as a christian what do u fear most?

[MorningGlory]

I know I can never be pried out of His mighty grip but I fear that my family won't all be with me in the Kingdom.  I worry about that a LOT.

[MorningGlory]

OK, I admit that I fear dental work, and I fear house fires at night, and one way gravel mountain roads with steep cliffs on each side, and rope suspension foot bridges over deep canyons. Those are genuine phobias, terrors based on life experiences.

 

I fear all of that stuff too, Willamina (especially the rope suspension bridges); I just don't fear it as much as leaving my family behind. 

[Willa]

I once had to face that fear as well, MorningGlory. I rolled our car over an embankment with our 4 year old son in the front seat. That produced my fear of losing control of my car on graveled narrow roads. But as I was going over the edge, thinking for sure I would wake up with the Lord, I committed my young family and husband to the Lord's faithful loving hands. They are His to begin with and will care and provide for them whether I am here or not. My husband had only been saved for 5 months at the time. When notified by the hospital he thought that our youngest son had been killed. He found himself thanking God for the time we had him. It still makes me cry as I recall it. God is so merciful, and does test out hearts. Hubby was baptized a week later.

[niki23]

I fear quite a bit. I'm not as good of a Christian that I would like to be. In God's eyes, I am a hypocrite. I'm trying REALLY hard not to fall into temptations but its so hard, when every time I turn around there is a temptation. I'm afraid of going to hell. I'm not babtized, I have 3 kids out of wedlock, plus my kids father is atheist. I associate with a lot of Atheists and even a couple people who are Freemasons. Even though, I don't think they know exactly what they are into, because now that I've learned a little about the different degrees, it seems that the higher degree Freemasons are who worship the "Light Bearer."

Anyways, I'm also afraid of the Tribulation, not for myself, but for my kids. My oldest is 5 and my youngest will be a year old the 22nd of this month. It would be hard to watch them suffer, and the hardest thing would be to watch them be tortured and/or killed if we were ever caught.

I guess you can say that I am a Lukewarm Christian, and I hate myself for it.

[Atwood]

 

myself...

 

myself: Do you mean your Romans 7 self?

[Fez]

As a Christian, not much. Not death, not the future, so really, not much.

Why then do I have such a fear of spiders I wonder? I catch problem snakes in people's properties, handle them with no fear, just a healthy respect, but spiders, oh man....

[Guest]

Spiders.

I came here to type the word "spiders", only to find the last post (just before this one) also had spiders. It is a totally irrational fear, a true phobia, but it is the only thing that comes to mind when thinking about fear.

[Fez]

Spiders.I came here to type the word "spiders", only to find the last post (just before this one) also had spiders. It is a totally irrational fear, a true phobia, but it is the only thing that comes to mind when thinking about fear.

I learned to catch and handle snakes from a young age, and thus they don't scare me. I sort of understand them in that I know what to expect, and they do signal intent most of the time.

I wonder if a greater understanding of spiders may alleviate the fear? If one was to study them with someone who works with them and slowly work up to allowing one to walk across ones hand for instance?

[Spock]

I'm ophideophobic, so I fear snakes.

On a more spiritual level, I fear my daughter will continue to be a fake Christian.

[Spock]

I fear quite a bit. I'm not as good of a Christian that I would like to be. In God's eyes, I am a hypocrite. I'm trying REALLY hard not to fall into temptations but its so hard, when every time I turn around there is a temptation. I'm afraid of going to hell. I'm not babtized, I have 3 kids out of wedlock, plus my kids father is atheist. I associate with a lot of Atheists and even a couple people who are Freemasons. Even though, I don't think they know exactly what they are into, because now that I've learned a little about the different degrees, it seems that the higher degree Freemasons are who worship the "Light Bearer."

Anyways, I'm also afraid of the Tribulation, not for myself, but for my kids. My oldest is 5 and my youngest will be a year old the 22nd of this month. It would be hard to watch them suffer, and the hardest thing would be to watch them be tortured and/or killed if we were ever caught.

I guess you can say that I am a Lukewarm Christian, and I hate myself for it.

I hope you hate yourself enough to want to do something about all this guilt you are carrying, and turn your life around by making good choices that will benefit both your and your children. I say this with a love and concern for both you and family. I want you to be content, not guilt ridden.

Be strong!