Ronnie E. Swain, Jr. - "Overcoming Fear" (February 24, 1991)

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	(organ music)	0:00
	(shuffling)	0:58
	(soft chattering)
-	Good morning and welcome to this service of worship	3:04
	on the second Sunday in the Christian season of Lent.	3:07
	For the past decade or so,	3:14
	it has been the practice	3:16
	to designate student preacher Sunday	3:17
	on one Sunday of the year.	3:20
	This year, as usual,	3:23
	our student preacher has been selected	3:24
	by student and faculty committee.	3:27
	He is Ronnie Swain,	3:30
	a junior from Mobile, Alabama	3:31
	and we welcome him to our pulpit today.	3:36
	Ronnie was raised in an ecumenical Christian home	3:41
	of both Catholic and Protestant parents	3:44
	and that's appropriate because today,	3:47
	we begin a week of emphasis on prayer	3:50
	and spiritual life being led	3:54
	by the brothers of the Taize monastery in France	3:56
	and also the Little Sisters of Jesus.	4:01
	They will be leading us in a full round of worship services,	4:05
	prayer retreats, pilgrimages and activities this week	4:08
	and we invite your participation	4:12
	at this special time of the year,	4:15
	a time in which all of us are in need	4:19
	of prayer and reflection.	4:21
	And now let us stand for the greeting.	4:25
	Create in me a clean heart, oh God.	4:32
Congregation	And renew a right spirit within me.	4:35
-	Open my lips, oh Lord.	4:38
Congregation	And my mouth will declare your praise.	4:41
	("Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness" by Johann Franck)	4:45
	♪ Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness, ♪	5:42
	♪ Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness, ♪	5:49
	♪ Come into the daylight's splendor, ♪	5:56
	♪ There with joy thy praises render ♪	6:03
	♪ Unto God whose graces unbounded ♪	6:10
	♪ Hath this wondrous banquet founded ♪	6:17
	♪ High over all the heavens he reigneth, ♪	6:25
	♪ Yet to dwell with thee he deigneth ♪	6:32
	♪ Sun, who all my life dost brighten, ♪	6:41
	♪ Light, who dost my soul enlighten, ♪	6:48
	♪ Joy, the sweetest heart ever knoweth, ♪	6:55
	♪ Fount, whence all my being floweth, ♪	7:02
	♪ At thy feet I cry, my maker, ♪	7:09
	♪ Let me be a fit partaker ♪	7:17
	♪ Of this blessed food from heaven, ♪	7:24
	♪ For our good, thy glory, given. ♪	7:31
	(organ music)	7:41
-	Let us confess our sin.	9:53
	Be seated. The prayer is number 890.	9:55
	Let us pray.	10:14
-	Most merciful God,	10:15
All	we confess that we have sinned against you	10:18
	in thought, word, and deed,	10:20
	by what we have done,	10:23
	and by what we have left undone.	10:25
	We have not loved you with our whole heart,	10:28
	we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.	10:31
	We are truly sorry and we humbly repent,	10:34
	for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,	10:38
	have mercy on us and forgive us,	10:41
	that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways,	10:44
	to the glory of your name. Amen.	10:48
-	Almighty God, have mercy on you.	11:01
	Forgive all your sins through our Lord, Jesus Christ,	11:04
	strengthen you in all goodness	11:08
	and by the power of the Holy Spirit,	11:11
	keep you in eternal life. Amen.	11:13
-	Let us pray.	11:32
All	Open our hearts and minds, oh God,	11:34
	by the power of your Holy Spirit,	11:38
	so that, as the word is read and proclaimed,	11:41
	we might hear with joy what you say to us this day. Amen.	11:45
-	The first reading is taken from the Book of Genesis.	11:53
	When Abram was 99 years old,	11:59
	the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,	12:02
	"I am God Almighty,	12:06
	"walk before me and be blameless.	12:09
	"And I will make my covenant between me and you	12:13
	"and will make you exceedingly numerous."	12:17
	Then Abram fell on his face	12:22
	and God said to him,	12:24
	"As for me, this is my covenant with you:	12:27
	"You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.	12:32
	"No longer shall your name be Abram,	12:37
	"but your name shall be Abraham,	12:40
	"for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations.	12:44
	"I will make you exceedingly fruitful	12:49
	"and I will make nations of you	12:52
	"and kings shall come from you.	12:55
