It’s an interesting fact that the command repeated most often throughout the Scriptures is “be not afraid” or (its close grammatical relative) “do not fear”. The command not to fear (given to us by God) is repeated even more times throughout the 73 books, than the command to love. That should tell you something about how badly God wants us to live in Him and not in fear.Think about that for a moment -- Live in God, Not in Fear. Pretty powerful in its simplicity and strength.
There are great places throughout the Bible that speak of courage and the need to trust in God in the face of fear. Here are some places (in the NAB Bible) that you can read and pray through. In fact there are 51 places -- pretty good number for a way to start each day of summer! We are going to start the second week of June and read one a day on weekday mornings -- that takes us through mid August.
Some of the Fear verses in Scripture (A few of these include more than one verse):
Gospels (#1 - #15) - Old Testament (#16 - #25) - New Testament (#26 - #51)
- MT 1:20
- MT 10:26, 28, 31
- MT 14:27
- MT 17:7
- MT 28:5, 10
- MK 5:36
- MK 6:50
- LK 1:13, 30
- LK 2:10
- LK 5:10
- LK 8:50
- LK 12:4-5, 7, 32
- JN 6:20
- JN 12:15
- JN 14:27
- ACTS 9:31
- ACTS 18:9
- ACTS 27:24
- 2COR 7:1
- HEB 13:6
- 1PT 2:17
- 1PT 3:6,14
- 1JN 4:18
- RV 1:17
- RV 2:10
- DEUT 1:21
- DEUT 31:8
- JOSH 1:9
- JOSH 10:8
- JOSH 11:6
- JUDG 6:23
- 1SAM 12:20
- 1CHRON 22:13
- 2CHRON 20:15, 17
- 1MACC 2:62
- PS 3:7
- PS 23:1
- PS 46:3
- PS 49:17
- PS 53:6
- PS 56:5, 12
- PROV 3:25
- ISA 7:4
- ISA 10:24
- JER 42:11
- JER 44:10
- BARUCH 6:14, 22, 28, 64, 68
- HOSEA 10:3
- HAG 2:5
- ZECH 8:13, 15
- MAL 3:5
TU again to Mark for organizing these scriptures for us! If your parish is looking for a speaker (especially for the youth group ages), I highly recommend the Bible Geek, Mark Hart! Here is an example of his style via a YouTube clip. Enjoy!
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