Sermons on Inside Were Fears:

While You Were Sleeping

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jul 19, 2010

God will help us face the storms of life and overcome our doubt and fear. He does care and is aware. God is not sleeping on the job!

While You Were Sleeping Mark 4:35-41 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Fearing Fear

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 15, 2010

Delivered 1986. Fear is often a self-fulfilling prophecy, based on our image of a vengeful God. But challenging God is faith-filled, and His response is Jesus, who experiences all that we experience.

The trouble with preparing sermons in a series that lasts several weeks is that I am never quite sure whether I am the only one who knows where we are in that series. I am never quite sure whether you see just four sermons, or maybe you only attend two of the four weeks, or whether you sit with ...read more

Scripture: Job 3:20-26

Denomination: Baptist

The Way We Were, Pt 8 Seized With Fear Series

Contributed by Joe Hayes on Nov 2, 2009

The Fear of The Lord also means we should have a terror in our hearts because God is not the nic pink fluffy God people say he is.

Church as it was meant to be, was a community of saints who feared God. (Acts 9:31) In doing these studies, we want to discover and do church the way God has designed His Church to be, without personal preference, cultural influence or denominational perspectives. A person’s experience of their ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Fear Of The Light.

Contributed by Robert Laymance on Feb 25, 2001

The children, when growing up, sometimes were afraid of the darkness. Then they become adults and now it seems they are afraid of the Light.

* the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not..( powerless against it )john.1:5 * but all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for whatsoever doth make manifest is light...ephes.5:13...( piercing thru it ) * God is light and in Him is no darkness at ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:3-7

Denomination: Baptist

Fearing Fear

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 14, 2013

If we are so afraid of people that we stop following the Lord, we do not trust Him. It shows that we have doubted His plan, His power, and His promises.

Opening illustration: Mrs. Ima Terror chased her husband through the crowds at the zoo, waving her umbrella and unleashing insults like invisible missiles. Her perspiring and winded husband, seeing that the lock on the lion’s cage had not quite closed, yanked it open, jumped into the cage, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

To Fear, Or Not To Fear?

Contributed by Monty Newton on Dec 9, 2008

Christians may be at peace despite the cataclysmic events and judgment that will accompany the Day of the Lord.

Title: To Fear, Or Not to Fear? Text: II Peter 3:8-15 The Big Idea: Christians may be at peace despite the cataclysmic events and judgment that will accompany the Day of the Lord. Introduction There is a 2008 remake in the works that debuts this month. However the original, based on the short ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fear Or Fear Not

Contributed by Rodney Rapp on Jul 26, 2022

Birth Pains In the beginning mild but as time comes closer to delivery, pains increase in strength and frequency.

Fear or Fear Not RCF 07/24/2022 Isaiah 43:1-3 Intro: Birth Pains In the beginning mild but as time comes closer to delivery, pains increase in strength and frequency. As a believer in Christ, we can see birth pains taking place. We can see the intensity and the frequency increasing. And ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:13-16, Isaiah 43:1-3, Exodus 3:13-14, Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 43:22-26  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

You Were Made For More Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 21, 2025

Many people live beneath their divine potential, trapped by fear, failure, or limitations imposed by others. But God never designed us for mediocrity or stagnation—He designed us for greatness and increase.

YOU WERE MADE FOR MORE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Ephesians 3:20 Supporting Texts: Jeremiah 29:11, Isaiah 54:2-3, Romans 8:37, Psalm 115:14 INTRODUCTION: Many people live beneath their divine potential, trapped by fear, failure, or limitations imposed by others. But God never designed us ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Sign Of Fear Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 26, 2017

The disciples weren't afraid of the storm. And they weren't really afraid of Jesus. What was it that they were afraid of that day? And what did Jesus do to deal with their fear?

I once read the story of a man who was hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. It was late at night and no cars were passing. The storm was fierce and the winds strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead. Suddenly, he saw a car coming towards him and stop. Without further ...read more

Scripture: John 6:15-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Struggle Inside The Wall Series

Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2003

The trouble facing the Jews from their enemies is eclipsed now by their internal struggles.

The struggle INSIDE the wall Nehemiah 5:1-19 “The worst threats the church has ever encountered have come more from within than without. External pressures are like water on a grease fire– causing the church to intensify and spread. Internal strife and bickering are like AIDS– sapping the ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 5:1-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

From The Inside Out Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 8, 2015

A message about letting the Lord show on the outside of us. Through His power and work.

Title: From the Inside Out Theme: To show how we need to let God show out of our lives. Text: 1 Samuel 17, 1 John 4:4 Prayer Time: Corporate Prayer Matthew 18:18-20 Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:4, 1 Samuel 17:1-46

Denomination: Church Of God

Peace Is An Inside Job PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 23, 2024

Explores how our dependence on God deepens during times of distress, emphasizing the essential nature of this reliance in all seasons of life.

Gather round, dear friends, and lend your ears to the words that we are about to share today. We are here, not by chance, but by divine appointment. We are here because our Heavenly Father, in His infinite wisdom and boundless love, has seen it fit to bring us together, to share in His word, to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 55:6, Exodus 33:21, Isaiah 26:3

Topics: Dependence, God

Abraham: What's Inside?

Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 12, 2003

Discover what was inside Abraham that helped him obey God’s radical test.

This morning we will have our last message in our mini-series on Abraham. Someday I’ll turn all my messages into books and sell millions of copies. I won’t have to worry about my retirement. I won’t have to rely on the social security system or my dwindling 403b. The truth is peace does not ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-19

Denomination: *other

Inside Out Christianity

Contributed by Dwight Davis on May 17, 2024

So often, we Christians--like everyone else get caught up on the outward appearance of our physical bodies, our homes, our cars and our families. Even more dangerous than focusing on the "appearance" of these things, we quite often focus on the appearance of our Christianity.

Have you ever met someone for the first time, and you were immediately struck by how nice-looking that person was? But after spending some time with them, all of a sudden, they didn’t look that good anymore? Not that their makeup got smeared or their toupee blew off; but once you talked to them and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:25-28, Matthew 15:8-20, Jeremiah 17:9, Psalm 139:23-24, Psalm 51:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Two Wolves Inside

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Mar 20, 2012

Why do we complain,get angry, and are so impatient, perhaps it is a result of two wolves inside.

Two wolves inside Numbers 21:4-9 A Cherokee Elder was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me... it is a terrible fight between two wolves.”One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Methodist