	"I will establish my covenant between me and you	12:59
	"and your offspring after you,	13:04
	"throughout their generations,	13:06
	"for an everlasting covenant to be God to you	13:08
	"and to your offspring after you.	13:13
	"And I will give to you and to your offspring after you	13:16
	"the land where you are now an alien,	13:21
	"all the land of Canaan,	13:25
	"for a perpetual holding and I will be their God."	13:27
	God said to Abraham,	13:34
	"As for you, you shall keep my covenant,	13:36
	"you and your offspring after you,	13:40
	"throughout their generations.	13:42
	"This is my covenant which you shall keep,	13:44
	"between me and you and your offspring after you:	13:48
	"every male among you shall be circumcised."	13:52
	This is the word of the Lord.	13:57
Congregation	Thanks be to God.	14:00
-	This reading is from The Gospel According to Saint Mark.	14:32
	Then he began to teach them	14:38
	that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering	14:40
	and be rejected by the elders,	14:43
	the chief priests and the scribes	14:46
	and be killed and after three days, rise again.	14:49
	He said all this quite openly	14:56
	and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.	14:59
	But turning and looking at the disciples,	15:04
	he rebuked Peter and said,	15:06
	"Get behind me, Satan!	15:08
	"For you are setting your mind,	15:11
	"not on divine things,	15:12
	"but on human things."	15:14
	He called the crowd with his disciples and said to them,	15:18
	"If any want to become my followers,	15:23
	"let them deny themselves and take up their cross	15:26
	"and follow me.	15:30
	"For those who want to save their life will lose it	15:32
	"and those who lose their life for my sake	15:36
	"and for the sake of the gospel will save it.	15:39
	"For what will it profit them to gain the whole world	15:45
	"and forfeit their life?	15:48
	"Indeed, what can they give in return for their life?	15:51
	"Those who are ashamed of me and of my words	15:56
	"in this adulterous and sinful generation,	15:59
	"of them, the Son of Man will also be ashamed	16:02
	"when he comes in the glory of his Father	16:05
	"with the holy angels."	16:08
	This is the word of the Lord.	16:12
Congregation	Thanks be to God.	16:15
-	It is one of the most misunderstood emotions.	16:22
	It can cause symptoms of the most dreaded diseases.	16:29
	Indeed, it can relentlessly cling to our minds	16:35
	and destroy our bodies.	16:40
	Ulcers, nervous breakdowns and high blood pressure	16:44
	are aggravated if not caused by it.	16:48
	Fear!	16:52
	Doesn't all of the simplistic advice	16:54
	about relieving anxiety seem so ineffective	16:57
	when you are gripped by that icy, cold terror?	17:01
	And yet, fear is necessary	17:07
	because it is one of the few emotions	17:08
	that motivates and drives us.	17:10
	It can make us so angry	17:12
	that we become determined to succeed.	17:13
	Indeed, fear is partly responsible for our existence,	17:16
	we have learned to perceive and fear danger.	17:20
	Pascal, the noted French scientist and philosopher,	17:26
	said of fear,	17:30
	there is a virtuous fear which is the product of faith	17:32
	and there is a vicious fear which is the product of doubt.	17:37
	One leads to hope,	17:42
	one inclines to despair.	17:45
	Pascal has identified a complex dichotomy.	17:49
	Each of us has fears	17:53
	but we are not always immobilized by them.	17:55
	To appreciate the distinction,	17:59
	remember what it was like to be a small child	18:01
	trying to go to sleep.	18:04
	Do you recall being afraid of the dark?	18:07
	Can you remember how frightening your own room had become?	18:10
	You were never quite certain that you were completely alone	18:15
	so you threw the covers over your head and tried to hide.	18:18
	Fear of the dark was a nagging doubt.	18:23
	You were alone, uncertain.	18:27
	Who would protect you?	18:32
	To an extent, we must confront the same feelings	18:35
	of fear everyday of our lives.	18:37
	What are you afraid of right now?	18:41
	Fear of not succeeding,	18:44
	fear of being rejected by someone you love,	18:48
	fear of what you will do in the future,	18:52
	fear of what you have already done or did not do.	18:56
	Fear of dying and, ironically, fear of living.	19:02
