The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Problem

• What do you fear? Failure? Rejection? Sudden disaster? Men?
• Courage is the state of mind that allows one to face hardship or disaster with confidence and resolution.
• Fear is the agitated state of mind that cripples us from looking any farther than the hardship itself.
• To be afraid is not to fully trust God.

The Cycle of Fear

• Step 1. Reality.
• Step 2. Response.
• Step 3. Result.
• Step 4. Return.
• Step 5. Rescue.

Godly Fear versus Secular Fear

• Men have the power to give us what we don't deserve, or to withhold from us what we do deserve.
• God has the power to give us what we do deserve, or to withhold from us what we don't deserve.

Four Steps to Overcome Fear

• Step 1. Unbundle our emotions.
• Step 2. Exercise faith in the sovereignty of God.
• Step 3. Submit our circumstances and attitude to God.
• Step 4. Wait patiently for God to act.