What Are You Afraid Of?
Overview
For many people, worry, anxiety, and fear are constant companions: fear of death, fear of danger, fear of disease. And too often, these fears are crippling, keeping us from the life God has called us to live.
But it doesn’t have to be that way, says Dr. David Jeremiah. As Christians, we have been given all we need in order to face down even the most frightening, unexpected, and overwhelming obstacles in life.
In his new book, What Are You Afraid Of? Dr. Jeremiah explores the top ten fears that are holding so many of us back from the life God has called us to live and shares the supernatural secrets for facing down these fears with faith.
Key Features
- Engages with common fears in a practical manner
- Emphasizes biblical precepts and teachings for engaging with fear and anxiety
- Focuses on spiritual and biblical solutions for overcoming worry, anxiety, and other challenges
Contents
- Disaster: The Fear of Natural Calamity
- Disease: The Fear of Serious Illness
- Debt: The Fear of Financial Collapse
- Defeat: The Fear of Failure
- Disconnection: The Fear of Being Alone
- Disapproval: The Fear of Rejection
- Danger: The Fear of Sudden Trouble
- Depression: The Fear of Mental Breakdown
- Death: The Fear of Dying
- Deity: The Fear of God
Top Highlights
“When disasters come, God is not on trial, we are.11” (Page 24)
“Might. That’s the word that’s haunting him. Our greatest fear is the conditional might—the threat of what might happen. Fear trades in the market of possibility. Or even impossibility—for fear is the tyrant of the imagination. It imposes itself upon us from the shadows, from its hazy mirror of maybe.” (Pages ix–x)
“How do you help a little child face her fear of the darkness? First you appeal to the mind. You turn on the light and show her there’s nothing scary in the room. Then you help her attune her heart to what her mind has accepted. This is the process of faith, for all of us. We accept that God is in control, and on that basis, we shift our burdens to His perfect shoulders.” (Page xiii)
“Paul knew that when we get God’s perspective on the source of our fear, we can set aside what is not from Him and embrace what is. In all my years of following Christ, studying the Bible, and pastoring well-intentioned Christians, I have yet to find a fear for which God does not have an answer. And the reason is simple: God Himself is the answer to all our fears.” (Page xii)
“When I ask, ‘What are you afraid of?’ I’m asking, ‘What is it that immobilizes you? What is stealing your joy and destroying your hope? What is robbing you of sleep, night after night? What keeps you from living by faith and being a risk taker? What keeps you from giving your life wholly to a loving God who wants nothing but the best for you?’” (Page xi)
Product Details
- Title: What Are You Afraid Of?
- Author: David Jeremiah
- Publisher: Tyndale
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 320
- Christian Group: Evangelicals
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Topic: Christian Living
David Jeremiah (1941– ) is an author, evangelist, and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church. Jeremiah holds degrees from Cedarville University and Dallas Theological Seminary. Before becoming the pastor at Shadow Mountian in 1981, Jeremiah began a church in Indiana and developed a Christian grade school.
In 1982, Jeremiah founded Turning Point Ministries: a 30-minute radio program that can be heard on over 1,800 stations worldwide. Jeremiah received numerous awards for his broadcasting and has served on the Board of Directors for the National Religious Broadcasters since 1996. Turning Point later launched a television program which offers a worship service and Bible study lesson.
Jeremiah is the author of numerous books on Christian theology topics including What the Bible Says about Angels, Sanctuary, Prayer: The Great Adventure, and many more. All of these titles, and numerous other study guides, commentaries and devotions by Jeremiah, can be found in the Jeremiah Lifeworks Library 2.0.