FREEDOM FROM FEAR.

Genesis 3:9–10

How Fear Disguises Itself.

- The Approval Seeker

- Delayed Obedience

- The Control-Driven Life

- The Self-Protector

- The Avoider

- The Wounded Lens

4 Truths That Dismantle Fear.

1. Grace Is Enough In Your Weakness.

9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 [NIV]

10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10 [NIV]

1 God is our refuge and strength,  an ever-present help in trouble. 

Psalm 46:1 [NIV]

2. God’s Love Removes And Uproots Fear. 

18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:18 [NIV] 

38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38-39 [NIV]

17 “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

Zephaniah 3:17 [NIV]

3. Freedom Is Your Position In Christ.

1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1 [NIV]

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:36 [NIV]

14 Having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; He has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Colossians 2:14-15 [NIV]

4. God Is Unchanging, So You Are Secure.

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 13:8 [NIV]

6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”

Malachi 3:6 [NIV]

22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23 [NIV]