1 John 4: 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We have heard this verse often enough but I wonder how deeply we understand it. People don’t come to Christ because they are “afraid” of […]
Psalm 112: 8 (NIV) His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes. This is just one of the benefits that belong to the person who reveres the Lord. We are supposed to come into a place within our faith that we no […]
Romans 8: 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” Which part of this verse would you like to talk about; the part about the spirit of slavery or the Abba, Father […]
Hebrews 13: 5 – 6 Index Card 6 He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?” This verse speaks about confidence and I find myself thinking, […]
Job 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. It is a spiritual law that those things which we greatly fear, we will attract to us. Why? We meditate on it. We roll it around and around in our minds […]
Acts 18: 9 – 10 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this […]
Psalm 91: 5 You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day. On this anniversary of 9/11 I wish to remind you and encourage you that with God we do not have to be afraid. No terror, no terrorist, no terrorist act can steal the faith, […]