	Try writing your fears on a sheet of paper,	19:08
	the length of the list might be depressing.	19:11
	In his book, A Genuinely Human Existence,	19:14
	Stephen Neill writes,	19:17
	among all the enemies of the human race,	19:20
	perhaps the worst are fear, frustration and resentment	19:23
	and the greatest of these is fear.	19:29
	The greatest enemy of the human race is fear	19:33
	and the greatest friend is fear.	19:36
	One type of fear is beneficial,	19:40
	the other type of fear is dangerous.	19:44
	How much fear is too much fear?	19:49
	When does fear,	19:54
	which is a normal and integral component	19:55
	of our lives, become excessive?	19:57
	For centuries, psychologists, theologians and philosophers	20:02
	have tried to find an acceptable answer.	20:07
	The early Greeks were the first to name excessive fear,	20:11
	they called it panic.	20:14
	And panic has two distinct characteristics,	20:17
	the first is that man is most vulnerable	20:20
	when he feels isolated.	20:23
	And secondly, panic is so overwhelming	20:26
	that it can create a self-abandonment,	20:30
	which is capable of making even the bravest run.	20:34
	When fear becomes panic,	20:39
	we lose our perspective.	20:41
	This type of fear does not motivate,	20:44
	but paralyzes us.	20:46
	Panic is fear that is out of control.	20:49
	It is illogical and futile.	20:55
	Think of Perkins Library during exams.	20:59
	For those of you who've never been to Duke's library,	21:03
	I urge you to go during exams.	21:05
	The trip is fascinating.	21:08
	There is a desperateness that is unsettling.	21:10
	You can feel it as you walk into the library.	21:14
	People are uptight, stressed out	21:18
	and slugging caffeine into their sleep-deprived systems.	21:22
	Girls go without makeup and guys do not shave.	21:26
	People have no thoughts but of getting through	21:33
	and surviving exams.	21:35
	Exam period does not just test our knowledge	21:38
	of the material,	21:40
	but also the ability to manage panic.	21:42
	But it is not just exams,	21:46
	that's an obvious example.	21:48
	Fear is present everyday of life.	21:50
	A quote from Time magazine,	21:55
	fear shouts in the headlines,	21:58
	laughs nervously at cocktail parties,	22:02
	nags us from advertisements,	22:06
	clatters from the Wall Street ticker	22:11
	and whispers in private each day	22:15
	before the shaving mirror and the dressing table.	22:17
	We do not see people running uncontrollably each day,	22:22
	in panic, but there is a certain level of ineffectual fear.	22:25
	Fear that resides in doubt,	22:30
	fear that distorts our perspective,	22:34
	that we are all forced to confront.	22:38
	Even the language that we use reveals the presence	22:41
	of fear in our lives.	22:43
	Have you ever considered the difference between the phrases,	22:46
	I cannot and I will not?	22:48
	The phrase, I cannot,	22:52
	conjures paralysis, helplessness,	22:53
	fear of trying.	22:57
	I will not is more substantive.	23:00
	It may be a negative response	23:03
	but it is not passive or helpless.	23:07
	How can we control the excessive fear	23:12
	that is so prevalent throughout our lives?	23:14
	We simply must ask for help.	23:18
	We are so used to achieving on our own.	23:23
	We want to be in charge	23:26
	and we selfishly think we can control our own problems.	23:28
	Wouldn't we like to have such power?	23:33
	We convince ourselves that it is easier without God	23:36
	than it is with God.	23:41
	But we must turn to Christ to overcome our fear and panic	23:44
	and we are repeatedly told this throughout the bible.	23:49
	The words, fear not,	23:54
	appear 99 times from the beginning of Genesis to Revelation.	23:56
	99 direct references to	24:03
	stop being afraid.	24:06
	Even the lectionary text today relate to fear.	24:11
	Genesis 17 is the story of Abraham's covenant with God.	24:16
	Abraham believes God and accepts his law.	24:21
	He's a good man who probably has visions	24:26
	of the golden years,	24:28
	watching the sunsets, living quietly,	24:31
	enjoying his last years as peacefully as he can.	24:36
	But Abraham is suddenly told by God	24:42
	that he will be the ancestor of many nations	24:44
	and that his aging wife,	24:48
	Sarah, will bear his son, Issac.	24:50
