Overcoming Fear β€” Week 2 Sermon Slides
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Overcoming Fear Β· Week 2
OVERCOMING FEAR
"What Are You Really Afraid Of?"
The Root of Fear
Alan Diaz  Β·  Lead Pastor  Β·  May 25, 2026
The Journey
A 4-Week Journey From Anxiety to Anointing
01
"Afraid? Me Too." The Honesty of Fear
βœ“ Complete
02
"What Are You Really Afraid Of?" The Root of Fear Β· Today
03
"You Are Not Unarmed" Power, Love & a Sound Mind
04
"Now Walk in It" From Deliverance to Daily Victory
Last Week / This Week
Last week we named the fear.
This week we go beneath it.
The real question is not "what are you afraid of?"
The real question is β€”
"What does your fear say you believe
about God, yourself, or others?"
Fear is always a theology problem before it's an emotion problem.
10%
WATERLINE
90% Below Surface
The Iceberg Illustration
Most of Your Fear Lives
Below the Surface.
10%
What You Can Name Fear of failure. Fear of loss. Fear of what people think. These are visible β€” but they are only the tip.
90%
What Actually Drives It A lie about who you are in Christ. A false belief about God's character. A wound that never got a name. This is where we go today.
1 John 4 : 18
"There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casts out fear,
because fear involves torment.
But he who fears has not been
made perfect in love."
Our Anchor for Week 2
01 Point One
Fear Is a Lie About
Your Identity.
  • Most fear is rooted in one of three identity lies
  • These are not emotion problems first β€” they are theology problems
  • Fear of failure = "I am only valuable when I succeed"
  • Fear of rejection = "I need human approval to be secure"
  • Fear of the future = "God is not good enough to handle what's coming"
  • Every fear, traced far enough, is a lie about who you are in Christ
Point One β€” The Three Lies
The Lies Beneath
Every Fear.
01 "I am not enough." Performance-based identity. Worth tied to achievement, output, success. Drives β†’ Fear of Failure
02 "I will be abandoned." Attachment wound. Security built on people staying rather than God's constancy. Drives β†’ Fear of Rejection
03 "I am not loved." Orphan spirit. Living as though God's love is conditional, withheld, or exhaustible. Drives β†’ Fear of the Future
01 Scripture
You Were Chosen
Before You Could Fail.
Romans 8 : 15 "You did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!'"
Ephesians 1 : 4–5 "He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for adoption as sons."
  • You were chosen before you performed anything
  • Adoption replaces the orphan spirit β€” the root of every fear
02 Point Two
Fear and Torment
Are Inseparable.
  • 1 John 4:18 says fear involves torment β€” this is its nature, not a side effect
  • Fear is not neutral. It punishes you daily
  • It robs your sleep, distorts your perception, shrinks your world
  • You are being punished by something that may never actually happen
  • God did not design you to serve a sentence for a crime not yet committed
John 10 : 10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."
Greek Word Study Β· 1 John 4:18
KOLASIS
ko-la-sis
punishment Β· correction Β· a penalty anticipated
ROBS SLEEP Fear punishes you at 3am Anticipatory punishment β€” sentenced before any verdict.
DISTORTS Fear distorts what you see Every situation filtered through worst-case theology.
SHRINKS Fear shrinks your world Smaller obedience. Smaller calling. Smaller life.
Point Two Β· Scripture
The Fear of Man
Is a Snare.
"The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe."
Proverbs 29:25
A snare doesn't announce itself. Fear of man quietly
shapes every decision β€” who you please, what you say, where you go.
03 Point Three
Perfect Love Casts Fear
Out Completely.
  • The Greek word for "casts out" is ekbΓ‘llō β€” used to describe casting out demons
  • Perfect love does not counsel fear. It does not manage fear. It expels it
  • But it must be perfect love β€” only God's agape is unconditional, relentless, permanent
  • The solution to fear is not more courage
  • The solution is being deeply convinced that you are loved
Greek Word Study Β· 1 John 4:18
EKBÁLLŌ
ek-bal-lō
to cast out Β· to expel Β· to drive out completely
This is the same word used when Jesus cast out demons.
Perfect love doesn't negotiate with fear.
It doesn't counsel it or manage it.
It expels it. Completely.
Point Three Β· Scripture
Nothing Can Separate
You From His Love.
"Neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers,
nor things present nor things to come…
will be able to separate us from
the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8:38–39
And this same God β€” rejoices over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
Congregation Notes β€” Fill in the Blanks
Complete the Statements.
1 Fear is always a problem before it's an emotion problem.
2 Every fear, traced far enough, is a lie about your in Christ.
3 The Greek word for torment in 1 John 4:18 is kolasis, meaning .
4 Fear makes you live the of a catastrophe before it exists.
5 Perfect love doesn't manage fear β€” it it.
6 The solution to fear is not courage β€” it's .
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Reflection Moment
The Fear Beneath
the Fear.
Name one fear. What does it say you believe about God?
Which lie do you hear most? "Not enough." "Abandoned." "Not loved."
Where are you already being punished daily by something that hasn't happened?
This is diagnostic work β€” and it is holy work.
Call to Action
The Fear Beneath
the Fear.
Take the card. Do the work this week. Come back changed.
The Journal Exercise β€” Three Questions Name one fear. Then ask:
"What does this fear say I believe about God?
About myself? About my future?"

Write 1 John 4:18 on the back. Place it where you'll see it every day.
Next Sunday β€” we'll ask how many found a deeper fear beneath the surface one.
Memorize This Week
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear." β€” 1 John 4:18
Next Week: "You Are Not Unarmed" β€” Power, Love & a Sound Mind