What Are You Afraid Of?

How many of those fears have you heard of? And these are only a handful of the more than 400 named phobias! Keep reading for great news about how we can overcome our greatest fears. THE GREATEST FEAR While not everyone experiences a diagnosed phobia, many of us will spend our entire lives dealing with various fears. In fact, surveys show that about half of adults are afraid of death. But should we be? Listen to these surprising words of Jesus: “Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear [God] which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28). We cannot change the fact that death is appointed to us all. But Jesus knew there is something far worse than death. Because we “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), our never-dying souls are in danger of facing God’s eternal judgment. If anything causes us to fear, this should! VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH In the Bible we also read how Jesus, the Son of Go