by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 28, 2013
First Things First When you feel lost and confused, what should you do? Someone is plagued by fear, and you want to help them, where do you start? According to Jesus we should “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you”...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 27, 2013
Dispelling Fears Wheaton College experienced a remarkable revival in 1950. A letter from psychiatrist and professor of psychology, Philip B. Marquart, M.D., was sent to Dr. David Howard. It illustrates how the fear of God is the one fear that has the potential to...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 26, 2013
Dad Knows! The fear of God should be understood as a holy reverence that motivates us to live a righteous life. Every believer will someday appear before the judgment seat of Christ. This is not a judgment for sins committed, for we have already been forgiven. Jesus,...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 25, 2013
In Awe but not Afraid In the Old Testament, the term “sanctuary” referred to the tabernacle of Moses and later to the temple of Solomon. A sanctuary was the place where God manifested His presence to His people. It was a holy place of communion with the...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 24, 2013
Fear of the Lord The prophet Isaiah foretold the coming of Jesus in Isaiah 11:1-3, “Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 21, 2013
Fear of Satan The Exorcist was a horror movie that frightened millions around the world. The poor pathetic priest was no match for the demons that tormented the little girl. What a lie! What the movie did, and others like it, was to establish Satan as a greater fear...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 20, 2013
Fear of Man All fear objects are subcategories of the three major fear objects, namely; death, people and Satan. Behind the fear of snakes, sharks, and enclosed places, etc. is the fear of death. God has eliminated physical death as a fear object, because it is no...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 19, 2013
Fear of Death Anxiety disorders include fear, anxiety and panic attacks. Anxiety is like fear without an adequate cause. People are anxious because they don’t know. Fear, on the other hand, has an object and we categorize fears by their object. Claustrophobia is a...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 18, 2013
God-Given Fear Fear is what we should feel when our physical or psychological safety is threatened. It is for our protection and part of our survival instinct. Even animals have that natural tendency or they would all be road kill. We are born with some natural...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jun 17, 2013
Fear Not “Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ He said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself’” (Gen. 3:9,10). God knew where Adam was. The purpose of the question was to...