June 6th Men's Ministry Breakfast Discussion Topic -
Men, what are you scared of?
Are you afraid of losing your job? (This hits home for me.)
Do you fear getting a debilitating illness or fatal disease?
How about feeling the anxiety of not measuring up in the eyes of your spouse and children?
What do you fear as a Christian man?
Have I done enough for the kingdom of God? (Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required).
Zac's gospel moment wraps up our discussion as we consider fear as it relates to anger.
So join us for breakfast as we weigh in and examine this important subject.
We're going to talk about fear, concern, anxiety, doubt , angst, scare, worry, uneasiness.
I've listed a few things that are meaningful to me. I'm sure there are more things that cause us fear or anxiety. We'll go through them and will stop at the ones that hits home for us.
Losing your job - A lot of people lose their jobs. If you're young and unmarried then it's not so bad. You can probably bounce back easier. But at my age, my fear is not taking care of my family, my kids are old enough to fend for themselves, Donna and I can downsize. It's the extra stuff. I probably won't be as active in church as I am now. I may not be able to do family events as before. My stress level rises dramatically.
How do I handle this? Fortunately God's grace has protected me. Since threats of layoffs are always looming, we've been more careful with discretionary spending, living lean so-to-speak.
Debilitating illness or fatal disease - Who hasn't been touch by this subject. Do we, as men fear getting
mortally sick? We can live better, watch what we eat. What are the ramifications of getting cancer?
Do we ask God, why? I've been faithful to You, why?
Not measuring in the eyes of your spouse or children - Are you a provider, protector, confidant to your spouse, example for your children? If you aren't meeting them, why?
Fear of Failure - have I met all my goals, in business and personal life? As we grow older our goals change, does it main failure? e.g. I want to make a million by age 40 and retire, now I want a nice retirement nest egg for retirement. What is it that will make me happy?
My Christian walk - A Christians, the world holds us to a higher standard. My fear is that I tarnish the name of Christ with my actions. Oh to be called a hypocrite. Then why should I tell people I'm a Christian, knowing they'll condemn me if a falter. Billy Graham as quoted by Ravi Zacharias "B.G. biggest fear is that he'll do something today that will undo his 30-40 years of ministry.
Have I done enough for the kingdom of God- Matthew 25 - Well done good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Am I the lazy servant who buried his treasure in the ground? "to whom much was given, much will be required" Luke 12:48.
On my tombstone, my epitaph "He tried to do God's will"
So join us for breakfast as we weigh in and examine this important subject.
We're going to talk about fear, concern, anxiety, doubt , angst, scare, worry, uneasiness.
I've listed a few things that are meaningful to me. I'm sure there are more things that cause us fear or anxiety. We'll go through them and will stop at the ones that hits home for us.
Losing your job - A lot of people lose their jobs. If you're young and unmarried then it's not so bad. You can probably bounce back easier. But at my age, my fear is not taking care of my family, my kids are old enough to fend for themselves, Donna and I can downsize. It's the extra stuff. I probably won't be as active in church as I am now. I may not be able to do family events as before. My stress level rises dramatically.
How do I handle this? Fortunately God's grace has protected me. Since threats of layoffs are always looming, we've been more careful with discretionary spending, living lean so-to-speak.
Debilitating illness or fatal disease - Who hasn't been touch by this subject. Do we, as men fear getting
mortally sick? We can live better, watch what we eat. What are the ramifications of getting cancer?
Do we ask God, why? I've been faithful to You, why?
Not measuring in the eyes of your spouse or children - Are you a provider, protector, confidant to your spouse, example for your children? If you aren't meeting them, why?
Fear of Failure - have I met all my goals, in business and personal life? As we grow older our goals change, does it main failure? e.g. I want to make a million by age 40 and retire, now I want a nice retirement nest egg for retirement. What is it that will make me happy?
My Christian walk - A Christians, the world holds us to a higher standard. My fear is that I tarnish the name of Christ with my actions. Oh to be called a hypocrite. Then why should I tell people I'm a Christian, knowing they'll condemn me if a falter. Billy Graham as quoted by Ravi Zacharias "B.G. biggest fear is that he'll do something today that will undo his 30-40 years of ministry.
Have I done enough for the kingdom of God- Matthew 25 - Well done good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Am I the lazy servant who buried his treasure in the ground? "to whom much was given, much will be required" Luke 12:48.
On my tombstone, my epitaph "He tried to do God's will"
