Some Thoughts about Fear in the Church
Luke 22-26 (ESV) 22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, 23 and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24 And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?” My dog doesn't like thunder. The change in pressure doesn't worry him, wind and rain don't even wake him up and lightening doesn't seem to worry him, but thunder drives him mad. I try to look at it from his perspective: thunder is loud and the walls will shake under a good thunderclap and perhaps even the floor vibrates a little and he can