Intro

• Dune
  • Loved that book, read it about 100 times between 6^th grade and high school graduation.
  • Litany against fear
  • "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
• But I got out in the real world, litanies against fear aren’t very effective
  • Especially not when they’re tied to a fiction

Fear of Death

• Matthew 10:28 – “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.”

Fear of Humiliation

• Continuing Education story at Union in Richmond
  • Humiliation doesn’t kill us!
• As a matter of fact, our egos may be the very thing that’s killing us.
  • Influencers, newsletter article
• The fact of the matter is, Ego death is good for us
  • Pride is the chief deadly sin
  • Proverbs 8:13 – “To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.”
  • Proverbs 1:2 – “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”
  • Proverbs 16:5 – “The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.”
  • Proverbs 16:18 – “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
• Scripture solution
  • 1 Peter 5:6 – “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.”
  • James 4:6 – “But he gives more grace. Therefore, it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’”
  • Matthew 23:12 – “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”