Your Fear Is About To Get Jumped
You have a fear.
We could all pray for that fear.
We will pray that God overwhelms you with the unending freedom from it.
We will pray for each other in the comment section by replying to each other fears. OK? Post a fear, then pray for someone elses while typing furiously on your keyboard…
So what are you afraid of?
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
The fear I’ve had since I was a kid is windows at night that I can’t see out of but I know if there was someone out there… that they could see me.
But my grown-up fear is that I’m watching my friends get married and grow up and do “adult tings” and that I’m just getting left behind.
Praying for you.
My fear is that my ex-wife and my father will never give their lives to Christ.
praying for them
ETS: Praying for that one…. wow
graham, praying for you. I fear the same thing.
Thank you. Seems like I’ve been having a string of bad luck on that front… but gotta keep enjoying life and finding the good in things. Doing my best to not become a hermit! haha. Gotta keep hanging out with friends and being active… otherwise it’s just a downward spiral of not-good-ness.
I’m praying for you, and I have the same fear! (In relation to that, I seriously fear none of my friends will come to my wedding someday because I have missed so many of theirs due to studying abroad— and I’m one of the very few left!)
I am afraid I won’t pass my medical boards again. Please pray?
prayin
There is a huge price to pay for the right thing in the wrong time. While it seems like you are missing out on the trappings of adulthood, you have a chance to really live beatitudes as a single adult that I envy. Paul talks about married men being focused on serving their spouse, but for the single man, his service is to the Lord. I’ll be praying for you, it’s difficult to be where you are. Life isn’t passing you by, its all around us.
Thank’s for your thoughts here. Thanks for reminding me that we need to live life where God has put us in this time and place.
Lord I pray for Graham. I pray that he finds peace in knowing that you will bring him the right person and let him know how useful he is exactly as he is right now.
Thank you Los, and thank you for this opportunity to pray for each other. This has seriously been so good for me today. I continually pray for you too and the ministry that you’re doing here.
Graham I am with you. It’s like everyone is moving on and you are still stuck. Everyday you wonder if you will ever find someone or if you will just grow old by yourself. I am praying for you.
Thanks man. Prayin for you too.
I fear I will live in such a way that makes me useless to the world that my God wants me to be a part of. Useless for the purpose of the kingdom. Too ”churchy” for anyone’s good, walking the line of transparency vs. pushing people off.
Prayin for you
Lord I pray that Justin loses any sort of “church” and get is replaced with all sorts of”You”
Snakes … on a plane. Actually snakes anywhere.
But really I am afraid of failing and being alone.
prayers
on failure… I’ve learned time and time again to not be afraid of failure. Learn from it. And don’t consider failing a bad thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiaPNlR5A4I
i fear myself getting in the way of what my God has for me.
praying for you and for me… same here.
Thanks guys, I’ll be returning the prayers for you as well. I really need them these days. This has been a feet to the fire kind of month.
ditto
Not considering failure a bad thing is going to take something of a personal revolution/revelation. The closest I’ve managed is trying to recover from each failure and use it to move forward.
Sometimes that’s the best we can do. Nobody ever said it was going to be easy.
Prayers.
ditto. Pray for me please
Lord I pray for Deakin.
I ask that you continue to replace his fears with You.
Amen.
I’m afraid to perform my songs in public.
prayers
I’ve never had the courage to sing on stage either. But I love standing in the back at the sound board and dancing like a crazy person so only the people on stage see me and laugh and smile. haha.
May God give you the strength to get up there one day
What is it about public that you fear?
I really seriously don’t know. I lead worship in front of ppl all the time – but that’s not the same as singing a personal song.
I can identify with this.
For me, I think, singing a personal song makes me much more vulnerable. A song I wrote is somewhat an extension of me.
And if someone doesn’t like the song, I’d take it as a personal rejection.
And rejection is one of my greatest fears.
I’ve been able to perform my songs in public, but never without that nagging sense of dread.
I pray that you find courage to perform those songs. Courage is not necessarily the absence of fear, but persevering in spite of it.
Lord I actually pray that You open up a door for Mandy to sing her songs that practically forces her into singing them FOR YOU!!!
That i won’t live to the full potential of God’s design…the first on a long list. But when i wake up, move through the day and feel this ugly rise inside, i tell myself a little prayer: “captivated by God, not captured by fear.”
“My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.’ And my heart responds, “Lord , I am coming.’” Psalm 27:8
Chelle,
Praying for you…I know exactly what you mean. We always make it harder than what it has to be. I pray God gives us both the ability to see that He’s not calling us to save the world…but rather to live our lives in the image of His Son.
Lord I pray that the scripture that Chelle quotes fills her and replaces her fears with You instead.
My future.
Saying a prayer for you.
2 words that so many fear.
Praying…
Right there w/ you anna….
God we know you hold the future…nuf said! Amen!!!
