#FiveMinuteFriday! Even though the word prompt is not in my title, 3 Steps to Help Doubt and Fear Disappear, it’s all over the 3 Steps! Be blessed and share away to encourage someone else.
It’s there. It looms in the background. Lurking, stalking, threatening to come back at any moment. You know it, you try to ignore it but it creeps, it saunters and before you know it you’re caught.
Doubt.
- Uncertainty
- Indecision
- Hesitation
- Suspicion
- Confusion
And the ultimate…
Fear.
It’s the enemy’s business to keep us in this constant state: never progressing, never growing, never being all that God wants us to be in the Kingdom. It is not the will of God!
Take these 3 Steps to Help Doubt and Fear Disappear and apply them to your situation:
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Praise and Quote Scripture
You may think it sounds elementary but friend, the Word of God is the most powerful weapon on the planet! Take scriptures such as this one, “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'” Psalms 91:1, 2 NIV. (Actually the entire chapter of Psalm 91 is AMAZING.)
How is this for power: “See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc; no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you…” Isaiah 54:16-17.
Speak it, claim it, put your name in it!
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Praise and Stay faithful.
It’s so important when you are spiritually discouraged or confused to keep praying, keep going to church, keep studying the Word of God. In other words, keep doing what you know to be right. Know where your strength comes from and remind yourself, encourage yourself in the Lord! Yes, there’s scripture for that! “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.…” Jude 1:20, 21.
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Praise and Keep trusting God
Yes, it’s that simple but sometimes seems so difficult in the midst of the trial. Keep trusting God. Depend on Him, talk to Him, rely on Him and remind yourself of His promises. Remind yourself you are His child and every promise in that book belongs to you as a child of the King. He has never failed and He never will.
“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.” Psalms 12:5-6.
You notice how PRAISE proceeds each step? Praise is power. There is an old song we used to sing in church that goes,
“When the praises go up, the glory comes down.
Where sin used to dwell, grace now abounds.
There’s healing and hope, and love all around,
When the praises go up, the glory comes down.”
When you surrender, when you give Him glory, when you raise your hands to heaven and become a funnel for the power of God to come in and strengthen you, watch out! Your praise gets God’s attention, giving Him honor and acknowledging you recognize HE is all powerful and HE is in control, it is much easier to face difficult situations. Problems seem to fade as you allow the God of the universe to take over.
You can trust this God of ours.
Be encouraged and blessed as you praise God each and every day then those doubts and fears will disappear in Jesus’ name.
Thank you Michele. The scripture IS powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. Blessings to you and thanks for taking the time to comment. ♥
His Word IS so wonderful Jenn. Sing out loud!! Heading over to read your Doubt post…sorry I am so behind ♥
Me too Barbie. Speak it, claim it and put my name on it. I pray the scripture alot that way by inserting my own name. Love to you. ♥
Thank you! I am going to speak it, claim it and put my name on it this week! Blessings!
“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.” Psalms 12:5-6. <—So cool to see that when I highlight to copy and paste in your site…the highlight is in RED! Red for the love and blood of Our Lord Jesus. His Word is so wonderful! Thanks for sharing this Psalm. I'm going to pen it into my prayer journal right now! I am linked next to you on Weekend Whispers, and I'm also a FMF writer so I put my "Doubt" post in as well. Standing next to you virtually and Spiritually, Jenn
p.s. After writing it out…I realize I have to sing today! Challenge accepted. I'm not really a sing out loud on a Saturday kind of girl, but He is worthy to be praised! 😉
Great challenge from scripture this morning. I love your methodical and powerful consideration of doubt . . . and the alternative!
Thanks for this post- your advice is really helpful. It’s all about holding on to what we know, even when it doesn’t seem true. I love Psalm 91 as well- probably one of my favourite chapters in the whole Bible.
Good thing I’m memorizing scripture with some online friends for the next 4-5 weeks!
Excellent point Sylvia! There are times for other types of doubt, the character of people, rumors, gossip, etc. Those are things to be doubted at times and then of course we take them to prayer. Thank you for pointing that out! Blessings. ♥
Thank you Helen, God always knows! Blessings, heading over to read yours ♥
Definitely needed to read your (very helpful) post today. Thank you. Helen {A FMF friend}
Good thoughts here. I guess it’s important to consider what it is we’re doubting. We may be doubting an actual lie that we need to disbelieve. But when it comes to doubting God, His truth… ooh, ouch! The most debilitating thing, perhaps that can happen to us. So glad you mentioned prayer. It turns us to the power we need to keep on keeping on and believing when we have no power of our own. One of my most (amazingly) effective prayers came out of my mouth at a moment of absolute helplessness, and it was also, I think, my shortest prayer ever: “God! Help us!” (He did. He does. Thanks for you post.)