🧵 Courage over fear
The command repeated more than any other: do not be afraid — and the reasons given.
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Joshua 1:9
Be strong and courageous — not because you are, but because the Lord goes with you.
9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Deuteronomy 31:6
He will never leave you nor forsake you.
6Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
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Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you — I will strengthen, help and uphold you.
10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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Psalms 27:1
With the Lord as light and salvation, who is there to fear?
1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
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Psalms 23:4
Even through the darkest valley, you are not walking alone.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
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Psalms 56:3-4
An honest line: when I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
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2 Timothy 1:7
God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.
7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