My daughter is 17 and turning 18 in November. She’s determined to fly the nest. I’m a wuss. I’m afraid of the mistakes she’ll make. I’m afraid they’ll be bigger than she can handle.
The only thing keeping me sane during this time is God’s insistence that if He was big enough to save me, He’s big enough to save her.
But still…she’s my baby….
Shayne saying a prayer for you. I have a 16 year old and I know the fears you are feeling. I turn it over to God but find myself stressing 10 mins later. And it is true, the mistakes they make then can have life long consequences.
Man, my kid is two and I already worry about the days that you are living. I’ll be praying for you and your daughter.
Thank you both. I can sure use them.
Thanks Los for opening this up today. Praying for you too today.
That fear is so alive in me.
I fear that.
So I will pray hard for you right now.
Like right now.
Los
Just saw this today…no internet access this past weekend…
Anyways…thanks. That means a lot.
Fear of opening up with friends, due to the pain of being hurt many times in the past. And the fear of never having a close girl friend.
Lori – I fear the same thing. Praying for you…
Lori and iarunner, pouring my heart out to Jesus for you.
Lori – I’m there with you on that one. Praying hard for all of us girls who don’t seem to have a BFF.
Iarunner I am praying for you…
My fear is losing my family and career in ministry.
Praying for you
In trying to boil it all down, it appears that what I’m really afraid of is not having enough and not being in control. Sounds silly now.
We’re in the midst of buying a house that is also being modified for accessibility and I am afraid we will either lose the house or never get into it (closing pushed from Aug 1 to now possibly Nov 15th).
Amy, I struggle with lack of control, too. Praying for peace and trust and that God will blow you away with how He is in the details.
Always being alone. 20 years praying for a spouse, hoping, waiting, looking, and trying to be content. But nothing. I’m alone at 37, no family, no single friends. I gave up dreaming for children a few years ago. Please don’t talk to me about timing, staying active & “giving it to God” – i’ve done that. Still nothing. It hurts.
I just want to be loved & have companionship while on earth just like everybody else.
alone, praying for you dear one…
praying for you!
Lord, please bring alone love, help alone to recognize it for what it is (and recognize imposters too), and fill alone with the courage to loved and be loved.
Dying..
Me too. I feel so far away from God when I fear that but in all honesty, I fear it soooo much.
I’ll be praying for you!
I am praying for you right now
I am afraid my cancer will return and my little ones will have to face life without their Mommy.
praying for you, Angie!
Believing for you that you will live a long life to raise & see your children’s children. Praying your cancer never returns Angie.
praying and praying for you
Praying that’s Gods comfort will surround your fear
Father you are a God that can do anything. I ask you right now to bless Angie w/ complete healing of her cancer! Give her the freedom to live a cancer free life so she can pour your love into her children!
on a lighter note, I’m also afraid of parallel parking and clowns.
Clowns are freaky.
so very much dislike clowns!
Ha, clowns and parallel parking
I am afraid that God is calling us to more than we’re doing, that we need to leave our families and do full time missions and I am afraid I can’t do it. I am afraid of letting the opportunity pass us by and facing my Maker and having to explain why I didn’t say YES.
I am praying for you to find the strength to take that bold step…either to go, or stay home and work on the homefront…God will use you either way…praying and praying
Mine is a bit different…and it is extremely hard and embarrassing to post this, but I’m beyond desperate for God to deliver me and so far, He hasn’t.
I have actual phobia type fears. Fears of sickness that overwhelm my life. It’s like a demon has its claws wrapped around my mind and no matter how hard I try, I can’t escape.
I’m almost house bound and I have no real friends, all because of these fears. The fear and anxiety spills over into every single area of my life every single day. My marriage is a mess. My child suffers. I don’t know how much more I can take.
I’ve begged God, down on my face sobbing and screaming, time and time again for years and years to please PLEASE deliver me…but all I get is silence. I’m at the end of myself, and would absolutely cherish your prayers.
Dear Lord.
Right now…Right now…I pray that you give Missy even a moment of freedom from those gripping fears of sickness. You know Lord that I have those same fears and I just ask that the same spirit that arrived at Pentecost arrives in the heart and life of Missy right now and tomorrow again, and again.
Amen
Lord, I agree in prayer with Carlos for Missy. You taught us that if any two should agree as touching anything on Earth that it would be done by the Father in Heaven.
I pray that your presence would be more real in her life than the presence of her fears – that she would find rest in your perfect love that casts out all fear.
Amen
praying for you and will continue to…
God deliver Missy from this fear that is gripping her life and leaving her in a place that she does not want to be, a place that looks dark and scary. God provide your peace that goes beyond our understanding
God can deliver you. I want to say that first. I believe that God can do anything. He has pulled me out of pits too often. He can pull you out of this pit.
