FEAR NOT: WITH YOU
Isaiah 41:10 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Fear Not — God is WITH YOU!
DWELLS WITHIN YOU
1 Corinthians 3:16 English Standard Version (ESV)
16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
John 14:16-17 English Standard Version (ESV)
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
ALWAYS WITH YOU
Matthew 28:20 English Standard Version (ESV)
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
NOTHING SEPARATES YOU
Romans 8:38-39 English Standard Version (ESV)
38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
HE IS FOR YOU
Romans 8:31 English Standard Version (ESV)
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
HE IS WITH YOU THROUGH THE DEEP
Isaiah 43:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
2 When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.
BECAUSE HE IS WITH YOU — COMFORT
Psalm 23:4 English Standard Version (ESV)
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
BECAUSE HE IS WITH YOU – FULLNESS OF JOY
Psalm 16:11 English Standard Version (ESV)
11 You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
FEAR NOT: YOUR GOD
Isaiah 41:10 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Fear Not… I AM YOUR GOD!
He can only be your God because…
God is KNOWABLE
1. GOD IS KNOWABLE
HE ALLOWS US TO KNOW HIM… that’s the only way we can declare Him our God.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 English Standard Version (ESV)
23 Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
2 Peter 1:3 The Passion Translation (TPT)
3 Everything we could ever need for life and complete devotion to God has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness.
John 17:1-3 English Standard Version (ESV)
17 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
2. GOD IS APPROACHABLE
James 4:7-8 English Standard Version (ESV)
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Jeremiah 33:3 English Standard Version (ESV)
3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Hebrews 4:16 English Standard Version (ESV)
16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Ephesians 3:10-12 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
God is God…
… that doesn’t change whether you declare Him God or not.
Is He YOUR God?
It’s personal…
Have you accepted Jesus?
John 14:5-14 New International Version (NIV)
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.
12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Do you “know” know God?
1 John 4:6-7 English Standard Version (ESV)
6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
Do you live with God above all?
Or are you worshiping other things?
Colossians 3:1-4 English Standard Version (ESV)
3 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Romans 12:1 English Standard Version (ESV)
12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Romans 1:25 The Passion Translation (TPT)
25 all because they traded the truth of God for a lie. They worshiped and served the things God made rather than the God who made all things—glory and praises to him for eternity of eternities! Amen!
Romans 1:25 The Message (MSG)
24-25 So God said, in effect, “If that’s what you want, that’s what you get.” It wasn’t long before they were living in a pigpen, smeared with filth, filthy inside and out. And all this because they traded the true God for a fake god, and worshiped the god they made instead of the God who made them—the God we bless, the God who blesses us. Oh, yes!
FEAR NOT: STRENGTHENED
Isaiah 41:10 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Strength training is a type of physical exercise specializing in the use of resistance to induce muscular contraction which builds the strength, anaerobic endurance, and size of skeletal muscles….. think weight lifting, exercise bands.
You can seek God’s Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11 English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!
He strengthens you to face trials
Philippians 4:11-13 English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Psalm 46:1-3 English Standard Version (ESV)
46 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
He strengthens you to overcome temptations
Ephesians 6:11-12 English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
He strengthens you to glorify Him
1 Peter 4:11 English Standard Version (ESV)
11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
STRENGTHENED BY GRACE
2 Timothy 2:1 English Standard Version (ESV)
2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
STRENGTHENED IN FAITH
Romans 4:20-21 English Standard Version (ESV)
20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
STRENGTHENED BY HIS JOY
Nehemiah 8:10 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Psalm 28:7 English Standard Version (ESV)
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Psalm 73:26 English Standard Version (ESV)
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
FEAR NOT: UPHELD
Isaiah 41:10 English Standard Version (ESV)
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Recap:
- Fear Not – God is with you
- Always with you
- Nothing separates you
- He is for you
- Because He’s with you you experience comfort & joy
- Fear Not – God is your God
- God is knowable
- God is approachable
- Is He YOUR God?
- Do you KNOW KNOW God?
- Fear Not – God strengthens you
- Strengthens you to face trials, overcome temptations, glorify Him
- Strengthened BY GRACE
- Strengthened IN FAITH
- Strengthened BY HIS JOY
- Fear Not – God helps you
- Fear Not – GOD WILL UPHOLD YOU
tamak: to hold up, to support
Transliteration: tamak
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-mak’)
Psalm 37 English Standard Version (ESV)
28 For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land
and dwell upon it forever.
32 The wicked watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not abandon him to his power
or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.
34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
you will look on when the wicked are cut off.
38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
40 The Lord helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.
Psalm 63:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
8 My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
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