{"id":820,"date":"2025-10-11T00:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=820"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T00:43:36","slug":"standing-on-the-promises-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing on the Promises:\u00a0 FEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>A Precious Promise: FEAR<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><em>For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, \u201cDo not fear, I will help you.&#8221; <\/em>Isaiah 41:13<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Thoughts:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><em>&#8220;FEAR NOT, for I am with you&#8221;<\/em> God says in Isaiah 41:10<\/p>\n<p>God says <em>&#8220;Do not fear&#8221; <\/em>many times in His word and He often tells us that we should not be afraid for He is always with us. <u>Our job is to believe it!<\/u><\/p>\n<p>So, the next time we feel fear rising up in us here are some scriptures we can use to remind ourselves that we should not fear anything <em>For He Himself has said, \u201cI will never leave you nor forsake you.\u201d<\/em> Hebrews 13:5<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>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?<\/em> Psalm 27:1<\/li>\n<li><em>Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me<\/em>&#8230; Psalm 23:4<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.&#8221;<\/em> 2 Timothy 1:7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Prayer:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Dear God, <strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Your word says You have not given me a spirit of fear, but You have given me Your Spirit of power who dwells with in me. \u00a0I believe it!<\/p>\n<p>So when fear begins to come upon me or I start feeling overwhelmed or all alone, I will remember Your promises, and I will choose to trust in You instead of allowing fear or negative thoughts to control me.<\/p>\n<p>Thank You God, for always being with me 24\/7 and for helping me in my times of need.<\/p>\n<p>Each day I will remember that You are my light and my salvation and that I have nothing to fear for You are always with me.\u00a0 I am so thankful for You and Your word.\u00a0 In Jesus name I pray.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<p>SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Precious Promise: FEAR For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, \u201cDo not fear, I will help you.&#8221; Isaiah 41:13 Thoughts: &#8220;FEAR NOT, for I am with you&#8221; God says in Isaiah 41:10 God says &#8220;Do not fear&#8221; many times in His word and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1237],"tags":[1327,3,639,637,633,627,1214,1324,3309,1245,1326,1325,30,32,1238],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-standing-on-the-promises","tag-2timothy-17","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-do-not-be-afraid","tag-do-not-fear","tag-fear-not","tag-hebrews-135","tag-isaiah-4110","tag-isaiah-4113","tag-october-2025","tag-precious-promises","tag-psalm-234","tag-psalm-271","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-standing-on-the-promises"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FEAR-Isaiah41.10-and-41.13.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1388,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/march-29-proverb-a-day-day-29\/","url_meta":{"origin":820,"position":0},"title":"March 29&#8211;Proverb A Day\u2014Day 29","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"March 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's Proverb: The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe. 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