God be with Missy. Lord I know all to well of the struggles she is faced with. God I know you can do some awesome things. Lord we are here, banded together asking for your healing powers to overflow her. Fill up her life and be with her in a way that she knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are there! You did not intend for her to live like this. She has stronghold that she needs to get out of her life. God I am counting on you to provide a way for her. Allow her to see you, hear you, and sense your extraordinary presence her in life right now.
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Even though its been a few days and this little comment may very well go unnoticed, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who prayed for me. I checked back and saw the prayers and literally had to go lock myself in the bathroom to cry for awhile…but in a good way.
As I said, I don’t have any friends and so I don’t have a support system outside of my mom and my husband (who, truthfully, are kinda numb to my mess at this point) so being on the receiving end of prayers was overwhelming to me.
THANK YOU. You will never know how much it really meant to me. For a few minutes, I actually felt a little bit visible…and that is BIG to someone who constantly feels INvisible. HUGE.
My fear is that my children will be angry at God over my divorce that took place 6 years ago.
That my kids will look at me and not respect me in 15 years because i had to make a decision that i felt was best for everyone that was involved.
Praying Caleb. Praying that your kids will give you grace and understand your love for them
Thank you so much Kyle.
How can we pray for you Carlos?
my fear: becoming like my father. he cheated on my mom w/ alcohol & another woman. knowing that God is my Father comforts me. recently getting married & w/ friends starting to have children, I fear becoming a father that would be anything like mine.
praying for you…
Jesus I pray for Josh. It is scary to know that we are capable of committing the same sins as our parents before us, but God we know that you are in the business of breaking generational sins and redeeming what seems tragic and beyond redemption. I pray that Josh would be surrounded throughout his life with real community and deep friendships that will hold him accountable and spur him onto greatness. I pray for his marriage, that his wife and him will have honesty and intimacy that blows away all that he saw modeled in his own parents’ marriage. I pray most of all that he will see the hope in his own story, a story that you are helping Him to write, a story where he is not destined to be the character that he despises. I pray for his future fatherhood. I pray if you allow him that joy that you will also allow him the strength to be loving above all else. Grant him grace for his imperfections, for we are all imperfect. Thank you for his heart to be something great, something better than what he has known. Thank you for his heart that is comforted by you. Amen.
Praying for you and your lovely wife.
I fear that the divorce papers my husband handed me today are going to destroy our three children….
praying for you, your husband and your children…
Praying that God’s love reigns down on you and your family!
I am fearful that this time that sweet 3rd child of mine will have cancer…3 times the tumor has been removed, it has been bengin…it is growing again, visible to my pediatrician and I…I am fearful that it will some day kill her…we almost lost her due to the anethesia last time and a bad reaction…it is just too scary to even think of…that sweet innocent 3 year old child whose voice sings Jesus Loves Me sweeter than I ever could…
God I pray for Mary Anne and her precious three year old. i pray that you wold remove any sign of cancer in this child’s body. i pray God that you would give peace and comfort to Mary Anne and to her entire family as they await results. i pray that you would grant the doctors wisdom and steady hands as they care for Mary Anne’s sweet baby. God i pray that you would continue to hold Mary Anne and her children in your great big loving arms. i pray that you would grant them peace and strength to endure the road before them, whatever it may bring. i pray for Mary Anne as she loves on her family and cares for their needs. i pray you would give her the strength she needs for the day to day. i pray most of all though, that whatever the outcome of tests and biopsies and scans, whatever the outcome Lord, i pray that Mary Anne and her family will continue to glorify you through their testimony of the work you are doing in them. – amen
Oh, Mary Anne, praying for you and your sweet one. Praying for peace, for healing, for no cancer and for eyes to see Him in the midst of the storm. May He grant you grace and strength to endure such deep fear and suffering as only He can.
God entwine yourself around these lives. Around the little girl, around her parents. Embrace them. Let them feel your presence, your all consuming love. God I know you perform some far out stuff. I have seen it first hand. I ask that you let no trace of cancer be in this little one but also that this tumor stops growing! You are awesome God in all you do!
Mom- A song I like to listen to when I am feeling scared is “Our God” by Chris Tomlin.
‘Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God you are higher than any other.
Our God is Healer, Awesome in Power, Our God! Our God!’
God is bigger than this tumor!
Confrontation. & The future. I fear that I will hate the job I’m looking for before i even find it.
Andy,
That fear is very present in me as well. So I feel for you.
Prayer going out…
I am afraid of having to start over and that everything I have done is for nothing. I am afraid of failure
kyle, i have those same fears. that the years i spent at school served nothing more than putting me into debt. that four years of my life was worth nothing. i can relate, my friend. and i will be praying for you.
father, i pray for kyle. that you would give him a peace to know that you can use what he has done in the past for the future. i pray that you would remove the fear of failure, that you would replace it with a knowledge that with you, he is never a failure. i pray that you would use him where he is in life right now and that you would lead him to the place where you can use him most. God i ask that you grant him peace and comfort knowing that everything is in your hands and in your timing. – amen
I have a fear that as I try to get back into full time student ministry that churches will look at my resume instead of my passion, and my heart!
