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Welcome to our 4-week series as we look into four fears that are common for our youth. May God strengthen us to be “UnShakable” when it comes to our fears of Violence, Offending, Rejection, and Failure.

High School Fear of Violence
In 2018, Pew Research released a study that showed that nearly 60% of high school students were fearful that an act of violence could occur at their school.

The Hebrew word for violence is the word hamas, and it carries more than just an idea of violent action.
This term connotes rebellion against God that results in bloodshed and disorder and a general undoing of God’s intentions for creation.
So violence is an act that isn’t just a sin against another human, but a sin against God because it "undoes" God’s intention for creation.

As people of new creation, as citizens of heaven, we’re called to live in light of that future reality today. Our lives should be the epicenter of God’s restoration, and our words and actions should point to the reality that God is building.

We trust Jesus in the face of violence.

Do you suppose that the same Son of God that stood in the furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego is not also standing with you? Your furnace may look different than theirs, but the one alongside you has not changed.

- Jackie Hill Perry

I forgive you. You took something very precious away from me. I will never get to talk to her ever again. I will never be able to hold her again, but I forgive you, and have mercy on your soul. … You hurt me. You hurt a lot of people. If God forgives you, I forgive you.

- Nadine Collier, the daughter of Ethel Lance who was killed at the Charleston, SC Emmanuel AME Church in June 2015