May 11, 2017

A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt is famed with saying, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” But how well do we do that?
3. Scripture
   1. Revelation 1:17-20
   2. The One: This is not the time for fear; I am the First and the Last, and I am the living One. I entered the realm of the dead; but see, I am alive now and for all the ages—even ages to come. Amen. I possess the keys to open the prison of death and hades.

Now write down all you have seen—all that is and all that will be. Regarding the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the heavenly messengers who preside over the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches themselves.

4. Devotional
   1. Fear is rampant in our society
      1. Fear of physical harm
         1. Terrorists
         2. Robbers, murderers, assault
      2. Fear of disease
         1. Cancer
         2. Heart disease
         3. Diabetes
         4. Communicable diseases
      3. Fear of failure
         1. Work
         2. Relationships
         3. Life
      4. Fear of death
   2. What do we do with fear?
      1. Wikipedia - Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events. Fear in human beings may occur in response to a specific stimulus occurring in the present, or in anticipation or expectation of a future threat perceived as a risk to body or life. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat (also known as the fight-or-flight response), which in extreme cases of fear (horror and terror) can be a freeze response or paralysis.
      2. We all experience it as a natural emotion, but Roosevelt tells us we have nothing to fear but fear
      3. Jesus tells us now is not the time to fear
      4. He has already conquered the thing we fear most - death
      5. He holds the keys to the prison of death
   3. Follow Him and He can release us from that prison
      1. Knowing He holds the keys to the worst that can happen to us
      2. We do not need to be afraid
      3. Our greatest failure is overcome by the one who holds the solution to our biggest problem - death
      4. He takes us through the veil to life everlasting
      5. There really is nothing to fear - not even fear
   4. Go show a little courage
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