I know what you mean. Just give me the interview, then decide, right? Churches looking for a youth minister that looks good on paper will be looking again in a year or two. God will put you in the right place.
Lord we trust you and turn our fears and doubts over to you. Thank you for placing a burden for students on “Morehart” and use him/her for your glory. amen
Words of wisdom and truth!
My biggest fear is being wrong. There is a lot you don’t attempt when your biggest fear is being wrong. Sometimes I’m afraid of being wrong in other’s eyes and sometimes I’m afraid of being wrong in God’s eyes. It’s unfortunate, I’m working through it, and I would love prayer.
Lord I pray for Mandy.
I pray that she is wrong more. I pray that she is wrong a lot because that means she is trying things she has no control over.
I know you hear my prayers Lord…
Thanks You.
Amen
Thanks, I think.
i fear that i have become ineffective as a youth coach. i fear that i have allowed my job as an ministry assistant on the church staff to pull me so far away from God that i can’t ever return. i fear that i am so, so empty, that i will never be filled again. i fear that i’m not enough and never will be. i fear that i’ve messed up everything that God had set before me to do.
I think in working with youth we all begin to feel this way. We have a tendency to try to be everything for kids because they want us to be and then we feel drained before we can grasp what has happened. I’m only a volunteer small group leader and this happens to me so I can’t imagine how much worse it is for someone on staff.
I’m praying that God would give you a renewed sense of value and determination when it comes not only to your ministry but also when it comes to your personal relationship with him and fellowship with other people. I pray that God would give you peace that surpasses all understanding and that you would feel Him telling you what we all need to hear (me too!)… that we can never screw it up so badly that we’ve lost Him forever. Just the fact that you care shows that you’re still in His grip.
In Christ, Sam
I’m terrified that my habit of people-pleasing and the lengths I’ll go to in order to do so have taken me so far away from God that I can never get back. I know He is guiding me and giving me much more comfort than I deserve but my desire for acceptance by people has caused me to forget that the only acceptance I should desire is that which I have been given without paying a price.
I’m praying for all of you with fears that loom in the back of your minds. It’s awful to know what a mountain of fear satan can develop with the smallest foothold and so I’m asking right now in Jesus’ name that we would all be released from the traps he is setting for us.
Something to feast on
Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
I people please too. This verse smacked me in the face.
I know what you mean by asking this question, but I just found out our pastor is coming over to talk with us about something big- not something new and fun big, but serious and something’s changing kind of thing. I am fighting the fear of what he is going to say. If anyone reads this in the next two hours, I’d appreciate a prayer for peace over our home when we hear what he will say.
KA – prayed for you … may you have the peace you need and God’s good, pleasing and perfect will be done
thank you so much!
I appreciate your prayer very much.
Blessings.
I have GAD, generalized anxiety disorder. Seems like I let a lot of things scare me. Fear is often too present in my life. Little things I think about soon become huge issues because of my “anxiety”. I even take a little white pill because of this. I fear I will always have to take this pill. I hate that.
There is a song I love listening to when I get overwhelmed by fears. It is called ‘Make War’ by Tedashii. It has an awesome opening by John Piper. It reminds me God doesn’t want me to live in fear and I, we all, can fight against it!
God is doing crazy weird things in my life. Why? I have no clue but slowing I am winning against my fears. I was raised in a pentecostal church. Fear was embedded into my fibers. I used to fear God as well. Long story but now I am learning who God truly is and what He is really like. I read a book called ‘The Shack’ and it rocked my world!
All this to say, fear sucks and has no place in our lives. God is good. With Him we can overcome this thing called fear. I know because I lived in fear. Too long I lived in it. Ironically, the definition of fear says; is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It is all in our heads!!
We need to MAKE WAR!
Leah, I know too well what GAD is like. I also know from experience that GOD can do awesome things in your life despite or perhaps b/c of the GAD. It has brought me to a place of surrender to God that I otherwise would not have reached. I pray that God would bring you closer to Him and give you the healing you need.
–I prayed for you =)
I fear that I’ll stay in this ministry position where I don’t feel like I connect, where I don’t feel like I fit for the rest of my life…or just a really long time. I fear that I’ll be left on the shelf. I fear that God won’t open that opportunity. I fear that I’ll have to stay in a city that I don’t really like and never get to live and minister in a place that I want to be in. I fear that this sick feeling in my gut over not being able to fully buy in to the church that I’m currently at will go away.
I have to go to court next week. My ex husband is taking me back over child support and visitation. Did I mention the last court date he brought the woman he cheated on me with while we were married and I was pregnant. Oh yeah- he also got her pregnant. He also ONLY has supervised visits with our son. He is also a drug addict and alcoholic. He’s failed court ordered drug tests.
Can you say JERRY SPRINGER?…
But, seriously folks I’m scared. It makes me nervous to even have to see him.
