Quotes about Fear

Second, the elders of the city (Bethlehem) are trembling. They want to know why he comes. They do not even know yet whose side he is on. They presume he is still an agent of Saul. If so, the Judeans tremble because Saul is no friend of southerners. Or if he is not an agent of Saul, it is even more dangerous, because then he may come to include them in an act of betrayal, which is more risk than they want.

Psalm 34:4, which she had committed to memory, popped into her mind: "I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears." Then she though of Psalm 37:5 "Commit thy way unto the LORD; turst also in him: and he shall bring it to pass." She'd found that passage in Grandma's Bible and had quoted it often as a reminder that she should trust the Lord in all things, while she committed her way unto him.

Some people hold on to a position or title for dear life; they hold on so tight, in fact, that they sabotage their own lives in the process.

It is so easy to take our eyes off of God and look at the problems around us. That's when we get discouraged and fearful, giving the devil an opportunity to pounce.

Every single time a self-doubting or fearful thought enters your mind, realize it, reject it, and replace it with faith.

Once again we discover that everything happened according to God's will, not the scheme of men. Oh, Caiaphas played his part. Unable to rouse the crowd through his words, he did all he could to fan the flames of the worst in human emotion: fear, anger, and cruelty.

Deep down, our single greatest fear is to live a life of insignificance, to come to the end of our life and feel like we never really did anything that mattered. That is our greatest fear.

People will put up with being terrified but no one will tolerate being bored.

Fear is a self-protection we use to insulate ourselves from hurt by pulling back. Anger is self-protection we use to insulate ourselves from hurt by striking out.

Perhaps your spirit is sour, cold, indifferent, and God asks what is wrong. He knows why you are like that, but He wants you to tell Him. He wants you to confess that you have feared and panicked, that you have questioned His purpose and plan for your life. You have doubted His Word and His promises, and you have failed to renew before God every day the anointing of His Spirit, so that you have become spiritually stale.

Doubt is just another color of fear.

Let go, Jo. Replace all your fears with love.