Part 3: Worry/Hope

FEAR AND FAITH – PART 3

“Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites.”

Judges 6:11 (NLT)

“The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!’ ‘Sir,’ Gideon replied, ‘if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, “The Lord brought us up out of Egypt”? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.’”

Judges 6:12-13 (NLT)

“Then the Lord turned to him and said, ‘Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!’ ‘But Lord,’ Gideon replied, ‘how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!’”

Judges 6:14-15 (NLT)

“The Lord said to him, ‘I will be with you...’”

Judges 6:16a (NLT)

1. THE INVITATION TO WALK BY FAITH IS AN INVITATION TO STEP INTO YOUR FEARS.

QUESTIONS:

• What am I standing on?

• What is my focus?

• Where am I looking?

2. JESUS GIVES YOU AN INVITATION.

“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.”

Matthew 6:33 (NLT)

• Our fears are wrapped up in: What if?

“Then Jesus said, ‘Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’”

Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

• What fears and worries do you need to lay down today?

THREE ANCHOR VERSES:

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.”

Psalm 56:3 (ESV)

“And He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’”

Luke 10:27 (ESV)

“If My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS TO:

• Pick a way from the Crestview Update to serve someone this week.

• Give your fears and worries to Jesus.

• Commit my life to Jesus Christ and follow Him.