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Faith For Everyday Living

Faith For Everyday Living. FACING YOUR FEARS Exodus 14:1-16. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE. 1. It makes us SKEPTICAL. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE. 1. It makes us SKEPTICAL.

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Faith For Everyday Living

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  1. Faith For Everyday Living FACING YOUR FEARS Exodus 14:1-16

  2. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE

  3. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 1. It makes us SKEPTICAL

  4. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 1. It makes us SKEPTICAL Then they turned against Moses and complained, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves in Egypt? – Exodus 14:11a (NLT)

  5. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 2. It makes us SELFISH

  6. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 2. It makes us SELFISH Then they turned against Moses and complained, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves in Egypt? Why did you make us leave? – Exodus 14:11 (NLT)

  7. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 3. It makes us STUBBORN

  8. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 3. It makes us STUBBORN “Didn’t we tell you to leave us alone while we were still in Egypt?” – Exodus 14:12a

  9. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 4. It makes us SHORTSIGHTED

  10. I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE 4. It makes us SHORTSIGHTED “Our Egyptian slavery was far better than dying out here in the wilderness.” – Exodus 14:12b

  11. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?

  12. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 1. Information: GET THE FACTS

  13. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 1. Information: GET THE FACTS Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly. – Proverbs 13:16 Get the facts at any price, and hold on tightly to all the good sense you can get. – Proverbs 23:23 (LB)

  14. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 2. Evaluation: COUNT THE COST

  15. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 2. Evaluation: COUNT THE COST "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?…"Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?” – Luke 14:28, 31

  16. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 2. Evaluation: COUNT THE COST It is foolish and rash to make a promise to the Lord before counting the cost. – Proverbs 20:25 (LB)

  17. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 3. Preparation: PLAN YOUR STEPS

  18. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 3. Preparation: PLAN YOUR STEPS … The prudent carefully consider their steps. – Proverbs 14:15

  19. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 3. Preparation: PLAN YOUR STEPS We should make plans--counting on God to direct us. – Proverbs 16:9 (LB)

  20. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 4. Declaration: ANNOUNCE YOUR GOAL

  21. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 4. Declaration: ANNOUNCE YOUR GOAL What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you will be boasting about your own plans and all such boasting is evil. – James 4:15-16

  22. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 5. Initiation: LET GO AND LAUNCH OUT

  23. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 5. Initiation: LET GO AND LAUNCH OUT When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid… – Psalm 56:3-4

  24. II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH? 5. Initiation: LET GO AND LAUNCH OUT Then the Lord said to Moses, "Quit praying and get the people moving! Forward, march! – Exodus 14:15 (LB)

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