Fear - Don’t squeeze the skunks!

This lesson begins with thoughts from 1 Corinthians, chapters 10 and 11 including a celebration of the Lord’s Supper.  The rest of the lesson is focused on the subject of fear and how we should handle it. An illustration regarding skunks is used to set the stage for the bulk of the lesson from Psalm 46.  The two major points covered are: 1) God is a present help in times of trouble and 2) he is our shelter. In him we can “shelter in peace” trusting in his care through every circumstance, whether it is natural disasters or the conflicts that arise in this world.  The lesson ends with the encouragement to find peace in the stronghold of God, concluding with the biblical questions “How do we make God our refuge and have you made Jesus the bedrock of your life?”