As a minister, I hear about fear a lot. I decided to compile my own list of the 5 greatest fears of “real” people. (This list includes people like me.) See if you share any of these fears.
Unknown– You don’t know what could happen next, so you fear not knowing.
Worst Case Scenario/What If’s – You can imagine all the bad things that could happen next, and if you let your mind do the wandering….the outcome is scary.
Failure – You are afraid your plan, a relationship, your life, etc. is not going to succeed.
Rejection – You fear being left alone, forgotten, or abandoned.
Insignificance/Not measuring up – You fear that you aren’t good enough and don’t have what it takes or that others don’t appreciate you for your value.
Did I hit yours? Which one of these (or another) is your greatest fear?
But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid .” (Matthew 14:27
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Well, let's see … I think it's a tie between 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 for me. In fact, more often than not they all gang up on me.
Been there!
For me, fear of not being accepted. Keeps me from doing many things in public!
Yes. I call that fear of rejection :)Ron EdmondsonGrace Community ChurchHttp://about.me/ronedmondson
Jerry Seinfield once joked that people fear public speaking more than death. So it stands to reason that the person duing the eulogy should be evious of the one being eulogized…
Good comment…
Wow 3, 4,5 are my fears mostly 3 and 4 .. dealing with this right now the past few weeks…..
Stand strong Ashley. You can do it (with Christ)!
I have to admit them: # 1 and #2 are my fears !! @ least as i read couple days before the Unknown is finite. Unknown its not any more unknown once you confront it.
http://flowerdust.net/2010/02/11/fear-of-the-unkn…
Good points. Thanks for pointing me to that post. Missed it.
Tie between 3 and 5. No, guess would have to give it to 5 by a nose. A very insignificant nose, that might always wonder what it would look like after the hands of the world's best cosmetic surgeon touched it. But that was my New Year's resolution. No fears. (is my nose growing?)
Jamie, great New Year's resolution. How's it working? Seriously. Years ago God challenged me to rid the fear from my life. Then immediately He threw a challenge in my lap that scared me to death. It was a testing time. I'm still a work in progress, but getting better. Thanks for sharing.
The fear of failure sometimes haunts me.
#2 is SO totally me!!! I struggle with that all the time! (Sorry I haven’t commented lately, I’m here and have been reading, just trying to keep up! :))