Do Not Fear

Fear Not, For I Am With Thee (Zech. 8:1-13) New Testament word for “fear”, phobas, Gk. which means to panic and take flight. To fear not therefore means to stand fast and not “cut and run”. Some specific phobias: Ablutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia: Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia: Fear of sourness. Achluophobia: Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia: Fear of noise. Acrophobia: Fear of heights. Aerophobia: Fear air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia: Fear of open high places. Agrizoophobia: Fear of wild animals. Agyrophobia: Fear of streets or crossing the street. Aichmophobia/ Belonephobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects. Ailurophobia: Fear of cats. Alektorophobia: Fear of chickens. Alliumphobia: Fear of garlic. Allodoxaphobia: Fear of opinions. Altophobia: Fear of heights. Amathophobia: Fear of dust. Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car. Ambulophobia: Fear of walking. Anablephobia: Fear of looking up. Ancraophobia: Fear of wind. Androphobia/Arrhenphobia/ Hominophobia: Fear of men. Anemophobia: Fear of air drafts Anglophobia: Fear of England, English culture, etc. Ankylophobia: Fear of immobility of a joint. Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers. Anthropophobia: Fear of people or society. Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single. Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity. Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched. Apiphobia/ Melissophobia: Fear of bees. Apotemnophobia: Fear of persons with amputations. Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders. Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers. Arsonphobia: Fear of fire. Asthenophobia: Fear of fainting or weakness. Astraphobia: Fear of thunder and lightning. Astrophobia: Fear of stars and celestial space. Asymmetriphobia: Fear of asymmetrical things. Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder or untidiness. Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection. Atephobia: Fear of ruin or ruins. Athazagoraphobia: Fear of being forgotten or ignored or forgetting. Atychiphobia: Fear of failure. Aulophobia: Fear of flutes. Aurophobia: Fear of gold. Autodysomophobia/ Bromidrosiphobia: Fear of one that has a vile odor, fear of body smells Automatonophobia: Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues anything that falsely represents a sentient being. Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty. Autophobia: Fear of being alone or of oneself. Aviophobia: Fear of flying. Bacillophobia/ Misophobia/ Verminophobia: Fear of Germs or Microbes, Fear of being contaminated with dirt of germs Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria. Barophobia: Fear of gravity. Basophobia: Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling. Bathophobia: Fear of depth. Batonophobia: Fear of plants. Batophobia: Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. Batrachophobia: Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. Bibliophobia: Fear of books. Blennophobia: Fear of slime. Bogyphobia: Fear of bogies or the bogeyman. Brontophobia/ Ceraunophobia: Fear of thunder and lightning. Bufonophobia: Fear of toads. Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness.

