Fear Not E-Book

BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC

• Herausgeber: BroadStreet Publishing Group, LLC
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Serie: Prayers & Promises
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Seitenzahl: 81

Beschreibung

Everyone experiences difficult seasons in life. Loss, pain, anxiety, sickness, or frustration can lead to discouragement and sometimes a feeling of hopelessness. Fear Not: Prayers & Promises for Difficult Times is a topically organized collection that guides you through themes of assurance, compassion, inspiration, purpose, and more. Encouraging Scriptures, heartfelt prayers, and prompting questions give you an opportunity to think more deeply about the hope found in God's Word. By staying connected to God, and believing in his promises, you can live a fulfilling, blessed life. There is no place for fear in the calming peace of his presence. Take comfort in knowing that he cares deeply for you and he will always be with you.  

Leseprobe

Contents

Abandonment

Ability

Acceptance

Anxiety

Assurance

Authenticity

Beauty

Belief

Blessing

Boldness

Change

Comfort

Compassion

Composure

Confidence

Consolation

Contentment

Courage

Deliverance

Depression

Encouragement

Eternity

Faith

Faithfulness

Fear

Forgiveness

Freedom

Friendship

Goodness

Grace

Gratitude

Grief

Guidance

Health

Hope

Identity

Inspiration

Joy

Justice

Life

Loneliness

Loss

Love

Patience

Peace

Perseverance

Praise

Prayer

Promises

Protection

Provision

Purpose

Reconciliation

Relaxation

Reliability

Relief

Restoration

Reward

Safety

Salvation

Strength

Stress

Support

Trust

Truth

Understanding

Victory

Wholeness

Wisdom

Worry

Introduction

Everyone experiences difficult seasons in life. Loss, pain, anxiety, sickness, and frustration can lead to discouragement and sometimes a feeling of hopelessness.

Fear Not: Prayers & Promises for Difficult Times is a topically organized collection that guides you through themes of assurance, compassion, inspiration, purpose, and more. Encouraging Scriptures, heartfelt prayers, and prompting questions give you an opportunity to think more deeply about the hope found in God’s Word.

By staying connected to God, and believing in his promises, you can live a fulfilling, blessed life. There is no place for fear in the calming peace of his presence. Take comfort in knowing that he cares deeply for you and he will always be with you.

Abandonment

“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you;

he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

DEUTERONOMY 31:8 NIV

The Lord loves justice and fairness;

he will never abandon his people.

They will be kept safe forever.

PSALM 37:28 TLB

God has said,

“I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”

So we can say with confidence,

“The LORD is my helper,

so I will have no fear.”

HEBREWS 13:5-6 NLT

“I will not abandon you as orphans—

I will come to you.”

JOHN 14:18 NLT

God, you say over and over in your Word that you will not leave me. Give me eyes to see you when I feel alone. Let my heart know your nearness when I cry out to you. You never turn away from those who need you, and oh, how I need you in this moment! I will cling to the truth that your ever-present help is at hand, especially when I’ve reached the end of my rope. Today, may the comfort of your presence melt away every fear and lead me into love.

Do you truly believe that God will never leave you?

Ability

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made

perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more

gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may

rest upon me.

2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 ESV

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all

grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will

Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

1 PETER 5:10 NASB

Take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen

your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet

so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but

become strong.

HEBREWS 12:12-13 NLT

We are not saying that we can do this work ourselves.

It is God who makes us able to do all that we do.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:5 NCV

Sometimes, Lord, I question your call on my life. I deeply desire to follow you and do great things in your name, but I don’t trust my own humanity. Thank you for the numerous examples in the Bible of times you chose to use weak men and women to carry out your mission. Thank you for the times in my life when you’ve used me in spite of my shortcomings. May they serve as a reminder that true strength is only found in you. Thank you for having grace with my inabilities and granting me the ability to proceed with what you have called me to do.

Do you believe that God can make you able to do what he asks?

Acceptance

“The Father gives me the people who are mine.

