Storyside Church

2 Timothy 1:6 — This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.

I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England. 

— John Wesley 

All that I have ever accomplished in life I owe to my mother.

— Dwight L. Moody

You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, training them up in God’s fear, minding the house, and making your household a church for God as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.

— Charles H. Spurgeon

The memory of my sainted mother is the brightest recollection of my early years.

— Henry Ward Beecher 

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.

— C.S Lewis

62% of parents say that being a parent has been at least somewhat harder than they expected. 

— Pew Research 

Children often remember emotional atmosphere more than the exact events.

Infants experience an automatic calming reaction when they are being carried. 

— Psychology Today 

Secure Attachment

Babies begin learning emotional regulation by “borrowing” calm from their caregivers through touch, tone, and facial expressions.

Give (Blessing)

“Grieve not, then, if your son seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly. Remember how the Psalmist described children? He said that they were as a heritage from the Lord, and that every man should be happy who had his quiver full of them. And what is a quiver full of but arrows? And what are arrows for but to shoot? So, with the strong arms of prayer, draw the bowstring back and let the arrows fly — all of them, straight at the enemy’s hosts.”

Guidance 

Proverbs 22:6 — Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.

Proverbs 22:15 — Children do foolish things, but if you punish them, they will learn not to do them.

Begin early to teach, for children begin early to sin.

— Charles Spurgeon 

Ephesians 6:4 — Fathers, do not do things that make your children angry. Instead, teach them carefully as they grow up. Help them to understand the message of the Lord, and help them to obey it.

Help them!

Guard/Guardian 

Generosity 

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

— John Bunyan 

1 Corinthians 16:2 — On every Lord’s Day each of you should put aside something from what you have earned during the week, and use it for this offering. The amount depends on how much the Lord has helped you earn. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once.

2 Corinthians 9:7 — Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop. I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.

God/Godliness 

Acts 2

38 Peter said to them, ‘Each of you must stop doing wrong things. You must change how you live. If you believe in Jesus Christ, then we will baptize you. God will forgive you for the wrong things that you have done. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to you.

39 God has promised to do all this for you and your children. He has also promised this to people who live far away in other places. The Lord our God will do it for all the people that he has called to come to him.’

My Children

Parents, what are your children learning from your worship? Do they see the same excitement as when you go to a game? Do they see you prepare for worship as you do for a vacation? Do they see you hungry to arrive, seeking the face of the Father? Or do they see you content to leave the way you came? They are watching. Believe me. They are watching.

— Author Max Lucado 

Can I model hope to my family? 

The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem much worse, but in the end it’s going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Lamentations 3

18 All hope is gone; my strength has turned to water, for the Lord has left me.

19 Oh, remember the bitterness and suffering you have dealt to me! 

20 For I can never forget these awful years; always my soul will live in utter shame.

What have been the worst years of your life? 

Lamentations 3:20 — It’s always on my mind, it’s why I’m so depressed. 

Lamentations 3:20 — I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.

Lamentations 3:20 — I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom.

Lamentations 3:20 — My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.

Lamentations 3:20 — My mind keeps reflecting on it, and I become depressed.

Sometimes, questions are more hurtful than insults. 

— Author Mitch Albom 

Life is not always what we had in mind. 

Inadequate 

Ashamed

Don't let the hurt of today blind you to the hope of tomorrow. 

— Lysa TerKeurst

Lamentations 3 

18 All hope is gone; my strength has turned to water, for the Lord has left me.

19 Oh, remember the bitterness and suffering you have dealt to me! 

20 For I can never forget these awful years; always my soul will live in utter shame.

21 Yet there is one ray of hope: 

22 his compassion never ends. It is only the Lord’s mercies that have kept us from complete destruction. 

23 Great is his faithfulness; his loving-kindness begins afresh each day. 

24 My soul claims the Lord as my inheritance; therefore I will hope in him. 

25 The Lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him, to those who seek for him. 

26 It is good both to hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Psalm 103:1-2 — Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. 