Cainophobia/ Cenophobia: Fear of newness, new ideas, novelty. Caligynephobia/ Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women. Carnophobia: Fear of meat. Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed. Catapedaphobia: Fear of jumping from high and low places. Cathisophobia: Fear of sitting. Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors. Chaetophobia: Fear of hair. Cheimaphobia: Fear of cold. Chemophobia: Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals. Cherophobia: Fear of gaiety. Chionophobia: Fear of snow. Chiraptophobia/ Haphephobia: Fear of being touched Cholerophobia: Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. Chorophobia: Fear of dancing. Chrometophobia: Fear of money. Chromophobia: Fear of colors. Chronophobia: Fear of time. Chronomentrophobia: Fear of clocks. Cibophobia: Fear of food. Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces. Cleithrophobia: Fear of being locked in an enclosed place. Cleptophobia: Fear of stealing. Climacophobia: Fear of stairs, climbing or of falling downstairs. Clinophobia: Fear of going to bed. Clithrophobia: Fear of being enclosed. Cnidophobia: Fear of strings. Cometophobia: Fear of comets. Coimetrophobia: Fear of cemeteries. Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns. Cryophobia: Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost. Crystallophobia: Fear of crystals or glass. Cyberphobia/ Logizomechanophobia: Fear of computers or working on a computer. Cyclophobia: Fear of bicycles. Cymophobia: Fear of waves or wave like motions. Cynophobia: Fear of dogs or rabies. Decidophobia: Fear of making decisions. Deipnophobia: Fear of dining and dinner conversations. Demonophobia: Fear of demons. Demophobia: Fear of crowds. Dendrophobia: Fear of trees. Dentophobia: Fear of dentists. Dermatophobia/ Dermatosiophobia: Fear of skin lesions, fear of skin disease Dextrophobia: Fear of objects at the right side of the body. Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of going to school. Dikephobia: Fear of justice. Dinophobia: Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. Dipsophobia: Fear of drinking. Dishabiliophobia: Fear of undressing in front of someone. Domatophobia: Fear of houses or being in a house. Doraphobia: Fear of fur or skins of animals. Dromophobia: Fear of crossing streets. Dutchphobia: Fear of the Dutch. Dysmorphophobia: Fear of deformity. Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents. Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church. Ecophobia: Fear of home. Eicophobia: Fear of home surroundings. Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror. Electrophobia: Fear of electricity. Eleutherophobia: Fear of freedom. Elurophobia: Fear of cats. Enetophobia: Fear of pins. Enochlophobia: Fear of crowds. Enosiophobia: Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism. Entomophobia: Fear of insects. Eosophobia: Fear of dawn or daylight. Epistaxiophobia: Fear of nosebleeds. Epistemophobia: Fear of knowledge. Equinophobia: Fear of horses. Eremophobia: Fear of being oneself or of loneliness. Ergasiophobia: 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon’s fear of operating. Ergophobia: Fear of work. Euphobia: Fear of hearing good news. Erythrophobia: 1) Fear of red lights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red Febriphobia: Fear of fever. Felinophobia: Fear of cats. Francophobia: Fear of France, French culture. Frigophobia: Fear of cold, cold things. Gamophobia: Fear of marriage. Geliophobia: Fear of laughter.

Geniophobia: Fear of chins. Genuphobia: Fear of knees. Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing bridges. Germanophobia: Fear of Germany, German culture, etc. Gerascophobia: Fear of growing old. Gerontophobia: Fear of old people or of growing old. Geumaphobia: Fear of taste. Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. Gnosiophobia: Fear of knowledge. Graphophobia: Fear of writing or handwriting. Gynephobia: Fear of women. Hadephobia: Fear of hell. Hagiophobia: Fear of saints or holy things. Hamartophobia: Fear of sinning. Harpaxophobia: Fear of being robbed. Hedonophobia: Fear of feeling pleasure. Heliophobia: Fear of the sun. Hellenologophobia: Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. Hemophobia: Fear of blood. Heresyphobia: Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation. Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things. Heterophobia: Fear of the opposite sex. Hierophobia: Fear of priests or sacred things. Hippophobia: Fear of horses. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: Fear of long words. Hobophobia: Fear of bums or beggars. Hodophobia: Fear of road travel. Hormephobia: Fear of shock. Homichlophobia: Fear of fog. Homilophobia: Fear of sermons. Homophobia: Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual. Hoplophobia: Fear of firearms. Hydrargyophobia: Fear of mercurial medicines. Hydrophobia: Fear of water or of rabies. Hydrophobophobia: Fear of rabies. Hyelophobia: Fear of glass. Hygrophobia: Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture. Hylephobia: Fear of 1) materialism 2) the fear of epilepsy. Hylophobia: Fear of forests. Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility. Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized. Hypsiphobia: Fear of height. Iatrophobia: Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors. Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish. Ideophobia: Fear of ideas. Illyngophobia: Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down. Iophobia: Fear of poison. Insectophobia : Fear of insects. Isolophobia: Fear of solitude, being alone. Isopterophobia: Fear of termites, insects that eat wood. Japanophobia: Fear of Japanese. Judeophobia: Fear of Jews. Kainolophobia/ Metathesiophobia: Fear of novelty, of change Kainophobia: Fear of anything new, novelty. Kakorrhaphiophobia: Fear of failure or defeat. Katagelophobia: Fear of ridicule. Kathisophobia: Fear of sitting down. Kenophobia: Fear of voids or empty spaces. Keraunophobia: Fear of thunder and lightning. Kinetophobia: Fear of movement or motion. Kleptophobia: Fear of stealing. Koinoniphobia: Fear of rooms. Kopophobia: Fear of fatigue. Koniophobia: Fear of dust. Kosmikophobia: Fear of cosmic phenomenon. Kymophobia: Fear of waves. Kynophobia: Fear of rabies. Kyphophobia: Fear of stooping. Lachanophobia: Fear of vegetables. Laliophobia: Fear of speaking. Leprophobia: Fear of leprosy. Leukophobia: Fear of the color white. Levophobia: Fear of things to the left side of the body. Ligyrophobia: Fear of loud noises. Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes. Limnophobia: Fear of lakes. Linonophobia: Fear of string. Liticaphobia: Fear of lawsuits. Lockiophobia/Parturiphobia/ Tocophobia: Fear of childbirth. Logophobia: Fear of words. Lutraphobia: Fear of otters.