Every one of them will come to me,

and I will always accept them.”

JOHN 6:37 NCV

The LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the

outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.

1 SAMUEL 16:7 NKJV

If God is for us, who can be against us?

ROMANS 8:31 ESV

Before he made the world, God chose us to be his very

own through what Christ would do for us; he decided

then to make us holy in his eyes, without a single fault—

we who stand before him covered with his love.

EPHESIANS 1:4 TLB

Father, sometimes when people act wrongly toward me, I struggle to forgive them and let the grievance go. I know you do not hold my sins against me but receive me in my brokenness. Please give me the grace to likewise accept the imperfection of others and treat them the way I have been treated by you. Remind me, Lord, of the incredible price you paid for me and also for them.

How does God’s acceptance of you help you to be more accepting of others?

Anxiety

LORD, you are my shield,

My wonderful God who gives me courage.

I can lie down and go to sleep, and I will wake up again,

Because the LORD gives me strength.

Thousands of troops may surround me,

but I am not afraid.

PSALM 3:3, 5-6 NCV

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and

trust also in me.”

JOHN 14:1 NLT

Give all your worries to him,

because he cares about you.

1 PETER 5:7 NCV

I call out to the LORD when I’m in trouble,

and he answers me.

PSALM 120:1 NIRV

Lord, you know my heart and my every thought. You know when I sit and when I stand. You know my history and my future. There are no mysteries to you. When doubts and fears threaten to overwhelm my mind and body, be the peace that calms the storm. I will remember who you are: Defender, Savior, the Good Shepherd. You are my hope. I will trust in you, even when it takes everything inside of me to choose it. I will remember that though I cannot see the way out, you see it all so clearly and you are never overwhelmed. I trust you, God.

What steps can you take to be less anxious and more trusting?

Assurance

To him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we

ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work

within us, to him be glory…for ever and ever! Amen.

EPHESIANS 3:20–21 NIV

All of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a

resounding “Yes!”

2 CORINTHIANS 1:20 NLT

I go to bed and sleep in peace,

because, LORD, only you keep me safe.

PSALM 4:8 NCV

These things I have written to you who believe in the

name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have

eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the

name of the Son of God.

1 JOHN 5:13 NKJV

God, when all the worries of daily life engulf me, I begin to feel overwhelmed and anxious. When I change my focus and use your Word to light my path, my vision clears and my perspective accurately adjusts. I do not wish to use this as a reason to avoid life’s problems, but I cling to the assurance that you are with me while I walk through them, each step of the way, no matter what.

How does believing God’s promises cause you to feel reassured?

Authenticity

“Remember this: If you have a lofty opinion of yourself

and seek to be honored, you will be humbled. But if you

have a modest opinion of yourself and choose to humble

yourself, you will be honored.”

MATTHEW 23:12 TPT

What should be our proper response to God’s marvelous

mercies? I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God

to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness,

experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes

your genuine expression of worship. Stop imitating the

ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be

inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total

reformation of how you think. This will empower you to

discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying

and perfect in his eyes.

ROMANS 12:1–2 TPT

“From here on, worshiping the Father will not be a

matter of the right place but with the right heart.

For God is a Spirit, and he longs to have sincere

worshipers who worship and adore him

in the realm of the Spirit and in truth.”

JOHN 4:23–24 TPT

God, I am painfully aware of the imbalance in our relationship. There have been countless times when I was unfaithful to you and you still remained devoted to me. I do not pretend to be deserving of your love and loyalty, but I accept them gratefully. You are not impressed by lofty, religious airs, as I may fool myself into imagining. What you ask me for is worship from a contrite heart, honestly aware of my need for you. That is how I will come before you today.

How do you see yourself? How do you think God sees you?

Beauty

Your beauty should come from within you—

the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit that will never be

destroyed and is very precious to God.

1 PETER 3:4 NCV

Hold on to wisdom and good sense.

Don’t let them out of your sight.