I've struggled with fear my whole life, but God has been faithful to help me through it all. Now when i say i've struggled with fear, i mean like dabilitating fear, where you can think of nothing else and do nothing because you are so afraid.
This is how God helped me defeat fear.
Firstly i down right refused to live my life in fear, and i set out to attack this fear problem, and i did.
Every morning i was reading my bible then on my face before the Lord, not pleading for him to take the fear away, but to teach me how to get through the fear. I was constantly fasting, i memorized verses on fear and peace. I got someone i knew and trust to meet with me everyday and pray with me.
Every time i started to get afraid i would say God i surrender this fear to you, and i ask you to help me trust you. Then i would do my best not to think about what it was i was afraid of, because i had surrendered it to God.
An you know what eventually after awhile, you get to the point where you start to get that fear then its like..... So what... Seriously so flippin what, fear can't do anything to me, and fear only has as much power as you give it. So if i dont give into the fear it has no power.
You really have to get to that point where you say God, i trust you with my life, i will trust you no matter what.
In Jullianna's thread about taking your thoughts captive, thats another good thing that you should do. Literally as soon as you start to get that fear take it captive! Dont let it just run rampant around in your head. Take it captive, surrender your fear to the Lord, then pray Father help me to trust you, then just trust him
Stand firm, Dont let fear overwhelm you, you and God overwhelm the fear.
