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…FOR GOD GAVE US A SPIRIT NOT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER AND LOVE AND SELF-CONTROL. – 2 TIMOTHY 1:7

HEBREWS 2:14-15 

WE ARE NOT REALLY READY TO LIVE UNTIL WE ARE READY TO DIE. 

1. FEAR OF THE PROCESS: JESUS IS WITH YOU 

Psalm 23:4

2. FEAR OF NON-EXISTENCE: YOU WILL BE ALIVE AND WELL 

John 11:25-26

“Some day, you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody, of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! At that moment, I shall be more alive than I am now.” – D.L. Moody

3. FEAR OF BODILY DECAY: YOU WILL RECEIVE A NEW BODY 

Philippians 3:21, 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

4. FEAR OF LOSS: TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN

Philippians 1:21

5. FEAR OF PUNISHMENT: THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE IN CHRIST

Hebrews 9:27, Romans 8:1

6. FEAR OF LEAVING LOVED ONES BEHIND: WE WILL BE TOGETHER

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

7. FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN: HEAVEN WILL BE PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

1 Corinthians 2:9

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelation 21:1-4