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When Fear Meets Faith
When Fear Meets Faith
Are you afraid of what others might think of you? Is it difficult for you to trust others? Do you find yourself crippled by the idea of being harmed? Life in a sinful world provides many reasons to feel afraid. From fearing the approval of man to fearing physical harm, we all experience fear in some way. Fear reminds us of our limitations and illuminates our desire for protection. But how are Christians called to deal with the reality of their fears?
Over the course of this 3-week study, we will look to the pages of the Bible to understand God’s intentions for our fears. We will learn what it looks like to turn from false comforts and live with ultimate trust in God’s perfect provision and care.
This study
• Discuss how to approach our fear in light of the Gospel
• Explore the differences between the Fear of Man vs. the Fear of God
• Remind you of God’s love, the hope of the gospel, and the presence of God who provides lasting peace in the midst of fear
Special resources within the
• The Attributes of God
• Metanarrative of Scripture
• How to study the bible
• Study suggestions
• Fear of The Lord in the book of Proverbs
• Heart diagnosis
• "When I am Afraid" flowchart
Key themes or topics fear, faith, trust, dependence, anxiety and more
Details (size of book, number of pages, generic layout)
• This study is perfect for individuals or groups
• Each week contains 5 days of study material, including daily study questions, a weekly memory verse, and weekly reflection questions
• Measures 8” x 10”
• Includes 92 pages
Are you afraid of what others might think of you? Is it difficult for you to trust others? Do you find yourself crippled by the idea of being harmed? Life in a sinful world provides many reasons to feel afraid. From fearing the approval of man to fearing physical harm, we all experience fear in some way. Fear reminds us of our limitations and illuminates our desire for protection. But how are Christians called to deal with the reality of their fears?
Over the course of this 3-week study, we will look to the pages of the Bible to understand God’s intentions for our fears. We will learn what it looks like to turn from false comforts and live with ultimate trust in God’s perfect provision and care.
This study
• Discuss how to approach our fear in light of the Gospel
• Explore the differences between the Fear of Man vs. the Fear of God
• Remind you of God’s love, the hope of the gospel, and the presence of God who provides lasting peace in the midst of fear
Special resources within the
• The Attributes of God
• Metanarrative of Scripture
• How to study the bible
• Study suggestions
• Fear of The Lord in the book of Proverbs
• Heart diagnosis
• "When I am Afraid" flowchart
Key themes or topics fear, faith, trust, dependence, anxiety and more
Details (size of book, number of pages, generic layout)
• This study is perfect for individuals or groups
• Each week contains 5 days of study material, including daily study questions, a weekly memory verse, and weekly reflection questions
• Measures 8” x 10”
• Includes 92 pages
92 pages, Paperback
Published April 10, 2023
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January 4, 2025
I found this Bible study to be really helpful in redirecting my focus when it comes to fear. Even though it is a short book almost the size of a magazine, it is packed with questions and thoughts that I think will stay with me for a long time.
This book is not a super in-depth Bible study where Greek and Hebrew are discussed, or anything like that. It's more like a devotional, but perhaps a bit deeper than a normal devotional in that there are sections asking questions of the reader, geared toward engaging your mind and soul with the Gospel. There are five days per week, with a couple bonus days sprinkled in, and then each week is capped by a breakdown of what you read and learned within the last week that you fill out.
The different types of fears we see in our lives are brought up, being:
• The fear of man (caring what humanity thinks of you more than you care about pleasing God)
• The fear of exposure (fearing that man will a) find out the wrong you've done and condemn you for it, or b) see the real you and reject you)
• The fear of harm (fearing violence, lack of guaranteed safety, crime or accidents, etc.)
And then the Bible study discusses those who feared man over God, what their lives looked like in the Bible. Following that are a few sections on the comfort of God and fearing the Lord. I appreciated the way they laid out what the "fear of the Lord" is. That phrase has always made my brain pause, and it felt like it made no sense to me. If we are told in 2 Timothy 1:7 that God has not given us a spirit of fear (or unfailing propensity to fear), then why are we repeatedly taught to fear God throughout the Bible? How can we both fear and truly love God? What about the 366 times in the Bible we are told to *not* fear — not fear famine, nor poverty, nor physical harm, etc.?