Lygophobia: Fear of darkness. Lyssophobia: Fear of rabies or of becoming mad. Macrophobia: Fear of long waits. Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking. Maieusiophobia: Fear of childbirth. Mastigophobia: Fear of punishment. Mechanophobia: Fear of machines. Megalophobia: Fear of large things. Melanophobia: Fear of the color black. Melophobia: Fear or hatred of music. Meningitophobia: Fear of brain disease. Merinthophobia: Fear of being bound or tied up. Metallophobia: Fear of metal. Meteorophobia: Fear of meteors. Methyphobia: Fear of alcohol. Metrophobia: Fear or hatred of poetry. Microphobia/ Mycrophobia: Fear of small things. Mnemophobia: Fear of memories. Molysomophobia: Fear of dirt or contamination. Monophobia: Fear of solitude or being alone. Monopathophobia: Fear of definite disease. Motorphobia: Fear of automobiles. Mottephobia: Fear of moths. Musophobia: Fear of mice. Mycophobia: Fear or aversion to mushrooms. Myctophobia: Fear of darkness. Myrmecophobia: Fear of ants. Mythophobia: Fear of myths or stories or false statements. Myxophobia: Fear of slime. Nebulaphobia: Fear of fog. Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things. Nelophobia: Fear of glass. Neopharmaphobia: Fear of new drugs. Neophobia: Fear of anything new. Nephophobia: Fear of clouds. Noctiphobia: Fear of the night. Nomatophobia: Fear of names. Nosocomephobia: Fear of hospitals. Nosophobia: Fear of becoming ill. Nostophobia: Fear of returning home. Novercaphobia: Fear of your step-mother. Nucleomituphobia: Fear of nuclear weapons. Numerophobia: Fear of numbers. Nyctohylophobia: Fear of dark wooded areas, of forests at night Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark or of night. Obesophobia: Fear of gaining weight. Ochlophobia: Fear of crowds or mobs. Ochophobia: Fear of vehicles. Octophobia : Fear of the figure 8. Odontophobia: Fear of teeth or dental surgery. Oenophobia: Fear of wines. Olfactophobia: Fear of smells. Ombrophobia: Fear of rain or of being rained on. Ommetaphobia: Fear of eyes. Oneirophobia: Fear of dreams. Onomatophobia: Fear of hearing a certain word or of names. Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes. Ophthalmophobia: Fear of being stared at. Optophobia: Fear of opening one’s eyes. Ornithophobia: Fear of birds. Orthophobia: Fear of property. Osmophobia: Fear of smells or odors. Ostraconophobia: Fear of shellfish. Ouranophobia: Fear of heaven. Pagophobia: Fear of ice or frost. Panthophobia: Fear of suffering and disease. Panophobia: Fear of everything. Papaphobia: Fear of the Pope. Papyrophobia: Fear of paper. Paralipophobia: Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility. Parasitophobia: Fear of parasites. Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th. Peccatophobia: Fear of sinning. Pediculophobia: Fear of lice. Pediophobia: Fear of dolls. Pedophobia: Fear of children. Peladophobia: Fear of bald people. Peniaphobia: Fear of poverty. Pentheraphobia: Fear of mother-in-law. Phagophobia: Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten. Phalacrophobia: Fear of becoming bald.

