“Fears”
Intro
- Dune
- Loved that book, read it about 100 times between 6th 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.”
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