Sermons

  Overcoming Fear: A Rock And A Hard Place Opening Illustration: Brothers and sisters, I want to ask you a very simple question this morning. Do you believe that God is going to take care of you? Do you really believe that in your largest time of need that the Lord Himself will provide for your needs? I just be it would be interesting to poll this audience because I bet the answers would fluctuate according to our age. Older Christians, mature in their faith, have been through life’s difficulties. They have been overwhelmed by the tidal waves of this world and they know exactly how it fells not to know where their next meal will come from, if they will be able to pay next month’s rent, or if there was another job awaiting them on the day that they were terminated. These mature believers didn’t if they would be able to continue to give to the church. Older believers have seen God move, watched His actions, and know full well that God has never ever let them down. Sure life is hard.

  Overcoming Fear: Empty Guts and The Glory of God Opening Illustration: The other day I was reading an interesting article about the Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge is a national treasure and a feat of engineering. At the time that the Bridge was completed in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Sadly, during the first phase of building the Bridge, 23 brave men fell to their deaths. You see, back in those days there were very few safety devices that would have protected the workers. As the project lingered on, more men fell and died. It seemed a daily occurrence that the local newspaper would report that another man had perished. The work on the Golden Gate Bridge slowed because the workers were afraid that they might fall to their end.  So when the Bridge was halfway completed, the architects and foremen decided to implement some changes in hopes that it would protect their worker’s lives but also in hopes that it might speed t