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WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF?
A. Fear of FAILURE
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Some people are afraid to try a new venture because they don’t want to fail.
2. Certainly, no one wants to fail, but a few failures along life’s road are normal.
B. Fear of CRITICISM
1.
Some people are so concerned with what others think, that they never attempt a new challenge.
2. What others think is their problem . . .
not yours.
Your relationship with God should never depend on what others think, but what God thinks and teaches in the Bible.
C. Fear of REJECTION
1. Consider:
a.
Some will not try out for an athletic because they are afraid of rejection.
b.
Some will not ask a person out on a date because they are afraid of being rejected . . .
even in their forties, fifties, sixties, etc.
2. By fearing rejection, one is rejected trying.
D. Fear of AUTHORITY
1.
Some people panic when they are approached by a person of authority.
2. A boss, a policeman, a principal, etc., may bring about such a reaction.
E. Fear of DEATH
1.
At one time or another the fear of death comes into everyone’s heart.
2. Some people, however, live in a constant fear of death.
They torture themselves day after day with this fear.
F. Fear of a NATIONAL DISASTER Numbers of people across our land live in a deep fear of war, riots, another 911, another depression or stock market crash, etc.
G. Fear of SUCCESS
1.
This is an avoidance motive.
Some believe success will have negative consequences, disappointments, rejection, and even abandonment if we achieve it.
2. “He can’t handle success.”
H. Fear of THINGS GOING TOO WELL
1.
Some people feel that if everything is going too well, then something bad must be about to happen.
2. They cannot enjoy the sun for expecting the clouds.
I. Fear of LOSS
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People fear the loss of:
a. Job
b.
Benefits
c. Friends
d.
Respect
e. Property
f.
Money
g.
Health
h.
Approval
i. Friends
j.
Host of other things, etc.
2. Some losses are beyond our ability to control.
J. Fear of PROBLEMS
K. Fear of the UNKNOWN This challenges all of us from time to time.
L. Fear of CHANGE
People do not want to get out of their comfort zone.
M. Fear of the PAST
1.
This is a form of guilt that people live with.
2. They live with dread that the past will, in some way, harm them.
3. Others are afraid of the future . . . the unknown.
N. Fear of PUNISHMENT
1.
Some live in fear of being accused of doing something they did not do.
2. Some live in fear hell . . .
or their perception of God’s wrath.
O. Fear of a DEADLY DISEASE
1.
Some people live in fear of cancer, heart trouble, a stroke, and a host of other diseases.
2. Many are afraid to go to the doctor for fear that they will be told they have one of their feared diseases.
P. Fear of AGING, OLD AGE
1. Public media would have us to subscribe to the idea that youth is in and aging and old age are out.
2. The suicide rate of retired men is twelve times that of those who are employed.
3. General Douglas MacArthur is reported to have had over his desk: “Youth is not a time of life--it is a state of mind.
Q. PHOBIAS Millions of people are possessed by phobias.
A phobia is a fear of some object, situation, place or thing which, in itself, poses no actual danger to the person.
A person with a phobia usually knows that his fear is irrational, but he can’t seem to do anything about it.
People with such fears will do about anything to avoid the objects of their phobias.
Their fear may rage from mild to very serious anxiety.
They may have physical symptoms such as nausea . . .
dizziness . . .
backaches . . .
headaches . . .
skin rashes . . .
fainting spells . . .
and other pains.
Some common phobias are:
1. Fear of heights . . . . . .
Acrophobia
2. Fear of public places . . . . . .
Agoraphobia
3. Fear of thunder, lightning or storms . . . . . .
Astraphobia
4. Fear of enclosed places . . . . . .
Claustrophobia
5. Fear of water . . . . . .
Hydrophobia
6. Fear of solitude . . . . . .
Monophobia
7. Fear of darkness (night) . . . . . .
Nyctophobia
8. Fear of crowds . . . . . .
Ochlophobia
9. Fear of disease . . . . . .
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