Defeating The Giant Of Fear: Lessons From David
November 28, 2021 by SkyWatch Editor
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I once read an article in the Huffington Post that said 85 percent of the things we’re afraid of never happen. And of the 15 percent that happens, we often discover we can handle it better than we thought we could, or we learn something from the experience. Still, many of us live with fears. While some measure of healthy fear can be helpful, fear is also one of the most destructive human emotions. When fears become irrational, they can paralyze us or cause us to panic. We often learn these fears as children, and we carry them with us throughout our lives. But did you know the commands “fear not” or “do not be afraid” are given 63 times in Scripture, with a total of 300 variations of those phrases between the Old and New Testaments? One of my favorite biblical stories about facing fear is the story of David and Goliath. I think there are four lessons we can learn from this story about fear and how we should deal with it… (READ MORE)