J, I just want to lift of your situation to God. I pray He meets you where you’re at and can give you a piece that only God can give someone. God, I pray that you protect her kid from any harm or influence that can be avoided. I also pray that you be with the judge who is handling the child support and visitation situation. In your Sons name, Amen!
Fear that my depression might come back. Fear that I won’t have enough money to pay off my debts and earn a living. Fear that I’ll be alone forever.
Holy Spirit – I pray you break that depression off at this very moment. Take your loved one out of the pit of depression, help build endurance and help deliver them from debt, and begin to bring godly friends along, including the One you’ve handpicked. Amen.
My fear is that I just quit my job to do Wedding Photography full-time. I fear that I wont be successful and never make enough money to live with out the support of my parents.
I fear speaking in front of an audience at church whether in a large or small setting. I can teach a class at a college but when I get in church the fear involves shaking of my hands with the microphone, unclear throat and etc. I have fear issues at work (not teaching, that’s part-time) but the fear issues are not as intense as in church.
you know that “love/hate” thing? i got a “fear/geeked outta my mind about the possibilities” thing about what might be next. Jesus has a way of stirring things up and knocking the legs out from under my comfortable place. that’s what i fear.
I am terrified of September 1st. I am a former Stock Broker who’s excited to be going back to teaching but does not have a job yet. B of A will be here to break my knee caps if I got no dough Sep 1. I have always had my needs provided by the Lord, yet I have a fear that won’t rest.
I fear not finding my place in ministry, I desire to serve in a multiethnic setting.
I fear my depression. I fear that just like it enveloped me from April until two weeks ago, so will it do in the future. And I’m afraid that the next time it happens, I won’t be able to hold on.
I fear that my husband and I will never be able to have biological children. We just went through a miscarraige last month when I was 12 weeks. I’m adopted so I’ve always dreamed of having biological children.
Praying for you Margaret. I know that fear. I have been struggling with infertility for exactly 12 months this week. Praying God will give you & your husband the desires of your heart. I am so sorry for your loss.
Thank you for this Carlos
My fears are all basically surrounded by lies. I pray for all of us that we can realize these lies, and break free from all these chains that keep us from living the AMAZING life God has in store for us!!
I fear failure. I also fear not fulfilling God’s plans in my life.
Another almost silly fear is not living up to other people’s expectations.
I’m afraid that the decision my husband and I made to sell our home and live “temporarily ” at my mom’s whiile we wait for a new pastor job for him was a mistake. We stepped out in faith 6 months ago and now we still have no zleads on a place. We are growing weary of waiting for the next step. Also worried that we won’t be able to provide for our 2 year old. I’m ready to be off an air mattress and serving a congregation.
I fear for death and dying. I think about it everyday of my life. I think about how will I die. What happens after I die? What will it feel like when I die? Will I feel pain? Will I go straight to Heaven? What if I wasn’t good enough to get to Heaven? Will I ever get to see my kids? Will I have the yearning inside to see my children and family? Will people miss me? Will they forget me? Will I know my loved ones who have passed on?
I fear the death of my pap (grandfather). He and my grandmother raised me, she died when I was 11 years old. I fear that I won’t be able to love anymore. I don’t know what I will do without him in my life.
I fear never being “normal”. I have been told I have bipolar disorder, personality disorder, and anxiety disorder.
My husband has been battling cancer (and he’s winning!) for over 2 1/2 years, I had a very serious illness earlier this year and was off work for two months, and we have a toddler. There is never enough money. We are constantly robbing Peter to pay Paul. My fear is that the situation will keep snowballing until it’s uncontrollable.
And I loathe clowns and spiders.:-)
I’m praying for you, Megan.
I just graduated from college with a music degree. I moved back home for the year (or so) to save up some money so that I can move to a bigger city. I’m afraid of getting too comfortable and not leaving my hometown.
I am scared to death of becoming my father. I did everything I could to have a “normal” family and be a good dad. Now I’m divorced and struggling to support my son all the ways I need too and I see more and more of how my dad was to me and I hate it.
Praying for you. Have you tried counseling to deal with that? It may help to a degree.
Thanks for the love Heather. Yes ma’am, my shrink is on speed dial, lol. I have grown so much over the years from working with him. This morning my boy and I made pancakes and ate them in bed. So its a good day.
I’m about to be a dad too. Praying for u now.
My fear is that if/when people truly know me, they will reject me and abandon me.
I’m returning the prayer favor Heather. I just put you on my list.
I totally know this feeling. My college bff is female and she is the reason I know unconditional love exists, bc she knows EVERYTHING and still loves me. The people that love you, love you. And your God loves you.
I’m going to college in the fall. I have no idea what to do with my life. Everyone tells me I’m smart and have so much potential, especially to go into ministry or something, so I’m terrified of accomplishing absolutely nothing.
