Aug 10, 2025 … Overcoming Our Fears …

Aug 10, 2025 … Overcoming Our Fears …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Chris Tomlin singing … Fear Not,  … calling on Christians to trust in God’s promises to be with believers ALWAYS.  

<Highlight Passage: … 1Kings 11:38 … [NLT] … 

38 If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. 

… God promises to always be with King Jereboam .. IF … the king obey’s God’s will and His ways.  

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Kings 11:34-39, 12:31-32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King Jereboam’s fears led him to ignore God’s promises which in turn led to peril for God’s people.            

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<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> …  Joshua 1:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …</b> 

… God promises Joshua that Joshua should be bold and courageous because God would watch over him and God’s people as Joshua led them into the Promised Land.

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 27:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of having no fear because of David’s faith in God as his protector.  .

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon provides God’s assurance that The Lord will show believer’s His way as we trust and follow Him.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to give His strength to God’s faithful when they (we) feel weak.  

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus invites His disciples and followers to yoke themselves to His strength when they (we) feel weak.  

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter exhorts fellow Christian to cast all their concerns and worries on God, Who cares for His children..  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Karen Huang … AT THIS LINK         … told of a young woman, … Julia, … who had a troubled childhood which led her to have abnormal fears of her husband leaving her.   Because of this,. Julia held on to texts from her husband which promised his faithfulness.  And also counseling helped Julia to handle her fears that her husband would not return to her from work each night.

And Julia’s situation apparently caused the ODB author to think of King Jeroboam’s fears of Israel’s enemies, with the King ignoring God’s covenant promises to protect God’s people.  And the King’s fears led him to set up and support pagan idols to protect God’s people (see Highlight passages); and God, of course, would not protect such faithless practices.  

How often do we let faithless fears rule our choices and decisions, when all we need is to rely on our faith in God to protect and guide us in life?  Personally, trying to overcome my own unfounded fears, I rely on God’s word to be my protector and guide in life; .. just like many of us rely on our cellphone GPS devices when we need to find our way in life.   What about you?  Do you, as I do, rely on God’s word to be your faithful “GPS” in life.   I sure do; and I pray you do as well?  He, our Lord, … thru His word, … is our faithful guide and protector today and tomorrow.   

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for giving us Your word as Your perfect “GPS” today and tomorrow.    

 

Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for guiding us thru life’s trials with Your word as our GPS .  … Amen

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