Table of Contents
Say What? 11
1 What Can Fear Do to Us? 13
Fear Can Get into Our Head and Under Our Skin 20
Fear Can Become an Obsession 23
Fear Can Turn into "What if?" Thoughts and Make Life Miserable 26
Fear Can Lead Us to Freedom Once We See the Truth 28
2 What Do We Fear Most? 35
The Fear of Small, Dark Places and the Creepy Things in Them 35
The Fear of Evil Around Us and Feeling Powerless 38
The Fear of Being Insignificant, Unimportant, or Invisible 39
The Fear of Man and the Fear of Rejection 45
The Feat of Talking to People 50
The Fear of Unending Pain and Suffering 54
3 What Does the Bible Say About Fear? 59
God Shields You When You Seek His Protection 60
God Frees You from Fear and Anxiety 60
God Enables You to See Your Situation from His Perspective 61
God Helps You When You Fear You Can't Do It on Your Own 63
God Invites You into His Kingdom When You Invite Him into Your Heart 64
God Assures You That All Things Are Possible When You Believe in Him 68
God Leads You by His Spirit 70
God Loves You, and You Are Valuable to Him 72
4 What Is the Fear God Allows Us to Experience? 77
Don't Assume Anything; Don't Think You Know Everything 79
Don't Ignore Your God-Given Discernment 82
Don't Underplay Your Fear of Harassment 84
Don't Neglect to Surrender to What God Is Telling You to Do 90
Don't Fail to Produce the Fruit of the Spirit 92
5 What Is the Fear God Wants Us to Have? 99
The Benefits of Having the Fear of God 101
The Truth About God-Fearing People 103
The Benefits of Having Godly Wisdom 106
The Truth About Godly Wisdom Versus Worldly Wisdom 108
6 What Must We Think, Say, and Pray When We Are Afraid? 113
Consider the Value of Constant and Consistent Prayer 115
Consider the Value of Worshipping God 116
Consider the Value of the Holy Spirit Helping You to Pray 117
Consider the Value of Renewing Your Mind Every Day 118
Consider the Value of Confessing Your Belief in Jesus 119
Twenty Things to Think, Say, and Pray When You Are Afraid 120
7 What Should We Do When We Feel Fearful? 129
Bring Every Thought into Captivity 132
Commit Everything You Do to the Lord 132
Decide to Trust God and Not Your Fear 133
Express Your Love for God with Praise and Worship 133
Deliberately Focus Your Mind on Good Things 134
Ask God if You Need to Confess Anything to Him 134
Be a Doer of the Word 135
Thank God for What He Has Done for You 136
Read God's Word Daily Until You Feel Relief from Fear 136
Show Your Love for God by Living His Way 137
Refuse to Do Anything That Will Compromise Your Walk with God 137
Pray and Don't Give Up 138
Pray the Prayer Jesus Taught His Disciples 139
Ask God to Help You Show Love to Others 140
Celebrate the Lord's Supper in Remembrance of Him 141
Ask God to Reveal His Will for Your Life 142
Tell Someone What God Has Done for You 142
Forgive Others, and Make No Plans for Revenge 143
Choose to Not Sit in Judgment of Others 144
Give to God and Others so You Store Up Treasures in Heaven 145
8 What Are the Enemy's Fear Tactics? 149
The Enemy's Tactic Is to Steal, Kill, and Destroy 150
The Enemy's Tactic Is to Devour 151
The Enemy's Tactic Is to Entice People to Believe His Lies 152
The Enemy's Tactic Is to Bring Condemnation 153
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Realize You Are Already in the War 154
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Depart from Evil 156
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Rely on the Holy Spirits Empowerment 157
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Know That Only the Lord Is Holy 159
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Go to Battle in Prayer 161
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Exert the Authority Jesus Gave You 163
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Don't Drift Away from the Truth 165
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Resist Him 167
To Combat the Enemy's Tactics, Put On the Whole Armor of God 169
9 What Overcomes the Fear of Death? 175
Make Sure Your Name Is Written in the Lamb's Book of Life 178
Realize That Jesus Overcame Death and Hell for You 180
Be Certain You Have a Clean Heart and a Right Spirit Within You 181
Recall What the Bible Says About Death and Heaven 182
Find Joy in Your Heart When Heaven Is Real in Your Mind 184
Don't Be Afraid of the End Times 189
10 What Can Keep Us from Fearing the Future? 195
Reject a Spirit of Self-Pity 196
Decide What You Believe and Stick to It 201
Determine Today What Your Future Will Be 202
Five Things to Remember When Thinking About Your Future 204
What Is a Good Future, Anyway? 206
Don't Listen to Godless People Telling You What Your Future Will Be 209
Know That Your Future Is with the Lord 210
Run the Race with God, Knowing He Has Set You Up to Win It 212
