Faith For Everyday Living

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Faith For Everyday Living

• FACING YOUR FEARS
• Exodus 141-16

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I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE
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I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE

• 1. It makes us SKEPTICAL

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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? Werent there enough graves in Egypt?
Exodus 1411a (NLT)
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I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE

• 2. It makes us SELFISH

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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? Werent there enough graves in Egypt?
Why did you make us leave? Exodus 1411 (NLT)
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I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE

• 3. It makes us STUBBORN

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I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE

• 3. It makes us STUBBORN

Didnt we tell you to leave us alone while we
were still in Egypt? Exodus 1412a
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I. FEAR IS A FORMULA FOR FAILURE

• 4. It makes us SHORTSIGHTED

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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 1412b
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II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?
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II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?
1. Information GET THE FACTS
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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 1316 Get the
facts at any price, and hold on tightly to all
the good sense you can get. Proverbs 2323 (LB)
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II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?
2. Evaluation COUNT THE COST
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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 1428, 31
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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 2025
(LB)
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II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?
3. Preparation PLAN YOUR STEPS
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II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?
3. Preparation PLAN YOUR STEPS
The prudent carefully consider their steps.
Proverbs 1415
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II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?
3. Preparation PLAN YOUR STEPS
We should make plans--counting on God to direct
us. Proverbs 169 (LB)
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II. HOW CAN I REPLACE FEAR WITH FAITH?
4. Declaration ANNOUNCE YOUR GOAL
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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 415-16
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5. Initiation LET GO AND LAUNCH OUT
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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 563-4
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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
1415 (LB)
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