1. My Fears Relieved Pastor Nathan Weller October 28, 2018
Series: Amazing Grace

3. T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear And Grace, my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
--John Newton, Amazing Grace--

5. God's grace teaches us how to live fearlessly

7. 1 Praise the Lord! How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands.
2 Their children will be successful everywhere;
an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
3 They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.
4 Light shines in the darkness for the godly.
They are generous, compassionate, and righteous.
5 Good comes to those who lend money generously
and conduct their business fairly.
6 Such people will not be overcome by evil.
Those who are righteous will be long remembered. (cont’d)
--Psalm 112 NLT

8. --Psalm 112 NLT 7 They do not fear bad news;
they confidently trust the Lord to care for them.
8 They are confident and fearless
and can face their foes triumphantly.
9 They share freely and give generously to those in need.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
They will have influence and honor.
10 The wicked will see this and be infuriated.
They will grind their teeth in anger;
they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.
--Psalm 112 NLT

10. 1 Praise the Lord! How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands.
--Psalm 112:1 NLT

12. --Proverbs 9.10 NIV The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding...
--Proverbs 9.10 NIV

14. His grace teaches us to relax when it comes to our parenting

16. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children
born in one's youth.
--Psalm NIV

18. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of
them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even
the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not,
therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
--Matthew ESV

20. Grace makes us wise

22. --Psalm 112.4-5 NLT 4 Light shines in the darkness for the godly.
They are generous, compassionate, and righteous.
5 Good comes to those who lend money generously
and conduct their business fairly.
--Psalm NLT

24. --John 1.14 NIV The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only
Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
--John 1.14 NIV

26. 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend
on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in
all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
--Proverbs NLT

28. Grace teaches us to not fear the future

30. --Psalm 112.6-7 NLT 6 Such people will not be overcome by evil.
Those who are righteous will be long remembered.
7 They do not fear bad news;
they confidently trust the Lord to care for them.
--Psalm NLT

32. This doctrine gives us unspeakable comfort
since it teaches us
that nothing can happen to us by chance
but only by the arrangement of our gracious
heavenly Father,
who watches over us with fatherly care,
sustaining all creatures under his lordship,
so that not one of the hairs on our heads
(for they are all numbered)
nor even a little bird ... (cont’d)

33. ...can fall to the ground
without the will of our Father.
In this thought we rest,
knowing that God holds in check
the devils and all our enemies,
who cannot hurt us
without divine permission and will.

35. “My message, unchanged for more than fifty years, is this:
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be. It is the message of grace…
A grace that pays the eager beaver who works all day long the same wages as the grinning drunk who shows up at ten till five…A grace
that hikes up the robe and runs breakneck toward the prodigal reeking of sin and wraps him up and decides to throw a party no ifs, ands,
or buts…This grace is indiscriminate compassion. It works without
asking anything of us…Grace is sufficient even though we huff and
puff with all our might to try to find something or someone it cannot cover. Grace is enough…Jesus is enough.”
--Brennan Manning, All is Grace--

37. Grace helps us trust in God’s provision

39. --Psalm 112.8-9 NLT 8 They are confident and fearless
and can face their foes triumphantly.
9 They share freely and give generously to those in need.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
They will have influence and honor.
--Psalm NLT

41. 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you
will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can
add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the... (cont’d)
--Matthew ESV

42. 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or
...grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or
‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that
you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
--Matthew ESV

46. My Fears Relieved Pastor Nathan Weller October 28, 2018
Series: Amazing Grace