Amy,
Enjoy the ride. I’m 36 yrs old, starting over my life, and I still have no idea what I want to do when I grow up. But along the way I have been blessed enough to be involved with amazing people and experiences. You will find your path and your ministry may be away from a church. It may be as a teacher, coach, mom, or neighbor.
Thoughts and prayers with you.
I’m secretly actually really afraid that, for whatever reason, I won’t be able to bear children. It’s not that I think my life would be over (I’m not even sure if I’d want children, as I’m only 22, and if I did I fully support adoption) it’s just that there’s something about personal infertility that genuinely terrifies me.
It’s not something I’ve ever told anyone before, actually, but it’s true.
I have this exact same fear. We’re also the same age and have the same attitude towards adoption. Maybe this is a common fear. Anyways, you aren’t alone and I’ll pray for us both.
I stuggled with that, not the fear, but inferility…we have 2 children from Korea, and in the end…when I looked back…I could see God’s hand in it all…and was so blessed, by the struggle…by the gifts(twice) and then when at peace with it all…along comes baby #3…suprise.
I will pray you are spared the anxiety this is causinig your hearts…and I will pray for God’s will in your lives…you will be blessed…God has a plan for you sisters!
Mary Anne
I have fears that I know reflect weakness in my faith. I constantly give them to God and then take them back: fears for my marriage, fears about how to pay for kids’ college educations, fears that I’m not having any real impact in this world, fears about what will happen to me in my old age.
Fear that I will not only be alone forever but that I will keep believing that being single means I am less worthy of God’s love and should be ashamed of myself.
Praying for you. God already loves you infinitely; nothing you can do will make him love u any more or less. He love you prefectly as you are!
Wow! I pray that each one of your fears/worries be overcome through Him.
Personally I fear that I’m not good enough for what He is asking me to do. That my gift/skills are not up to where I think I’ll be able to do his will. I know in my mind differently, but it does try and bring it’s ugly head up daily.
I have been taking “risks” to follow His will. This week has been huge for me. I was recently divorced by my wife (officially 6 weeks ago) and Monday because of following God’s request to take a risk with her, it was an awesome night from so many previous nights. Our relationship just keeps getting better as I let God take care of her while I follow him and what his plan is for me.
Other risks this week have been going to Echo Conference which had so many blocks to prevent me from going. God has placed art back in my heart as my gift to reach the world for him. This conference is just the beginning to following his path for me.
Lastly, this week ends tomorrow (Sat 7-31) which would have been my 11yr anniversary. I have strong feelings something will happen tomorrow.
Father, I pray that you show each person your grace and love. Remind them to never give up on you even in the toughest times or when we just don’t understand what is to come. That you put people in our lives to help us reach that next step in the ladder of faith, drawing us closer to you. We love you! Amen!
I pray for you Heather that God will ease your fears.
I have the same fears- I am afraid to get to close,to have friends,to be more than casual acquaintances for fear of getting hurt or rejected. To be judged. For someone to get to know me and not like me.
I have been set free by grace after walking in legalism for decades. I am so thankful for the truth and God opening my eyes but counting the cost it hard because my life is now duplicitous and I fear I might lose more then ever.
I am afraid of losing the only family who ever cared for me and loved me above themselves (my grandparents) My own parents chose to live their lives the way they wanted instead of raising me.
I’m also afraid of failing college and going no where in life.
Praying for u. It may not seem the same, but you do have a family that loves u in the body of Christ.
I fear I will end up alone.
Praying for you, Shelby.
I fear that I’ll settle, that I’ll stop dreaming, that I’ll get sucked into routine and playing it safe
I am afraid of royally screwing up my kids. They are amazing gifts (an almost 4 yr old & almost 2 yr old.) I started late at this fatherhood thing (I’m 46) and I think my age allows me to realize how important it is to be a Godly husband and Dad…and most days I’m afraid I’m not “getting it right”, ya know?
I think every parent feels that way…we aren’t perfect, that is God’s place…praying for you…
found out 2 weeks ago that i have leukemia. we are still trying to figure out the type. my fear is that i will be not around for my wife and 4 kids. thanks for the prayers
Lord I have no idea what John is going through.
But we both know that there is fear.
Fear of cancer.
Fear of living with this.
Fear of dying with this.
I pray that right now John has a moment of comfort int he midst of his days of fear.
May that peace slowly grow 100000 times faster than this cancer ever did.
Heal him Lord.
Amen
Praying for immediate healing!
Right now!!!!
Praying! My mom has been in remission from leukemia for over 5 years! Praise God! I believe that she had the AML type! Praying for God to “do it again” for you brother..
Be healed in Jesus’ Name!!! No more of this junk!!! I pray that you would be blessed immensely, that good things would come out of this more than you could imagine or come up with. This would be a God encounter, intimate season for you. You would know that He is good. Lord, we pray a completion of healing, that he WILL be around for many many years- full of health- for his wife and children. I pray the Lord would just snuggle up close to you know and you would breathe in His healing presence deeper than you thought you could. Lord- let your reality be John’s reality!! Let your will be done- on earth as it is in Heaven. And there is NO Leukemia in heaven. So let there be no leukemia on earth. We laugh at the days to come for you!!!! You are loved!!!!
