Conquering Fear – The Presidential Prayer Team

We can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’ – Hebrews 13:6

Fear is a healthy emotion that is real and necessary. It keeps people from doing stupid things that might cause bodily harm. It incites the wisdom to be cautious in certain situations. God placed this emotion within humans for self-preservation. However, in the fallen nature, fear can become unnecessary and overpowering. It may prevent people from doing what God calls them to do or being the people He wants them to be. Fear might even place more confidence in the devil’s schemes than God’s plans and purposes.

In today’s verse, the writer of Hebrews describes the confidence people have that the Lord is more powerful than their enemies. They recognize the Lord as Someone who is willing and able to help them. This 13^th and final chapter of Hebrews describes the people who are living out their confidence in Christ. They love others, show hospitality to strangers, help those in prison and those who are abused, honor marriage, remain sexually pure, are not greedy but content with what they have, and who remember that God is with them (Hebrews 13:1-5).

As you place your trust in the Lord, conforming to His image and knowing that He is with you, go forth in confidence, overcoming the fear that can hinder people from serving Him. Pray that you, your loved ones, and all governing officials and citizens of the nation will learn to reverence and obey the Lord in all things.

Today’s Verse: Hebrews 13:6

“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

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Recommended for further reading: Romans 8:12-17

¹²So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. ¹⁵For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” ¹⁶The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.