How Do We Handle Scary Headlines? Hearing God's Voice Q&A | Daily Devotional and Bible Study

How Do We Handle Scary Headlines? Hearing God's Voice Q&A | Daily Devotional and Bible Study

How do we handle scary headlines as Christians without living in fear? Today’s answer starts in 2 Timothy 1:7.

It’s Friday, so we’re catching up on our daily Bible study and answering questions that came in. The first one came from a lot of you: what do we do with the fear that comes from the news and our social media feeds? Then we take a question from our Luke study about why Zechariah lost his voice when Abraham, Gideon, and Mary asked questions and didn’t.

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Questions we answer today

How do we handle scary headlines as Christians without living in fear? Why do social media feeds make the world feel more frightening than it is? Is the persecution of Christians around the world real, and how should we pray? Does scaring people about the end of the world actually lead them to Jesus? What does it look like to love our Muslim neighbors while we pray for persecuted believers? Why was Zechariah disciplined for his question when Abraham, Gideon, and Mary asked questions too?

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome, and why we do Friday Q&As

00:57 The question so many of you sent in

02:00 Feeds are built to keep you afraid

03:20 The first to plead his case seems right

03:50 Persecution is real, and it isn’t new

06:06 Headlines, protests, and propaganda

08:43 You steer where you stare

10:05 Why scaring people into the kingdom doesn’t work

11:26 Fire insurance doesn’t last

13:23 No one knows the day or the hour

14:31 What the good news actually is

15:14 Billions who still haven’t heard

15:43 Muslims coming to faith in Jesus

17:57 The agenda doesn’t change with the news

19:18 Staying informed without being consumed

21:10 Don’t let the news harden your heart

22:49 A spirit of love, power, and a sound mind

24:03 The Zechariah question

25:28 What Gabriel actually said

25:56 Abraham believed first

29:27 God welcomes honest questions

30:32 You can feel fear and still obey

31:02 Prayer

35:22 Your homework

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