Don’t Be Afraid, Just Believe

By Josephine Lim-Weston 14/2/14

When you’re anxious and just do not know what to do – Don’t be afraid, just believe.

When issues arise and trouble strikes – Don’t be afraid, just believe.

When you are in pain, sickness or suffering – Don’t be afraid, just believe. (I am the God that heals you. Exodus 15:26)

When you said something wrong or should have responded or reacted differently – Don’t be afraid, just believe. (Jesus said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9).

When you start thinking the worse – Quiet and be still know that He is God (Psalm 46:10).

Ephesians 3
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. When you’re not sure whether what you prayed will be answered – Don’t be afraid, just believe.

When you’re not sure how situation at hand will be resolved – Don’t be afraid, just believe.

When you’re not sure what the future holds – Don’t be afraid, just believe.

When you’re not sure what to say or do – Don’t be afraid, just believe. (Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." Exodus 4:12).

Mark 5:36
Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, "Don't be afraid; just believe."

Mark 4
14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop – some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.’