ChiAlpha Wknd - Sunday AM

"Fear Not"

Richard Covington - ChiAlpha Sunday 10:50am

Are you afraid of heights?  If you are, then you have acrophobia.  Or maybe you’re afraid of injections.  That’s called trypanophobia.  How about fear of flying?  That’s aviophobia.  We may be different from each other in a lot of ways, but we all have one thing in common.  We are all afraid of something.  
 
Fear is one of our most basic human emotions.  When we sense danger or feel unsafe, we respond with fear.  But God did not intend for us to spend our days living in fear.  In fact, God encourages His followers to “fear not” 365 times in the Bible – one for each day of the year.
 
So if God commands us to “fear not” – how should we respond in those times when we feel afraid? 
 
This weekend is Chi Alpha weekend – the largest event of the year for our students.  Richard Covington will be leading our students as some grow in their faith, and some experience faith for the first time.  The weekend will wrap up on Sunday morning, and Richard will share with us that we can choose to respond to fear in one of two ways.  We can fix our eyes on our circumstances and let fear drive us away from Jesus.  Or we can fix our eyes on Jesus and let Him drive away our fear.
 
Joshua 1:9 tells us to “… Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”