	Imagine having to start a new family, a new nation.	24:56
	What a frightening truth to have to face	25:03
	at the end of your life.	25:05
	But Abraham placed his faith in God's will.	25:08
	Paul wrote in the Book of Romans of Abraham,	25:13
	he was then almost 100 years old	25:17
	but his faith did not weaken when he thought of his body,	25:22
	which was practically dead,	25:25
	or the fact that his wife, Sarah, could not have children.	25:27
	His faith did not leave him	25:33
	and he did not doubt God's promise.	25:36
	His faith filled him with power and he gave praise to God.	25:40
	He was absolutely sure that God would be able to do	25:46
	what he had promised.	25:51
	That is why Abraham, through faith,	25:55
	was accepted as righteous by God.	25:59
	Abraham, through his faith, was accepted as righteous.	26:02
	He placed his faith in the Lord when confronted	26:09
	with an overwhelming event.	26:12
	When I think about fear,	26:16
	two events in the bible always touch me.	26:18
	Easter and Christmas Eve.	26:21
	Easter is so important	26:25
	because Christ conquered both fear and death.	26:26
	But Christmas Eve is special	26:30
	because I remember Joseph, Mary's husband.	26:32
	Joseph must've been having a terrible day.	26:36
	He probably did not understand how his wife became pregnant,	26:41
	he was worried about his wife	26:45
	and he had nowhere to spend the night.	26:47
	I imagine he was afraid and close to panic that day	26:51
	but I am confident that both he and Mary prayed	26:56
	and the savior of the world was born.	27:00
	The same message about fear	27:04
	is even found in the gospel passages this morning, Mark 8.	27:07
	If anyone wants to come with me,	27:12
	he told them,	27:14
	he must forget himself, carry his cross and follow me.	27:16
	For whoever wants to save his own life will lose it	27:24
	but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel	27:30
	will save it.	27:35
	This is one of the most direct explanations of the gospel.	27:38
	As Christians, we are not free from suffering.	27:43
	We do not take a dose of religion	27:48
	and become cured of our fear.	27:51
	Faith is harder than that.	27:54
	Instead we are told	27:58
	that we must bear our crosses, our fears.	27:59
	Belief in God and request for help	28:05
	does not prevent fear but transforms it.	28:08
	Our perspective changes.	28:14
	Our fears and our management of fear become meaningful.	28:17
	Christ took a horrible image, the cross,	28:24
	a means of execution,	28:28
	and transformed it into a symbol of our salvation.	28:31
	I have not found an original answer to overcoming fear.	28:36
	Like you, I have been touched by both the joys	28:40
	and doubts of life and, like you,	28:44
	I look to the bible and to the insights of other Christians.	28:48
	Like you, I look to the bible	28:54
	and to the insights of other Christians for answers.	28:56
	We are all in this together.	28:59
	Yet, each of us has distinctly personal struggles,	29:03
	worries, anxieties and fear.	29:07
	Our faith has an answer to fear.	29:14
	A poem by Karle Wilson Baker, entitled Courage,	29:17
	describes that answer.	29:23
	Courage is armor a blind man wears,	29:27
	the calloused scar of outlived despairs:	29:32
	courage is fear that has said it's prayers.	29:38
	Indeed, the answer to fear is to ask for help,	29:44
	God's help,	29:50
	with the knowledge that fear is a daily struggle.	29:53
	Courage is fear that has said it's prayers.	29:58
	Let us pray.	30:04
	Oh Merciful Father,	30:08
	help us to understand our fear.	30:11
	May our viscous fear be transformed into virtuous fear,	30:15
	even into courage,	30:21
	through Jesus Christ our Lord.	30:24
	Amen.	30:27
-	And now, let us pray for others,	30:37
	the sung prayer response is found at number 485.	30:39
	The Lord be with you.	30:52
Congregation	And also with you.	30:53
-	In peace, let us pray to the Lord.	30:56
	(organ music)	31:01
	♪ Lord have mercy ♪
	With all our heart and with all our mind, oh God,	31:09
	thinking not so much of our needs,	31:14
	but rather the needs of others.	31:17
	In peace, let us pray to the Lord.	31:20
	(organ music)	31:24
	♪ Lord have mercy ♪
	For the peace of the world,	31:31
	distraught, this faithful day with cries of war,	31:35