Lord, I beg you to renew, release and rejoice with John. #NoToCancer my lord.
Deffinatly keeping you in my prayers
John, praying for the Ultimate Healer to lift this cancer from you and to wrap His arms around you & your precious family as you walk through this.
Father God, I pray that you would put Your healing hands upon John. Give Him peace and strength and rest. Your are our Healer and Provider…may this be evident in John’s life.
John,
Know that He is enough for you…
For your wife
For your 4 kids
And know that He deems you worthy to glorify Him in this, Fear is real and imprisioning…
but redemption is free.
Praying for God’s peace and healing hands, but know that:
He. Is. Enough.
How He loves,
Greg
I fear that I will not trust God and let Him provide my needs, thus, I will try to force the issue concerning the future of myself and family. I fear that my future child will experience the burdens that I had to bear as a child. Please pray for my family. Thank you.
Dear God,
I pray for Adam and his family. I pray that you strengthen Adam, that you speak to him and give him wisdom on how to lead his family. I pray he looks to you for his needs and not to this world. I pray his child, I pray against any strongholds… I pray you will teach Adam how to be the spiritual leader in his home. We ask all these things in your name! AMEN
Thank you for your prayer; it was very encouraging. The message today at church also spoke to my situation and was very uplifting; it was about waiting on God and being patient (James 5:7-11), and it served as reminder to me as to who my provider is and the many times He has come through for me and my family. Thank you again and may God bless you.
As a long time worship pastor who has secretly desired for years to hold a pulpit and now finally answers that as a call by activating my resume and putting my name out there, I have a two-edged fear.
1. that I’ve waited too long in my life and by lack of senior pastor experience and never finishing seminary, I may have sabotaged myself. I know God has done stranger things, but this side is a “practical” fear.
2. that I’ve talked myself into this and somehow missed what God was truly saying. It’s been nearly 6 months without a single contact.
Through my “God times”, I think #1 is greater that #2, because I am convinced of the call.
At my church, we just had 9 youth and 3 adults head to Kenya, Africa. One of them I love very much. They’ll be there until August 10th. As much as I know God will take care of them, I still worry for their safety.
Dang dude…most comments ever?
My fear is really self-centered. I fear I am just as totally and completely worthless as I feel sometimes.
I have a fear of dieing…not have actual death…I am a Christian and know where I am going, but always have terrible thoughts that bad things are going to happen to me or my family. That I may not get to see them grow up etc… I picture awful things happening. I pray so hard it goes away, and am now just trying to renew my mind of worries and this fear…but I would appreciate more prayer about this! Its a struggle every day.
If it gets to the point that you feel like you can’t actually function, get help. I did. I couldn’t be around my son by myself because I was afraid he would choke when he ate or die in his sleep. Diagnosed with anxiety/ocd, so I’m getting the help i need to function. Meds and help are also gifts of God!
I got married 4 years and 1 day ago to a wonderful woman, but her church is seldom more than a Sunday social club, her kids despise me, and I so want to leave my job, but can’t. I want more than all three places I spend my time have given me. To placate my selfish displeasures and desires, I spend money I don’t have on things I don’t need. Now I’ve lied to the woman I love about it. Now she knows, but not how bad. Our anniversary passed without a word to each other.
Fears? That I’m not man enough to own up, not faithful enough to trust God, not humble enough to repent, not strong enough to endure.
@John – I pray God grant you and your family wisdom, as you all deal with this trial.
@Carlos – thank you for provoking me to face my fears, if only in a small, anonymous way.
I pray for who have written in.
Praying.
I fear that I am falling into a hampster wheel of “church”, becoming too critical of people, allowing my creative/critical mind that god has gifted me with to become not only useless to his ministry but detrimental.
i’m terrified my heart will never heal completely and i will always miss him. i’m terrified i gave up the best thing i’ve ever had. but i know i obeyed God … i think … i’m terrified i will never stop crying.
Abba, thank You for being the All Sovereign! Thank You that You are trustworthy! Thank You that You don’t just SHOW love and SPEAK truth… You DEFINE THEM BECUAE YOU ARE LOVE AND TRUTH PERSONIFIED!!!
Now, hear us! You know the reality we experience every day. Remind us of the truth You have spoken over us, that You have a purpose and plan for our lives that includes intimacy with You, that You are magnificent enough to “recalculate” our route to the destination YOU have planned for us, that You have made us for community which means that You won’t leave us alone(though we may at times FEAL that reality closing in on us).
Thank you for loving us in ways we don’t even begin to fully comprehend.
Lord, we believe! Dispell our unbelief!
