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Originally Posted by Trusting
Pray that this helps. Much blessings
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Good advice. I would also add that fear and trepidation are not the Lord's way. Over and over in the Bible the Lord says, "Fear not, I am with you." This is an attitude of faith.
Fear and faith are mutually incompatible. One pushes against the other. Fear is insidious because it often produces the very results we are afraid of, thus confirming our fear in our minds, and a vicious circle ensues.
Someone once said that fear and faith both ask us to believe something about the future, but in very different ways.
The Lord was never sympathetic with a lack of faith. He was always very matter-of-fact about it. He would ask, "Why did you not believe?" The answer to our problems is in the answer to that question.
Note: This is not to say that we cannot "do it afraid." We are weak, but if we step out in faith in spite of our fear, the Lord will be with us.