Maintaining spiritual strength can be challenging in a time of fear. But remember, the answer is simple: Trust in God.
We are living in a time of fear and uncertainty. Fear captures our attention and makes us ready to fight or flee.
News outlets report on shootings, wars, violent crime, disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and more. As the end of the world approaches, the news will likely become increasingly dangerous and fearsome but hope and comfort are always in God.
Romans 12:2 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Surviving in an age of fear requires studying and living the word of God.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
“Use the word of God to combat the fear that attempts to enter your mind.”
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God:
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Hebrews 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
A Christian must overcome fear with love since love casteth out fear.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
When you love someone, your focus shifts from yourself to the person you love.
God is love, and we are in His Spirit, not in the spirit of fear.
1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
The Bible teaches us to communicate with God through prayer.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Uncertainty comes from not knowing what’s going to happen. But we do know who’s in control.
Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
So we can love, which drives out fear, and be certain that God is with us. He will help us through anything the devil tries to scare us with.
Christians experience the peace of God in their lives.
Romans 15:3 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 91:2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Psalms 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Psalms 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Psalms 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come close thee.
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Psalms 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Psalms 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
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