Pharmacophobia: Fear of taking medicine. Phasmophobia: Fear of ghosts. Phengophobia: Fear of daylight or sunshine. Philemaphobia: Fear of kissing. Philophobia: Fear of falling in love or being in love. Philosophobia: Fear of philosophy. Photoaugliaphobia: Fear of glaring lights. Photophobia: Fear of light. Phonophobia: Fear of 1) noises or voices or one’s own voice 2) of telephones. Phronemophobia: Fear of thinking. Phthisiophobia: Fear of tuberculosis. Placophobia: Fear of tombstones. Plutophobia: Fear of wealth. Pneumatiphobia: Fear of spirits. Pnigophobia: Fear of choking of being smothered. Pocrescophobia: Fear of gaining weight. Pogonophobia: Fear of beards. Poliosophobia: Fear of contracting poliomyelitis. Politicophobia: Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians. Polyphobia: Fear of many things. Poinephobia: Fear of punishment. Ponophobia: Fear of overworking or of pain. Porphyrophobia: Fear of the color purple. Potamophobia: Fear of rivers or running water. Potophobia: Fear of alcohol. Pharmacophobia: Fear of drugs. Prosophobia: Fear of progress. Psellismophobia: Fear of stuttering. Psychophobia: Fear of mind. Psychrophobia: Fear of cold. Pteromerhanophobia: Fear of flying. Pteronophobia: Fear of being tickled by feathers. Pupaphobia : Fear of puppets. Pyrophobia: Fear of fire. Radiophobia: Fear of radiation, x-rays. Ranidaphobia: Fear of frogs. Rhabdophobia: Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Rhytiphobia: Fear of getting wrinkles. Rupophobia: Fear of dirt. Russophobia: Fear of Russians. Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween. Sarmassophobia: Fear of love play. Satanophobia: Fear of Satan. Scabiophobia: Fear of scabies. Scelerophibia: Fear of bad men, burglars. Sciophobia: Fear of shadows. Scoleciphobia: Fear of worms. Scolionophobia: Fear of school. Scopophobia: Fear of being seen or stared at. Scotomaphobia: Fear of blindness in visual field. Scotophobia: Fear of darkness. Scriptophobia: Fear of writing in public. Selaphobia: Fear of light flashes. Selenophobia: Fear of the moon. Sesquipedalophobia: Fear of long words. Sexophobia: Fear of the opposite sex. Siderodromophobia: Fear of trains, railroads or train travel. Siderophobia: Fear of stars. Sinistrophobia: Fear of things to the left, left-handed. Sinophobia: Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture. Sitophobia: Fear of food or eating. Snakephobia: Fear of snakes. Soceraphobia: Fear of parents-in-law. Sociophobia: Fear of society or people in general. Somniphobia: Fear of sleep. Sophophobia: Fear of learning. Soteriophobia : Fear of dependence on others. Spacephobia: Fear of outer space. Spectrophobia: Fear of specters or ghosts. Spermatophobia: Fear of germs. Spheksophobia: Fear of wasps. Stasibasiphobia: Fear of standing or walking. Staurophobia: Fear of crosses or the crucifix. Stenophobia: Fear of narrow things or places. Stygiophobia: Fear of hell. Suriphobia: Fear of mice. Symbolophobia: Fear of symbolism. Symmetrophobia: Fear of symmetry. Syngenesophobia: Fear of relatives. Tachophobia: Fear of speed. Taphophobia: Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.

