written by Jean Murphy

Making It Last

In this section are some verses to help you defeat your fears. Please print them out and highlight the verses in your Bible that are most meaningful to you. Pray the verses back to the Lord. When I pray Scripture, I read the verse and then discuss the verse with the Lord. For example, when I pray Deuteronomy 31:6, I read the verse: "’Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you.’ Continuing in prayer, “Lord, you call me to be strong and courageous and I know you won't ask me to do anything I can't do through Your enabling. I am so thankful you don't want me to be afraid. So thankful that you go with me wherever I go and that you will always be with me and never fail me. Lord, in my present situation, please give me Your strength and courage as I remember and enjoy Your presence in my life. You are my Rock and Strong Tower. In Your holy and strong name, Amen."

Read the following verses in preparation for life's trials, and reread them when worries and fears threaten to rob you of the joy and peace of the Lord. Let the Scriptures replace your fears with the truth that the Lord will care for your greatest needs. Keep a journal of God’s faithful care to stay attentive to His provisions in meeting your needs. Remember that just as God has been faithful in the past, He will also be faithful in the future. Choose to thank and worship Him as His unfailing love removes your fear and replaces it with His peace and joy.

Verses to Meditate on to Turn Fear Into Worship:

Deuteronomy 31:6, Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

Ephesians 6:10-11, Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.

Joshua 1:9, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

Jeremiah 31:3, The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

Psalm 27:1-3
The LORD is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid?
When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh,
when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.

Psalm 34:4, I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 46:2-3, Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

Psalm 118:6-9
The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I will look in triumph on my enemies.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

Palms 145:18-20, The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The LORD watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

Proverbs 3:25-26, Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.

Isaiah 35:4, “Say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come,he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution. He will come to save you."

Isaiah 41:10, So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Zephaniah 3:17, The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

Matthew 28:20, And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Luke 12:22, Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.

John 14:27, Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Romans 8:28-31, And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:35-39, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:7, For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

1 John 4:16-18, And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Defeating Fear, Part 1; Fear, Meet Your Source
Defeating Fear, Part 2; Breaking Up with Fear

Works Cited:
All Scripture quoted is NIV
Random House Webster’s College Dictionary 2nd edition Random House
Psalm 139:23-24
Rene Schlaepfer, Teaching Pastor, Twin Lakes Church, Aptos, California
Zechariah 2:8
Galatians 2:20