	for the welfare of the Church of God	31:41
	and for the future unity of all peoples,	31:45
	in peace, let us pray to the Lord.	31:49
	(organ music)	31:54
	♪ Lord have mercy ♪
	For our president,	32:01
	for the leaders of all the nations,	32:03
	for those whom they govern,	32:06
	those whom we call friends and those whom we call enemies,	32:09
	all of whom our Lord has called sisters and brothers,	32:15
	in peace, let us pray to the Lord.	32:22
	(organ music)	32:27
	♪ Lord have mercy ♪
	For those who are poor and oppressed,	32:35
	for the victims of war and violence,	32:38
	for those unemployed and destitute,	32:41
	for prisoners and captives,	32:45
	particularly prisoners of war	32:48
	and for all who remember and care for them,	32:52
	in peace, let us pray to the Lord.	32:54
	(organ music)	32:58
	♪ Lord have mercy ♪
	For those this day who are in fear	33:05
	due to their concerns over loved ones in the Persian Gulf,	33:08
	fears over an uncertain world future,	33:13
	fears about the course of their personal lives,	33:17
	in peace, let us pray to the Lord.	33:21
	(organ music)	33:25
	♪ Lord have mercy ♪
	For the faithful who have gone before us	33:33
	and are now at rest,	33:35
	who join us at the Lord's table when we gather,	33:38
	rejoicing in the fellowship of all saints,	33:41
	we commend ourselves,	33:45
	one another and our whole life to Christ our Lord,	33:46
	in peace, let us pray to the Lord.	33:50
	(organ music)	33:54
	♪ Lord have mercy ♪
	Gracious God, you have called us,	34:00
	boldly, to be the Church of Jesus Christ.	34:03
	Keep us one in faith and in service,	34:07
	breaking bread together,	34:11
	telling good news to the world,	34:13
	that all may believe you are love,	34:16
	turn to your ways and live to give you glory	34:19
	through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.	34:24
	Christ our Lord invites to his table all who live	34:31
	and serve him in peace,	34:35
	therefore, let us stand and offer one another signs	34:37
	of reconciliation and love.	34:40
	(shuffling and chattering)	34:43
	And now, as a forgiven and reconciled people,	34:56
	let us offer ourselves and our gifts	34:58
	to the God who has given so much to us. Be seated.	35:01
	("Blessed is the Man" by Sergei Rachmaninoff)	35:09
	♪ Blessed is the man that hath not walked ♪	35:32
	♪ In the counsel of the ungodly ♪	35:39
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	35:50
	♪ For the Lord knoweth the way ♪	36:07
	♪ Of the righteous ♪	36:12
	♪ But the way of the ungodly shall perish ♪	36:16
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	36:28
	♪ Serve our Lord in fear ♪	36:45
	♪ And rejoice unto him with reverence ♪	36:54
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	37:09
	♪ Blessed they are all, ♪	37:26
	♪ They that put their trust in him ♪	37:32
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	37:46
	♪ Arise, oh Lord and save me, ♪	38:03
	♪ Oh, my God ♪	38:14
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	38:20
	♪ Salvation belongeth unto the Lord ♪	38:37
	♪ And thy blessing is upon thy people ♪	38:47
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	39:03
	♪ Glory be to the Father, ♪	39:16
	♪ Son and holy spirit ♪	39:22
	♪ Both now and ever ♪	39:27
	♪ Unto ages of ages, amen ♪	39:31
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	39:40
	♪ Glory be to thee, oh God ♪	39:53
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	40:02
	♪ Glory be to thee, oh God ♪	40:16
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪	40:27
	♪ Glory be to thee, oh God ♪	40:42
	("Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow" by Thomas Ken)	41:05
	♪ Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ♪	41:55
	♪ Praise him, all creatures here below ♪	42:03
	♪ Praise him above, ye heavenly host ♪	42:11
	♪ Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. ♪	42:19
-	Let us join in praying the prayer of thanksgiving,	42:33
	found in page 20 of the hymnal.	42:36
	The lord be with you.	42:43
Congregation	And also with you.	42:45
-	Lift up your hearts.	42:46
Congregation	We lift them up to the Lord.	42:47
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.	42:48
Congregation	It is right to give our thanks and praise.	42:51
