Fear manifests in anxiety, tension and worry and are emotions that alert us of our need to find resolve to the problems we are facing. When you are experiencing extreme times of stress, your emotions can run wild with distressing thoughts that are actually not a reality, but in fact magnify the problems instead. At the inception of fear, choose to fix your eyes on Jesus and spend extra time reading and praying His Word. Choose to move forward and remember to do whatever God has called you to do even when afraid. Take the necessary steps to deal with whatever life challenge you are facing. Remember, God will never bring you to something that He is not able to get you through. He will never tell you to do something that He has not equipped you to do. He knows your every need as you bring them to Him. Always choose to do things God’s way, honoring His Word and commit to being a person of excellence. Whatever we sow is what we will reap so choose to honor God’s principles. Choose forgiveness and submit to His Word. In this life, Jesus warned us we would have troubles but to keep our focus on Him–for He has overcome the world. (See BETRAYAL for those of you walking through betrayal) 

When you choose to rely on your own strength and try to control every aspect of life, rather than placing your trust in God and upon His Word, you are operating in doubt and unbelief. You are actually being double-minded and wavering in your opinions. You are allowing your carnal nature (fleshly nature – mind, will, and emotions)  to persuade you that God is not capable of handling the situation you are facing. Begin to magnify the Lord.  Ask God for a scripture to stand on and pray it back to Him. Ask God for wisdom and obey His instructions. Turn to the Lord and trust Him! Whatever you magnify becomes bigger. Don’t rehearse the problems. Instead, pray the scriptures God gives you for the problems you are facing when you feel fear. When you truly realize how big God is and turn to Him, peace will begin to rule and reign in your heart and mind. Commit everything to God! Focus on how big God is rather than rehearsing the problems and find hope and security in Him. He will help you through. God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (Begin to say this daily when you feel fear!) Be sure to read my second book: A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days at the Mercy Seat). As you read the amazing story of God’s divine intervention through two open-heart surgeries, two strokes and 25 days in Mercy Hospital that my husband went through– you will have hope to believe  God for anything and will be empowered to take your own leap of faith through whatever you are facing! God bless you! 

The Bible instructs you to cast all your cares (anxieties) on Him for He cares for you
(1 Peter 5:7).

What Scripture Says

“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, about what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing? Look at the

One of the principles of the Kingdom of God is that God favors those who are just (Proverbs 12:2). God has promised victory and will bring good out of even the most difficult situations as we learn to trust Him with childlike faith. He has also promised to meet our most pressing needs.

Jesus said that He came that we might have a meaningful, purposeful, abundant life (John 10:10). God’s favor is “yes” and “amen” in every promise of His Word.

What Scripture Says

“But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth” (Psalm 86:15).

“So Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be

At some time or other we will all suffer deep hurt due to the loss of a loved one which can cause feelings of depression, pain, sorrow, emptiness and loneliness that likely take longer than you would anticipate to overcome.

There is an expected time of grief for such a loss.

As a Christian, the hope we have in Jesus carries us through such time of sorrow and pain (1 Thessalonians 4:13).

According to the American Heritage Dictionary grief is defined as “deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement”. The feeling of grief can often be like the feeling of fear. Not all grief is wrong. Jesus manifested grief when He saw how others were grieved over the loss of a loved one (John 11:32-35). Paul wrote of “a continual grief” that he had in his heart (Romans 9:1-2; 10:1).

Having grief and expressing it is an important part of overcoming traumatic experiences such as the loss of a loved one.

Paul and the Ephesian elders expressed their grief as they bid him a sad farewell (Acts 20:36-38).

Grief can become a problem when it makes one useless for any service by sending them