...