Facing Your Ultimate Fear

FACING YOUR ULTIMATE FEAR
7/14/2024-Evening Worship
Sermon 6: Facing Our Fears
Text: Various
Theme: Facing the fear that God’s answer to your prayer is not what you were expecting.
I want to say, that to talk about APPARENT unanswered prayer I can talk about it in mere theological terms - which may bring information, but not much comfort
Fear of “unanswered” prayers or the fear that the Lord will answer in a way different than what we asked for
Examples when God says “No” was better than what was requested
Zachariah and Elizabeth - sometimes what seems like “No” to us is actually “Wait a minute” (Luke 1:13, 14)
Abraham’s prayer for Ishmael (Gen 17:18-21)
Paul’s infirmity (2 Cor 12:5-10)
Key passages: Matthew 7:7-11; James 1:17
Don’t limit God’s goodness to just giving you what you ask for
Learn to rejoice in God’s good gifts
Learn to praise and trust in God’s answers as being what is best