What Are You Afraid Of? - Week 1

One of the most universal emotions we all experience is fear. It’s not confined to a particular age, place, or moment—it evolves with us through life.

• As a child, fear looks like monsters under the bed, the dark, or being left behind in the school pickup line.

• In adolescence, it becomes the fear of not fitting in, of being picked last, of not getting invited.

• In early adulthood, it’s: Will I find someone? Will I be enough for someone? Will I make enough to live?

• Later in life, fear asks: Can I keep it all together? Am I messing up my kids? Will I be able to provide? What if I lose what I’ve built?

And in our later years, it becomes: Did I do enough? Will I have enough to retire? What happens if my health fails? Will I be alone?

Fear shifts, but it never truly leaves us. And it doesn’t always show up loudly—it can be subtle. It hides behind ambition, overthinking, your calendar, and sometimes, even your faith. But beneath the surface, it whispers that same haunting question:

“What if…?”

What if you’re not enough?

What if it all falls apart?

What if you miss out?

But what if fear is more than a feeling to avoid? What if it’s an invitation to trust God?

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to discover that Jesus didn’t just come to forgive our sins—

He came to free us from fear.