November 15, fighting words, fear not for I am with you, be not dismayed for I am your God,

I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand

as they forty-one ten. When I am anxious about some risky new venture or meeting,

I battle unbelief with one of my most oft used promises, Isaiah forty-one ten.

The day I left for three years to study in Germany, my father called me long distance in New

York and gave me the promise of this verse on the telephone. For three years, I must have quoted

it to myself hundreds of times to get me through periods of tremendous stress.

When the motor of my mind is in neutral, the hum of the gears is the sound of Isaiah forty-one

ten. I love this verse. Of course, it's not the only dagger in the arsenal of my face.

When I am anxious about my ministry being useless and empty, I fight unbelief with the promise

of Isaiah fifty-five eleven. Social my word be that goes forth from my mouth, it shall not return

to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose and shall succeed in the thing for which

I sent it. When I am anxious about being too weak to do my work, I battle unbelief with the

promise of Christ. My grace is sufficient for you. My power is made perfect in weakness.

Second Corinthians twelve-nine. When I am anxious about decisions I have to make about the future,

I battle unbelief with the promise. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.

I will counsel you with my eye upon you, Psalm thirty-two-eight.

When I am anxious about facing opponents, I battle unbelief with the promise if God is for us

who can be against us Romans eight thirty-one. When I am anxious about the welfare of those I love,

I battle unbelief with the promise that if I being evil, know how to give good things to my

children. How much more will your father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

Matthew seven eleven. So by all means, fight unbelief with every promise in the book,

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