If we can overthink the worst, why can't we overthink the best? 

Ecclesiastes 9:4 — Anyone who is alive in the world has some hope for good things in the future. It is better to be a dog that is alive than to be a lion that is dead.

I have never known more than fifteen minutes of anxiety or fear. Whenever I feel fearful emotions overtaking me, I just close my eyes and thank God that He is still on the throne reigning over everything and I take comfort in His control over the affairs of my life.

— John Wesley 

Can I model hope to my family? 

Don’t wish for it, work for it. 

Matthew 6 

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive those who have trespassed against us. 

John 19:30 — Jesus tasted the vinegar. Then he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head and died.

It is finished. 

“I must master it.”

Genesis 4

1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”

2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground. 

3 When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord. 

4 Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift, 

5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.

6 “Why are you so angry?” the Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected? 

7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”

8 One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.

14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.

Genesis 4:14 — Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Villain 

Victim 

Repair After Rupture

What do I give to God? 

Rejection

Loss Aversion — The pain of losing is often at least 2x more difficult as the joy of winning. 

7 Grudges

3% - 5% (Negativity) 

Proverbs 18:19 — Winning over an offended brother is harder than breaching a strong city’s defenses; such fights are as tough as the iron gates of a castle.

James 3:14 — But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

Refusal

Genesis 4:7 — You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.

Rāḇaṣ — To crouch, lie, brood, or lurk. 

HURT wants to HAVE you. 

Responsibility

You MUST subdue it! 

Will I rule over my hurt? 

Or will my hurt rule me? 

Proverbs 4:23 — Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Reactions 

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.  

— Author Charles R. Swindoll

Am I letting __________________ get into my ground? 

Restless

How am I handling my hurt? 

Am I allowing it to harbor in my heart?

What is currently crouching at my door? 

Am I taking responsibility to guard my heart?

Am I guarding the ground in my life? 

Forgiveness is not a feeling. 

My hurt will not have the last word. 

“BRUISED REEDS”

Some are bruised by Ancestral Sins.

1 John 1

9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

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John 9

25 “I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!”

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Some are bruised by Personal Sin.

Romans 3

23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 

24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

Some are bruised by the Sins of Society.

Matthew 27

29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 

Luke 4

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised …”

“Dying of Despair”

Over a ten-year span, it turns out that the one factor most strongly predictive of suicide is not how sick the person is, nor how many symptoms he exhibits, nor how much physical pain he is suffering, nor whether he is rich or poor. The most dangerous factor is a person's sense of hopelessness. The man without hope is the likeliest candidate for suicide. We cannot live without hope.

Hope isn’t just an emotion but an essential life tool.

— Dr. Shane Lopez 

Hope After ___________________ Hurt. 

We often get stuck in the most painful part of our story. 

Handle

Mishandle

Where does it hurt?

Injury

Infection

Romans 12:19 — Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord. 

Ephesians 4:31 — Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 

Hebrews 12:15 — Be careful that no one fails to get God’s grace. Be careful that no one loses their faith and becomes like a bitter weed growing among you. Someone like that can ruin your whole group.

1 Samuel 1 

2 Elkanah had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 

3 Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord. 

4 On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 

5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. 

6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. 

7 So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. 

8 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?” 

9 After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. 

10 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. 

11 And she vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.” 

12 As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. 

13 Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman. 

14 And Eli said to her, “How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.” 

15 But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. 

16 Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.” 

17 Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.” 

18 And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. 

19 They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. 

20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”

How do I handle what I don’t have?

How do I handle being provoked/irritated?

How do I handle the times when my hurt affects others around me?

Hurting people hurt people.

— John Maxwell

How do I handle being misunderstood?

How do I handle when I have to wait?

Galatians 6:9 — And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

What still needs birthed in my life?

“You know we are going to die right?” 

