1. Faith Casts Out Fear
Romans 15

2. Three Degrees of faith Little faith (Mt 8:26) Weak faith (Rom 14:1)
dead faith (James 2:26)

3. Joy in Believing
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

4. Joy in Believing
Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing. Acts 8:39

5. The Peace in Believing
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

6. The enemy of peace is fear.
The Peace in Believing
The enemy of peace is fear.
“Fear not”
Matthew 1:20,
Luke 2:10,
Matthew 8:26

7. The Peace in Believing Frustration is an enemy of peace
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28
The Peace in Believing

8. The Peace in Believing Frustration is an enemy of peace
I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.
Psalm 37:25
The Peace in Believing

9. There is hope in Believing
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

10. There is hope in Believing
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? Romans 8:24

11. There is hope in Believing
18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.

12. There is hope in Believing
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,

13. There is hope in Believing
20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 6:18-20

14. There is hope in Believing
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16

15. There is hope in Believing
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1

16. There is hope in Believing
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

17. Lessons for us today There are blessings in believing.
There are consequences of unbelief.

18. Lessons for us today
Unbelief is evil
Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

19. Lessons for us today
We have a reason to believe God’s word and blessings available if we believe – joy, peace and hope.

20. Lessons for us today
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

21. Conclusion Fear doesn’t have to be a part of the Christian life.
It’s are actions and lack of faith that allow it to be so.