I. Excessive Fear


     
     A. No emotion does  more harm to human lives than fear. The authority believes that considerably more than half of the troubles that people have are due to fear. Fear works damage to the mental & the physical well being of mankind probably causing more misery & inefficiency than anything else in human experience. Fear appears in a great variety of forms. Some of these are: Dread, fright, alarm, anxiety, dismay, consternation, worry, apprehension, timidity, panic, terror & horror.

          B.Though it is the cause of much abnormality, fear in itself is not abnormal. If man had no capacity for fear, he would make little progress, for fear is often the incentive to advancement. It has a place & fills a need in human life. If an individual had no fear he would not survive long, especially in an age of many machines & much traffic.

Healthy fear makes for caution, safeguards against dangers & provides stimulus for achievement. Well directed fear is a helpful force in life. But excessive fear destroys that stabilized feeling of security, & causes one to worry about things unnecessarily.


          C. Worry is a tyrant. It is more dreadful than the problems & perplexities people worry about. People who let themselves worry become obsessed (ruled by it) with it. Once the mind is set, it continually looks for "worrying matter" to feed upon. It is a spirit that antibiotics cannot touch. Worry plays upon the delicate nerve system of the body & actually fosters mental distress & illness. Jesus don't worry‑‑Jn. 14:27, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

              a. Worry is 30 percent past, 10 percent present, & 60 percent future.

               Can anyone change the past? No, it is settled forever. Then why worry about it. This removes 30 percent of worry. Paul said, "Forget the past, press forward." Can anyone cross a bridge before you get to it? Isn't it nonsense to try. Most of the time you will find the bridge there even though you feared it might be missing. Why worry about tomorrow? It may never come.

               Jesus said, "Take no thought for the morrow." Mt. 6:34. You will probably come with tomorrow's troubles more successfully you did with today's. Jesus knew about tomorrow's problems so He sent the Comforter, whose job it is to guide & teach us what we need to know. If stop worrying about tomorrow's problems which is not present yet, you have removed 60 percent more of your worries. This only leaves today's troubles which amounts to only 10 percent of your worry. While today is here, live it to the full & don't waste it by worrying.

               b. Mt. 6:25‑34, Reasons given by Jesus why we should not worry.
                    1.Life is more than meat.
                    2.Body more than raiment.
                    3.Men greater than materials.
                    4.Men greater than fowls whom God feeds without their labour.
                    5.Worry cannot change a thing.
                    6.Men better than plants that do not worry about clothing.
                    7.God's providence is over all creation, not only birds & plants that never buy, sell, manufacture, or labour.
                    8.Worry is useless and must not be tolerated.

               c.Quit worrying because it is:
                    1.A disease causing other ills.
                    2.Borrowing trouble that cannot be paid back.
3.Brooding over what may not happen.
                    4.Creating trouble, misery, death.
                    5.A burden borrowed from tomorrow & others who should carry it.
                    6.Weight that kills prematurely.
                    7.Mental & physical suicide.
                    8.A grave‑digger that has no sympathy.
                    9.Needless & wastes time & effort that should be spent on worth‑while things.
                    10.A robber of faith, peace, & trust in a never‑ failing, heavenly Father.
                    11.A stumbling‑block to others.
                    12.Anxiety over what is nothing today and less tomorrow, in view of faith.
                    13.Torment over something that will likely be a blessing if it comes.
                    14.Living like an orphan without an heavenly Father.
                    15.Foolish, for whatever is going to happen cannot be stopped by worry: and if it doesn't happen, there is nothing to worry about. Should adversities actually come, one may still be victorious by trusting in God.

     D.Fear is a snare to with‑draw the heart from loving & trusting God. To have fear is to lack faith in God & His providence.

          a.One of the names of God is a He. word, El‑Shaddai, meaning, the All‑Bountiful or Supplier of All Needs. This name emphasizes the providence of God over all creation. Providence means foresight & forethought; Divine superintendence over all things. In providence God assumes responsibility for the eternal care of the universe. It takes in the provision for an preservation of His creation in all eternity.

b. The All‑Bountiful has promised: 1. Salvation 2. Prosperity 3. Healing
& health 4. All wants & needs.

c. Ps. 145:14‑17, Here God promises to 1. Uphold all that fall. 2. Raise
up all that are bowed down. 3. Give all their meat in due season.
4. Satisfies every living thing. 5. Be nigh to all who pray in truth.
6. Fulfill the desire of them that fear him. 7. Listen to our cry.
8. Preserve all that love Him. God helps all that cannot keep their
feet‑the weak & infirm, He shores them up, He is their prop, if they
will rely on God the strongest power cannot overcome them.

d. Ro. 8:28‑31, Here is another promise of the keep power of God. God's
providence is working in behalf of them who love God & who walk obediently

according to His purpose.
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God knew before hand, this is why He determined before hand & put in the
Church that which will enable us to make it through, even in spite of all
adversities.

E. Fear destroys courage, courage gives you the stimulus needed to do
things for God. If Satan can put fear into your heart he has destroyed
the stimulus that gives you the feeling that you can succeed in your
work for God.

F. Fear creates superstition‑‑‑i.e. imaginative things, sees nothing in
its proper form & proportion, lays undue stress on external things.

G. Fear will cause us to fail to pray habitually if we are around those
disapprove & fail to pursue our duties to God with resolution,
steadiness & perseverance & become moved by scorn & contempt.

H. Fear will cause us to avoid any service of God that would not meet
the approval of man, or that would seem to endanger our acceptance, or
that would bring harm or discomfort to us physically, mentally or other
wise.

I. Faith & courage is a spirit of energy, charity, prudence, enabling us
to proceed & go forward in our Christian course under every circumstance.
Fear binds our spirit & destroys our faith & courage, thus hindering our
service for God & peace of soul.

 Fear destroys your power. Power enables us to do things for God. Fear takes
away this confidence of being able to do these things. Fear keeps us from
stepping out & claiming the promises of God, it keep us from standing firm on
God's Word, fear produces a state of impossibilities, yet God says we can do
 all things.

J. Fear is conquered by faith‑‑Ps. 46:1‑3, God is our refuge, strength, help.

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