Session 1 MEN OF FAITH ARE FEARLESS
FOR GROUP PARTICIPATION These elements of the study are best used with others in a group setting.
And God Said… Read aloud: Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments! (Psalm 112:1)
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice. For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. (Psalm 112:5-8) The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1) What is the Point? Read these statements aloud and keep them in mind during the video. • As men, fearlessness begins with the fear of God, because vertical fear of the Lord defeats the horizontal fear of anything else in my life. • Jesus took every ounce of our rejection so that in our weakness, our failure, our forgetfulness and in our fear we would never see the back of God’s head. Petition Pray this together aloud. God, please help me to be the kind of man who fears you above anything or anyone else. I’ll admit that I can be forgetful about who you are, and that taints my heart to be ruled by horizontal fear in life. Would you strengthen my heart to be firmly set and unmovable in you, and would you give me the ability to rest confidently in you so that the circumstances of my life wouldn’t make my heart wobble? Shape me into the kind of man who is gracious, merciful, righteous, generous, just, and strong. I need you to mold me into a man with those characteristics because I lack the ability to do so in my own strength. Please meet me and form me. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen. Hear the Word
Watch the video. (30 minutes) Let's Talk About That Discuss these questions. (30 minutes)
1. Even though it isn’t incredibly popular to admit fear as a man, why do you think fear can play such a huge role in a man’s life? Personally, how has the element of fear driven you, your responses,
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MEN OF FAITH
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