“Maybe. But if we die, we're going to die walking." 

Emmanuel. God with us. He who resided in Heaven, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, willingly descended into our world. He breathed our air, felt our pain, knew our sorrows, and died for our sins. He didn’t come to frighten us, but to show us the way to warmth and safety.

— Author Chuck Swindoll

John 3

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 10

9 I am the Door. 

Matthew 24

37-39 When the Son of Man comes, it will be the same as what happened during Noah’s time. In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married right up to the day Noah entered the boat. They knew nothing about what was happening until the flood came and destroyed them all. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes.

Genesis‬ ‭7‬

‭16‬ Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

Mark 16

4 But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.

5 When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, 

6 but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body.”

Luke 1

39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 

40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 

41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”

Luke 19

1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 

2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 

3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 

4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”

What if I told you that Jesus wants to enter your _______________________ today?

Luke 10

38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 

39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 

40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 

41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 

42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

Many Things

One Thing

How will I handle His entrance? 

Will my life story be that I was too busy for Jesus?

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

John 3

5 Jesus answered, “Believe me when I say that everyone must be born from water and the Spirit. Anyone who is not born from water and the Spirit cannot enter God’s kingdom.”

Matthew 25 — Well done, enter…

He who is born once will die twice. 

He who is born twice will die once.

— D.L. Moody 

Revelation 3

20 I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together.

Is Jesus calling your name today?  

Matthew 21:12-13 — And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

Consumer Christianity 

1 Corinthians 6:19 — Remember this: Your body is the home of God's Holy Spirit. God gave his Holy Spirit to you and he lives in you. You do not belong to yourselves any longer.

What have I allowed into my temple? 

Matthew 26

6 Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 

8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor.” 

10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 

11 For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 

12 In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. 

13 Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Costly Christianity 

Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and you lost your soul. 

Was it worth it?

— Billy Graham 

Would I give my very costly ____________________ to God? 

Mark 11:25 — And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 

Clean Christianity 

We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it. To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

— C.S. Lewis 

Luke 22

24 Later, the apostles began to argue about which one of them was the most important.

25 But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the world rule over their people, and those who have authority over others want to be called ‘the great providers for the people.’ 

26 But you must not be like that. The one with the most authority among you should act as if he is the least important. The one who leads should be like one who serves.

Comparing Christianity 

Luke 21:20-22

Peter turned around and saw behind them the disciple Jesus loved—the one who had leaned over to Jesus during supper and asked, “Lord, who will betray you?” Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?” Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? As for you, follow me.” 

Mark 11:22 — Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.”

Courageous Christianity 

Luke 22 

31 “Satan has asked to test you men like a farmer tests his wheat. O Simon, Simon,

32 I have prayed that you will not lose your faith! Help your brothers be stronger when you come back to me.”

Comeback Christianity 

Don’t let your life’s lowest moment write your story.

— Tim Tebow 

What needs to make a comeback in my life? 

Romans 4

19 Abraham was almost one hundred years old, so he was past the age for having children.  Also, Sarah could not have children. Abraham was well aware of this, but his faith in

God never became weak. 

20 He never doubted that God would do what he promised. He never stopped believing. In fact, he grew stronger in his faith and praised God. [ERV]

Don’t Stop Believing

Romans 4

19 Abraham was almost one hundred years old...

1. Don't stop believing because of logic.

Logic isn't always logical.

Romans 4

19 ...so he was past the age for having children.

2. Don't stop believing because you think it's too late.

Satan always wants to show you signs that it’s too late.

Romans 4

19 ...also, Sarah could not have children.

3. Don't stop believing because of limitations.

Everyone is left with some limitation to lead them to lean on God.

John 11

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. [KJV]

4. Don't stop believing because of Lazarus.

Sometimes when the enemy can’t attack you, he attacks your Lazarus.

2 Timothy 1:7 — For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

What are some boundaries that are needed in your life? 