They contrasted this with the fear of man. Fear of man often manifests itself when we want to say or so something, but our care of what others will say or think about us outweighs what we prefer to say or do. And so we conform to what we think others want instead of being honest about what we want. Fear of God is sort of like the opposite. It equals out to: I care about what God thinks or says about this more than what humanity says, and I want to align myself with that. It's awe, honor, and reverence for God, not a trembling in a corner type of fear like what I always imagined. It's taking our mindset of "I care what others think most" to "I care what God says most." It is a form of love towards God to care about His words or thoughts or desires more than anything else. This is one of the ways we love God as Christians.
My only gripe about this Bible study is that this one, unlike a lot of the others The Daily Grace Co. publishes, does not have matte paper. It has more of a slightly shiny, high quality magazine type of paper. This makes it a bit easier for an ink pen to smear when writing. And this type of paper also leads to a sort of ghosting/imprinting of what you write on one page to the next page after that (not the back of the page you're writing on, but rather the page after that). That's minor to me though.
This Bible study is also filled with beautiful pictures and typesetting, making it a lovely gift to friends or family members. I appreciated how much this Bible study put emphasis on memorizing certain verses to dwell on when we find ourselves entangled in fear. These really helped me out a couple of times, and it's a practice I'd like to build on in the future.
4.5 stars.
This book is not a super in-depth Bible study where Greek and Hebrew are discussed, or anything like that. It's more like a devotional, but perhaps a bit deeper than a normal devotional in that there are sections asking questions of the reader, geared toward engaging your mind and soul with the Gospel. There are five days per week, with a couple bonus days sprinkled in, and then each week is capped by a breakdown of what you read and learned within the last week that you fill out.
The different types of fears we see in our lives are brought up, being:
• The fear of man (caring what humanity thinks of you more than you care about pleasing God)
• The fear of exposure (fearing that man will a) find out the wrong you've done and condemn you for it, or b) see the real you and reject you)
• The fear of harm (fearing violence, lack of guaranteed safety, crime or accidents, etc.)
And then the Bible study discusses those who feared man over God, what their lives looked like in the Bible. Following that are a few sections on the comfort of God and fearing the Lord. I appreciated the way they laid out what the "fear of the Lord" is. That phrase has always made my brain pause, and it felt like it made no sense to me. If we are told in 2 Timothy 1:7 that God has not given us a spirit of fear (or unfailing propensity to fear), then why are we repeatedly taught to fear God throughout the Bible? How can we both fear and truly love God? What about the 366 times in the Bible we are told to *not* fear — not fear famine, nor poverty, nor physical harm, etc.?
They contrasted this with the fear of man. Fear of man often manifests itself when we want to say or so something, but our care of what others will say or think about us outweighs what we prefer to say or do. And so we conform to what we think others want instead of being honest about what we want. Fear of God is sort of like the opposite. It equals out to: I care about what God thinks or says about this more than what humanity says, and I want to align myself with that. It's awe, honor, and reverence for God, not a trembling in a corner type of fear like what I always imagined. It's taking our mindset of "I care what others think most" to "I care what God says most." It is a form of love towards God to care about His words or thoughts or desires more than anything else. This is one of the ways we love God as Christians.
My only gripe about this Bible study is that this one, unlike a lot of the others The Daily Grace Co. publishes, does not have matte paper. It has more of a slightly shiny, high quality magazine type of paper. This makes it a bit easier for an ink pen to smear when writing. And this type of paper also leads to a sort of ghosting/imprinting of what you write on one page to the next page after that (not the back of the page you're writing on, but rather the page after that). That's minor to me though.
This Bible study is also filled with beautiful pictures and typesetting, making it a lovely gift to friends or family members. I appreciated how much this Bible study put emphasis on memorizing certain verses to dwell on when we find ourselves entangled in fear. These really helped me out a couple of times, and it's a practice I'd like to build on in the future.
4.5 stars.
November 30, 2023
Great tools are provided with Scripture verses for facing fear and anxiety. Great points brought out on the privilege of resting in Jesus and developing a personal relationship with Him. Knowing you can trust Him, because He will not fail you or leave you alone.
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