God is Here
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God is Here
God is Here
The Power of Presence
The Power of Presence
Do you remember a time in your life when you were afraid?
Do you remember a time in your life when you were afraid?
Life is full of things to fear.
Life is full of things to fear.
Phobias
Phobias
Phobias
A Phobia is an irrational fear of something that is unlikely to cause them harm. It comes from the Greek word Phobos, which means fear or horror.
To be a Phobia
++ Irrational
++Unlikely to cause harm
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
What is Paul telling Timothy?
What is Paul telling Timothy?
Is he saying
++There is nothing to fear?
++To fear is a weekness?
In reality He is confirming some things?
In reality He is confirming some things?
He is confirming that God
++Knows the battles we face
++Has given us the tools for the fight
God Has given us
++Power _Ability_
++Love _Affection_
++A sound mind _Understanding_
How does these thing help us to overcome an irrational fear?
How does these thing help us to overcome an irrational fear?
Lets look at the text in the niv
7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
The Word translated fear
++Timidity
In the Amplified Bible
7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
The Word translated fear
++Timidity
++Cowardice
Paul is
++Not addressing fear
++Addressing our response to it
In the midst of our fear
God is Near
God is Near
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Uzziah had a History
His name is translated
++Strength
++Might
++Fortified
He was a Descendant
++Perez
29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
He was a Descendant
++Perez
++Kohath
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
Uzziah was a Great King
Uzziah was a Great King
In a Divided Kingdom
In a Divided Kingdom
He brings to a kingdom divided
++Restoration 2 Kings 14:22
++Conquers Nations 2 Chronicles 26:6-8
++Fortifies Judah 2 Chronicles 26:9-10
Now the King is Dead
Now the King is Dead
Judah
++Has lost a great leader
++Is in mourning
All the things that He brought is at stake.
Will it last?
Will it last?
They were living in fear
++Uncertainty
++The Future
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Isaiah in the midst of this national crisis
++He saw also the Lord
++The Lord is Hear