Fear and Anxiety

Opening Prayer

Recap

The book of Numbers

On the boarder, standing at a cross road / our moment of truth

A tale of two crisis

Identification crisis

Theological crisis

Transforming fear

Quieting the people, even when it’s our own thoughts

Changing the Narrative in our thoughts

Being spurred action

Frozen with Fear vs Accepting the challenge

Originally one book with 2 Samuel Narrates events from Samuel’s birth (1050 bc) through Saul’s kingship (1011 bc)

A record of the establishment of Israelʼs monarchy, featuring Samuel—last of the judges, and also prophet and priest—and Saul, the first king

1 Samuel 17:1-14 “Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. And he stood…”

Accepting God’s challenge

David acknowledged God as God (1SAM26)

Reframed his identity based on his relationship with God (1SAM33-37)

He understood that God gave him everything he needed (1SAM38-40)