{"id":4449,"date":"2010-11-10T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:41:51","slug":"fear-in-serving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/fear-in-serving.htm","title":{"rendered":"Fear in Serving?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever been afraid to serve?\u00a0 Or, perhaps others have expressed fears when trying to recruit them.<\/p>\n

Lesson Moses Learned About Fear in Serving<\/h2>\n

Moses expressed many fears and insecurities when God tried to recruit him (Ex. 3)<\/span>.\u00a0 God responded to those excuses with the reassurance that He would be with Moses.\u00a0 Along with God’s presence<\/a> came His power and help.<\/p>\n

\"Called<\/a><\/p>\n

The six sessions in Called to Teach But Still Afraid Devotional<\/a> for current or prospective Bible teachers, looks at each objection raised by Moses, countered by God’s reassurance.\u00a0 — Order for yourself or to reproduce and distribute to your teachers!<\/div>\n

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Over the course of time and seeing God work, Moses grew to value God’s presence.\u00a0 Later, at the threat of God not going with them due to the people’s rebellion and idolatry, Moses said to God, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here” (Ex. 33:15)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Steering the Church Toward Discipleship Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> also includes a section about God’s presence as it relates to church leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever been afraid to serve? Or, perhaps you have found others fearful when trying to recruit them. . . . Continue reading Fear in Serving?<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry-troubles","category-traits-ministry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t