-	It is right and good and joyful thing always	42:54
	and everywhere to give you thanks and praise,	42:57
	creator of heaven and earth,	42:59
	you brought all things into being and called them good.	43:01
	When we turned away and our love failed,	43:05
	your love remained steadfast.	43:10
	You delivered us from slavery,	43:13
	made us your covenant people,	43:15
	you led Moses to your mountain,	43:17
	40 days and 40 nights and gave us your teachings.	43:19
	You led us through the wilderness for 40 years	43:23
	and brought us to the promise land.	43:26
	When we forsook your covenant,	43:30
	you sent to us your prophets.	43:31
	And when you gave your only son, Jesus Christ,	43:33
	to save us from our sin,	43:36
	your spirit led him into the wilderness	43:37
	where he fasted 40 days and 40 nights	43:39
	in preparation for his ministry.	43:42
	When he suffered and died on a cross for our sin,	43:46
	you raised him to life and presented him, alive,	43:49
	to the apostles during the 40 days,	43:52
	exalted him at your right hand,	43:55
	that we might be raised as the people of your new covenant,	43:57
	from sin and death to everlasting life.	44:01
	And now, when we join your people everywhere,	44:05
	in this yearly feast of your son's death and resurrection,	44:09
	you lead us to repentance for our sin	44:13
	and the cleansing of our hearts	44:16
	during these 40 days of Lent,	44:17
	that we may become prepared to renew our covenant with you.	44:20
	And so, with your people on earth	44:25
	and all the company of heaven,	44:28
	we praise your name and join in their unending hymn.	44:30
	("Nicaea" by John Bacchus Dykes)	44:34
	♪ Holy, holy, holy, Lord ♪	44:48
	♪ God of power and might, ♪	44:54
	♪ Holy, holy, holy, Lord ♪	45:01
	♪ God of power and might, ♪	45:08
	♪ Heaven and earth are filled with your glory. ♪	45:15
	♪ Hosanna in the highest, ♪	45:28
	♪ Hosanna in the highest. ♪	45:36
	♪ Blessed is he who comes ♪	45:44
	♪ In the name of the Lord, ♪	45:51
	♪ Hosanna in the highest, ♪	45:57
	♪ Hosanna in the highest. ♪	46:04
-	On the night that his disciples betrayed and deserted him,	46:15
	he took bread, gave thanks to you,	46:19
	broke the bread, gave it to his disciples and said,	46:22
	"Take, eat, this is my body given for you.	46:24
	"Do this in remembrance of me."	46:29
	When the supper was over,	46:33
	he took the cup, gave thanks to you,	46:34
	gave it to his disciples and said,	46:36
	"Drink from this, all of you,	46:38
	"for this is my blood of the new covenant,	46:40
	"poured out for you and many for the forgiveness of sins.	46:44
	"Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me."	46:47
	And so, in remembrance of these,	46:53
	your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,	46:55
	we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving	46:58
	as a holy and living sacrifice in union	47:01
	with Christ offering for us	47:04
	as we proclaim the mystery of faith.	47:06
	(Land of Rest by Richard Proulx)	47:10
	♪ Christ has died ♪	47:23
	♪ Christ is risen ♪	47:26
	♪ Christ will come again ♪	47:29
-	Send the power of your Holy Spirit on us	47:38
	and on these gifts,	47:40
	that in the breaking of this bread	47:41
	and the drinking of this wine,	47:43
	we may know the presence of the living Christ,	47:45
	be one body in him,	47:48
	cleansed by his blood,	47:49
	faithfully to serve him and all the world.	47:52
	Through him and the unity of the Holy Spirit,	47:55
	all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God,	47:57
	now and forever.	48:00
	(organ music)	48:02
	♪ Amen, Amen ♪	48:14
	♪ Amen, Amen ♪	48:19
All	Our Father who art in heaven,	48:31
	hallowed be thy name.	48:33
	Thy kingdom come.	48:35
	Thy will be done,	48:37
	on earth as it is in heaven.	48:38
	Give us this day our daily bread	48:40
	and forgive us our trespasses,	48:43
	as we forgive those who trespass against us	48:45
	and lead us not into temptation,	48:49
	but deliver us from evil.	48:51
	For thine is the kingdom,	48:53
	the power and the glory forever. Amen.	48:55
-	Because there is one bread,	48:59
	we many though we are,	49:01
	become one in Christ.	49:02
	When we drink the cup,	49:07
	is it not a means of participation in the blood of Christ?	49:08
	As we come to the Lord's table,	49:13