Tapinophobia: Fear of being contagious. Taurophobia: Fear of bulls. Technophobia: Fear of technology. Teleophobia: 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony. Telephonophobia: Fear of telephones. Testophobia: Fear of taking tests. Tetanophobia: Fear of lockjaw, tetanus. Teutophobia: Fear of German or German things. Textophobia: Fear of certain fabrics. Thaasophobia: Fear of sitting. Thalassophobia: Fear of the sea. Theatrophobia: Fear of theatres. Theologicophobia/Theophobia/ Zeusophobia: Fear of God, gods, religion, theology. Thermophobia: Fear of heat. Tomophobia: Fear of surgical operations. Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder. Topophobia: Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright. Toxiphobia: Fear of poison or of being accidentally poisoned. Tremophobia: Fear of trembling. Trichopathophobia: Fear of hair. Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number 13. Tropophobia: Fear of moving or making changes. Trypanophobia: Fear of injections. Vaccinophobia: Fear of vaccination. Verbophobia: Fear of words. Vestiphobia: Fear of clothing. Vitricophobia: Fear of step-father. Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft. Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow. Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners. Xerophobia: Fear of dryness. Xylophobia: 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests. Zoophobia: Fear of animals.

What fears persist in your life? How does fear affect us, our decisions and our actions? Fear imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens, faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals; fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable-and, most of all, fear puts hopelessness at the heart of life, while faith rejoices in its God. Fear or anxiety chokes out the word of God (Matt. 13:22) Was fear the primary reason for the War in Iraq? The possible future war with North Korea or Iran? The Lord’s Presence Brings true security (Zech. 8:4-5 & 10) One tribe of native Americans had a unique practice for training young braves. On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, he was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then he had never been away from the security of his family and tribe. But on this night he was blindfolded and taken miles away. When he took off the blindfold, he was in the middle of thick woods. By himself. All night long. Every time a twig snapped, he probably visualized a wild animal ready to pounce. Every time an animal howled, he imagined a wolf leaping out of the darkness. Every time the wind blew, he wondered what more sinister sound it masked. No doubt it was a terrifying night for many. After what seemed like an eternity, the first rays of sunlight entered the interior of the forest. Looking around, the boy saw flowers, trees, and the outline of the path. Then, to his utter astonishment, he beheld the figure of a man standing just a few feet away, armed with a bow and arrow. It was the boy’s father. He had been there all night long. Living to a “ripe old age”

Children playing in the streets Carefree play is a great blessing of God. But too often, we squander the blessing. We get over committed. We fail to build margin into our lives. We wear busy-ness as a badge of honor and a sign of self-importance. Sometimes, we even turn our play and our children’s play into work! God will save His own (Zech. 8:7, Isa. 35:4-7) Brings prosperity (Zech. 8:5, 10 & 12) Large families and fruitful harvests as a sign of abundance

Fear Not (Gen. 26:24, 46:3, Deut. 1:21, 20:3, 31:6-8, Joshua 1:9, 8:1, 10:25, 11:6, 2 Kings 1:15, 2 Chron. 20:15, 2 Chron 32:7, Judges 6:23, Isa. 35:4, 41:13-14, Jer. 1:8, 42:11, Ezek. 2:6, Ps. 23:1-6, 27:1-3, Matt. 14:27, Matt. 17:7, Luke 12:4, John 6:20, Acts 18:9, 27:24, 1 Pe. 3:14) God is in ultimate control (Matt. 10:24-30) Greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4, John 16:33, 2 Tim. 1:7, James 4:7, Rom. 8:31) 5-year old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go in alone. "It’s dark in there and I’m scared." She asked again, and he persisted. Finally she said, "It’s OK--Jesus will be in there with you." Johnny walked hesitantly to the door and slowly opened it. He peeked inside, saw it was dark, and started to leave when all at once an idea came, and he said: "Jesus, if you’re in there, would you hand me that can of tomato soup?" - Charles Allen, Victory in the Valleys. Let your hands be strong (Zech. 8:9) In doing the Lord’s work “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – F.D.R. Horizon Eyes Hope, vision & faith Focused on God’s promises not appearances There are 7,487 promises from God to man (about 85 percent of all the Bible’s promises). Overcomes discouragement, fear, pessimism & apathy (1 John 4:18) When feeling discouraged, fearful, pessimistic or apathetic, look up!