What do you do when your fear demons spew their lies?
Do you hide and back down? Do you turn on the TV and leave your dreams neatly folded away somewhere safe?
When fear strikes my heart as it has this week, I look for distractions. I’ll take anything really. So far this week I’ve cleaned out the laundry room and the school room. I’ve gone through the shoe closet and even started in on the pantry.
When I start organizing I’m usually avoiding something. In this case, I’m avoiding finishing my book proposal even though it’s like 90 percent finished.
And do you want to know the really ironic thing? The book is about fighting fear. Talk about God making me live out the message of the book.
Would you say a pray for me this week?
What are the ways you drum up the courage to do hard things? How do you convince your heart to walk in faith? I would love your prayers and encouragement. Email me or leave a comment on this post.
In the meantime, these are the scriptures I’m clinging to. A dear friend sent this text just today. I so needed these words.
“Listen to my testimony: I cried to God in my distress and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears!” Psalms 34:4 TPT
“But Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you gripped with fear? Where is your faith?” Then he stood up and rebuked the storm and said, “Be still!” And instantly it became perfectly calm.” Matthew 8:26 TPT
“Why would you be so frightened? Don’t let doubt or fear enter your hearts, for I AM!” Luke 24:38 TPT
Um the Passion translation is so ???
““I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous!” John 14:27 TPT
“And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!”” Romans 8:15 TPT
“Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell him every detail of your life, then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will make the answers known to you through Jesus Christ.” Philippians 4:6-7 TPT