1 Kings 19

3 Elijah was afraid. He got up and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba of Judah, he left his servant there. 

4 But he himself traveled for a day into the desert. He came and sat down under a juniper tree. There he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough now, O Lord. Take my life. For I am not better than my fathers.” 

5 When he lay down and slept under the juniper tree, an angel touched him. The angel said to him, “Get up and eat.” 

6 Then Elijah looked and saw by his head a loaf of bread made ready on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. 

7 The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him, and said, “Get up and eat. Because this traveling is too hard for you.” 

8 So he got up and ate and drank. And he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

9 He came to a cave, and stayed there. The word of the Lord came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 

13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it. 

— Coach Lou Holtz 

What is a step you’re sensing to take? 

You are not the thoughts you think. 

You are the thoughts that you believe.

— Author Jon Gordon 

There are two extremes to avoid: being completely absorbed in your pain, and being distracted by so many things that you stay far away from the wound you want to heal.

— Henri Nouwen

Get up, before you get too comfortable being down. 

— Pastor Lonnie Keene 

Rest 

1 Kings 19:5-6

Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!” He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again.

Am I stewarding my sleep? 

God instituted rest into our life’s rhythms. 

Even the most dedicated servants of God need physical rest and spiritual renewal. Taking time to recharge is not a sign of weakness but a necessary step to continue our journey with strength and purpose.

Matthew 11:28 — Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Reset (Restart/Refresh) 

1 Kings 19:7 — Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.”

Nothing changes if nothing changes. 

Return 

1 Kings 19:15-16 

Then the Lord told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram. Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.

Then the Lord did what perhaps was best of all for Elijah, he gave him some more work to do. He sent him off about his Master’s business again. 

— Spurgeon 

Reality (Truth)

1 Kings 19 

14 Elijah said, “Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you the best that I can, but the Israelites broke their agreement with you. They destroyed your altars and killed your prophets. I am the only prophet left alive, and now they are trying to kill me.”

18 I still have 7000 people in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed that idol.

Relationships

1 Kings 19:15-16 

Then the Lord told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram. Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.

Feeling disconnected is strongly associated with depression.

Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is considered the cruelest of punishments.

— Author Gary Chapman 

(The Five Love Languages) 

Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude. But believers are not compared to bears or lions or other animals that wander alone. Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in flocks, and so do God's people.

— Charles Spurgeon 

Racists are not born, they are raised. Isolation is the breeding ground for racism. The more you come to know the world around you and people different than you the less likely you will become an extremist. The Church needs to bring the world together.

— Author Erwin McManus 

No matter how low down you are; no matter what your disposition has been; you may be low in your thoughts, words, and actions; you may be selfish; your heart may be overflowing with corruption and wickedness; yet Jesus will have compassion upon you.

— Dwight L. Moody 

Avoid the quicksand that bears the marker "God has left you!" Don't indulge this lie. If you do, your problem will be amplified by a sense of loneliness. It's one thing to face a challenge, but to face it all alone? Isolation creates a downward cycle of fret.

— Author Max Lucado 

You need to come out of the cave. 

Other people need you to come out of the cave.

God can find your cave! 

1 Kings 19

1 When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, including the way he had killed all the prophets of Baal. 

2 So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.” 

3 Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. 

2 Timothy 1

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

F.E.A.R:

False 

Evidence 

Appearing 

Real    

“Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength.”

 - Corrie Ten Boom

“Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”

 - Corrie Ten Boom

Matthew 6

34 So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

Philippians 4

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 

7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

"10,000 thoughts a day pass through our minds and they try to predict what we will become.”

- AW Tozer

"My mind is a bad neighborhood and I try not to go into it alone."

- Anne Lamont

1 Kings 19

3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. 

Exodus 2

21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 

1 Peter 5

7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

Luke 2:9

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

1 Corinthians 13

13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Romans 12

2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

2 Corinthians 10

5 ...bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.