Fervent by Priscilla Shirer
Week 5: Strategy 4 — Your Fears
Read Strategy 4 of Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. Key Scriptures: 2 Timothy 1:7; Psalm 34:4.
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Fear is one of the enemy's most effective and most underestimated weapons — because it masquerades as wisdom, caution, or even love. Priscilla calls us to name our fears honestly and to pray against them with equal honesty.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Priscilla opens this strategy by naming fear as one of the enemy's primary tools — not because fear is always sinful, but because he exploits and magnifies it to keep us paralyzed. What fears are currently exerting the most control over your decisions and your peace?
2.2 Timothy 1:7 says God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. What does it mean that fear is a "spirit" — something that can be *given* or *not given*? How does that reframe the way you think about your own anxious thoughts?
3.Priscilla identifies several categories of fear — fear for our children, fear of failure, fear of loss, fear of the future. Which category hits closest to home for you, and how has the enemy specifically weaponized it in your life?
a.Is your fear primarily about what might happen, or about your ability to handle what happens?
b.What lie about God is embedded in that fear?
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