'Fear' Tagged Posts
“I’m Really Scared . . .”
“I’m Really Scared . . .” From Our Daily Bread – July 22, 2017 Read: Philippians 4:4–9 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 “I’m really scared.” This was the poignant note a teenager posted to friends on Facebook as she told them of some upcoming medical tests. She was facing hospitalization and a series of procedures in a city three hours from home and anxiously waited…
The Delight of Despair
The Delight of Despair By Oswald Chambers, May 24, 2017 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. —Revelation 1:17 It may be that, like the apostle John, you know Jesus Christ intimately. Yet when He suddenly appears to you with totally unfamiliar characteristics, the only thing you can do is fall “at His feet as dead.” There are times when God cannot reveal Himself in any other way than in His majesty, and it is the…
The Promises of God
The Promises of God By Billy Graham • April 22, 2017 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don’t forget to thank him for his answers. —Philippians 4:6 (TLB) Historians will probably call our era “the age of anxiety.” Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered in anything short of God and His will for us. When we make anything else our goal, frustration and defeat are inevitable. Though we have…
Daily Devotional – Keep Recognizing Jesus
Keep Recognizing Jesus – From Utmost.org June 18, 2016 …Peter…walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid… —Matthew 14:29-30 The wind really was boisterous and the waves really were high, but Peter didn’t see them at first. He didn’t consider them at all; he simply recognized his Lord, stepped out in recognition of Him, and “walked on the water.” Then he began to take those things around him…
Daily Devotional – The Source of Abundant Joy
The Source of Abundant Joy – From Utmost.org March 7, 2016 In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. —Romans 8:37 Paul was speaking here of the things that might seem likely to separate a saint from the love of God. But the remarkable thing is that nothing can come between the love of God and a saint. The things Paul mentioned in this passage can and do disrupt the close fellowship of our…