{"id":639,"date":"2009-08-11T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=639"},"modified":"2009-09-15T10:15:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T17:15:22","slug":"%e2%80%9cwhy-be-afraid%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/%e2%80%9cwhy-be-afraid%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY BE AFRAID?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Isaiah 41:10\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #c40000;\">\u201cDo not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are two straightforward questions for you to consider: \u201cWhat can fear do for you in your hour of greatest need?\u201d \u00a0\u201cHow can fear contribute to resolving problems that seem insurmountable?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most common trait of fear is paralysis. Perhaps most of us have encountered driving in the dark and suddenly seeing a deer frozen in fear at the sight of our headlights. The expression; \u201cLike a deer in the headlights\u201d has come to express a person\u2019s reaction to fear.<\/p>\n<p>Military planners have been aware of this paralyzing effect. Before the battle, in fact as the initiation into military service, basic training is designed to teach reaction to what has been taught rather than giving in to fear.<\/p>\n<p>The enemy of our souls tries to scare the living daylights out of us, knowing that if he succeeds, we will react like a deer in the headlights and be of little value to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>So how do we go about overcoming our fear? The answer is to<strong> trust the Lord completely<\/strong>. He is the One who knows us and who is able to be with us at all times. Today\u2019s Scripture assures us that He is our God and is with us to provide the strength we need for what lies ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to today\u2019s Scripture, Psalm 23\u00a0tells us\u00a0that even though we pass through the valley of the shadow of death, He is with us and His Rod and Staff will protect us. What a sense of comfort that gives! Don\u2019t be afraid! \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah 41:10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cDo not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.\u201d Here are two straightforward questions for you to consider: \u201cWhat can fear do for you in your hour of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-isaiah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}