My biggest fear is being so afraid of how everyone, the closest ones around me, would respond to what I do or say, that I go against God and what He has for me.
I fear that I will fail my road test. Again.
Relatively unimportant, but a fear nonetheless.
Praying for all you guys right now.
On a serious note though,
I am afraid of becoming a fake Christian, trying to pretend to be the person that I think I should be. I fear believing in God but lacking any relationship with him. I fear becoming lost in my own feelings and not being real. I fear not knowing the truth. I fear trying to justify truth without faith.
Praying for you bro…including the road test lol
That one day God will realize that actually picked me to lead, and correct his mistake.
not a joke.
I’m afraid that my friends will no longer find friendship important.
I fear for my father going to heaven, especially considering how he treats other people, including me and my siblings :/ and I think he doesn’t believe in God and pretends to, to get women…He just went through his 3rd divorce. I love my stepmom more than him (i think that is a good thing and a sad thing)
I fear my little brother and sister will grow up thinking what my father does is normal, like I did.
I fear the dark (call me a kid lol)
I fear for the hungry, the victims of sex trafficking, and for kids subject to divorce. These things touch my heart…
i’m praying that everyone here is redeemed from their fears, and finds a sliver of peace.
God is with you and even though some of your fears are fear of consequences. I pray that you pull through the consequences and still believe in God and trust him and pour your soul into him as you are doing here.
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I pray that you have peace about whatever your dad really believes, and I pray that your love for him grows. I pray that you would remember that our God resides in you, so nothing can stop you or come against you, even if you are in the dark
haha
And I pray that God would show you how to help those who you fear for, and that he would give you peace and comfort in knowing that he ultimately controls it all, even what happens to the desperate and enslaved and starving and the kids of divorced families. And that he loves them more than any of us couldever know, and that he takes care of them out of that love.
I love you.
So does Jesus.
Okay, so much more Jesus.
I pray for love and peace and freedom for you from your fears, in the Mightiest Name I’ve ever known, Jesus’.
Oh, and my fear is that I’ll never change :/
I fear…being single in a very couple emphasized world, friends that aren’t invested in Christ, family that refuses to see that their choices are what led them to where they are, family that let fear override their emotions & steal their joy. (My Grandmother & her husband constantly fear everything to the point they don’t do anything!) I also fear that I will never know my biological dad & that my mom & my relationship is over b/c of her reluctance to accept that she’s made choices that’s alienated her from her kids.
I’m afraid to divorce my husband of 26 years even though I feel like it is the best thing for me. Does God really want me to stay in a loveless relationship when vows have been broken, when our lives are no longer following the same path? Even when those closest to me say it’s the right thing to do, and will set me free? What if it’s not?
I’m afraid to make a decision, so I’m frozen in place.
And I was really afraid no one would reply to my comment to give me some direction.
That I’ll get to the end of my messed up life and hear “I never knew you”
My fear is that God’s will might be for me to do what He has called me to do (domestic foster-care and adoption) without a helpmate.
EWE!!! I fear God’s potential will… HOW SICK IS THAT! YUCK!
I am fearful of my job interview tomorrow. This would put me back into education again. I am fearful that I am going to screw this up. I am fearful that my wife will be disappointed in me.
Praying for you now Jim…hope i’m not too late!
i fear that i have a serious disease, i have some random symptoms which scare me to death. i’m not afraid to die, i’m afraid to live with it.
i know god has it all in control, but i’ve learned so many lessons through pain, that when there’s something i’m so afraid of happening, then the odds are it will happen.
Fear that my recently-diagnosed OCD/Anxiety that I’ve dealt with all my life will never go away, and My wife, child and child-on-the-way will suffer my bouts. I’m a full-time Worship Leader. How can I lead the Church when I am obsessed with perfection/failure, and acceptance from my God?
My fear is that I will be battling an addiction to porn for the rest of my life…
Dealing with the same thing. Praying for you and for me.
My greatest fear is that I will never experience total freedom, peace and joy.
I also have a fear of failure and not being good enough.
I fear that I am just existing but not truly living.
I both fear and hope that my going through the motions will be exposed for all the world to see.
Praying that Need2KnowBasis finds some direction from you God. Help her to not rely on a reply here to lead her but a reply from you to guide her. There must be so much pain, I know you can erase it and protect her.
I’m afraid of two things, mostly.
One, that my husband will die.
And two, I’m afraid to start my own business because I might fail.
I have a fear that the Lord has given us a huge heart for orphans and for adoption and a love for children and that once we have lots of bio and adopted children I’ll die and leaving my husband overwhelmed and my children without a mother. Or that my hubby will die and leave me with like 15 children!
I have a fear that my many children will rebel and not walk in all that God has for them. I have a fear of not doing all that God has for me to do. I do realize this is all attacks from the enemy to keep me from redeeming little ones for God’s Glory. I am blessed by this quote
“There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts his foot down he finds a rock beneath him.” — F. B. Meyer