	you're invited to join the choir in singing the first hymn,	49:15
	A Prayer for Peace,	49:20
	and the last hymn listed during the communion	49:22
	is a hymn from the Taize community.	49:25
	Come to the Lord's table.	49:29
	(organ music)	49:32
	♪ Glory God in the highest ♪	54:33
	♪ Oh, praise the Lord ♪	54:38
	♪ Laud the name of the Lord ♪	54:41
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	54:47
	♪ Oh, praise his holy servants of the Lord ♪	54:54
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	55:03
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	55:12
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	55:17
	♪ Blessed be the Lord out of Zion ♪	55:25
	♪ Who dwelleth at Jerusalem ♪	55:33
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	55:42
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	55:53
	♪ Oh, give thanks unto the Lord ♪	55:57
	♪ For he is gracious ♪	56:00
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:08
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:10
	♪ God, his blessings forever ♪	56:13
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:20
	♪ Oh, give thanks unto the town of Bethlehem ♪	56:29
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:40
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:43
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:46
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:53
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	57:07
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	57:15
	("Jesus, Remember Me" by Jacques Berthier)	57:43
	♪ Jesus, remember me ♪	58:11
	♪ When you come into your kingdom ♪	58:17
	♪ Jesus, remember me ♪	58:24
	♪ When you come in to your kingdom ♪	58:30
	♪ Jesus, remember me ♪	58:37
	♪ When you come into your kingdom ♪	58:44
	♪ Jesus, remember me ♪	58:49
	♪ When you come in to your kingdom ♪	58:56
	♪ Jesus, remember me ♪	59:02
	♪ When you come into your kingdom ♪	59:09
	♪ Jesus, remember me ♪	59:15
	♪ When you come in to your kingdom ♪	59:22
	♪ Jesus ♪	59:29
-	Please stand.	59:46
	(shuffling)	59:48
	Now, may the grace of our Lord and savior,	59:52
	Jesus Christ, the love of God	59:54
	and that peace which bears us all understanding	59:56
	be in your hearts and minds always.	59:59
	♪ Amen ♪	1:00:07
	("The God of Abraham Praise" by Thomas Olivers)	1:00:27
	♪ The God of Abraham praise, ♪	1:01:06
	♪ Who reigns enthroned above ♪	1:01:11
	♪ Ancient of everlasting days, ♪	1:01:15
	♪ And God of love, ♪	1:01:20
	♪ Jehovah, great I am, ♪	1:01:25
	♪ By earth and heaven confessed, ♪	1:01:30
	♪ I bow and bless the sacred name forever blessed. ♪	1:01:35
	♪ The great I am has sworn ♪	1:01:46
	♪ I, on this oath, depend ♪	1:01:51
	♪ I shall, on eagle wings upborne, ♪	1:01:56
	♪ To heaven ascend. ♪	1:02:00
	♪ I shall behold God's face, ♪	1:02:05
	♪ I shall God's power adore, ♪	1:02:10
	♪ And sing the wonders of God's grace forevermore. ♪	1:02:15
	♪ The heavenly land I see, ♪	1:02:26
	♪ With peace and plenty blessed, ♪	1:02:31
	♪ A land of sacred liberty, ♪	1:02:35
	♪ And endless rest. ♪	1:02:40
	♪ There milk and honey flow, ♪	1:02:45
	♪ And oil and wine abound, ♪	1:02:50
	♪ And trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned. ♪	1:02:55
	♪ The God who reigns on high ♪	1:03:06
	♪ The great archangels sing, ♪	1:03:10
	♪ And Holy, holy, holy cry ♪	1:03:15
	♪ Almighty King ♪	1:03:20
	♪ Who was and is the same, ♪	1:03:24
	♪ And evermore shall be ♪	1:03:29
	♪ Jehovah, Lord, the great I am, ♪	1:03:33
	♪ We worship thee. ♪	1:03:38
	(organ music)	1:03:49

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Title:

Ronnie E. Swain, Jr. - "Overcoming Fear" (February 24, 1991)

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All of us struggle with fear--the solution is to ask for help from God, who can transform our fear into courage. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Sermon start time: (Part 1) 16:22. Sermon end time: (Part 1) 30:29.
Key quotation: “Belief in God and request for help does not prevent fear but transforms it.”

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February 24, 1991

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Swain, Ronnie E., Jr.

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