Fierce Faith Quotes

“No matter what obstacle and giant is looming in your future, no matter what fear the enemy has sent to take you out, I’m telling you that you can do it. Greater is he who lives in us than he who lives in the world! You can fight, and you will get through this.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“The enemy sends out his giants when we are living in our calling and on our way to our Promised Land. He hits us in the places we value most: our faith, our family, and our finances. This is absolutely”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“Focusing on God’s faithfulness frees us from fear.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“is in God’s hands. He knows the number of our days, and nothing I do will change that. He’s set out a bright future in front of our children, and we have to learn to take a breath, give it to God, and trust his plans for us. When we become aware of our fears and determine if they are real or perceived and decide what we can and cannot (or should not) control—then the extreme anxiety we feel because of the fear is lessened.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“Fear freezes our faith. But when we fight, our faith frees us from fear.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“Surrender is not an easy thing, to be sure. When we trust God, and trust his love and mercy”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“We are meant to grow, to become the people we are created to be, to continually be moving forward in our faith. We are a work in progress. None of us is perfect. Fear tells us we must live a certain way or we will be judged, rejected, and possibly even abandoned altogether. So our focus is continually on ourselves. And for most of us, fear causes us to beat ourselves up over every little thing. When we believe fear, it keeps us from living authentic lives, lives meant to be a testimony of God’s grace and goodness.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“Fear is a liar. It speaks over us so convincingly, we believe that something terrible is certain to happen, even in the absence of any evidence whatsoever. Fear turns our what-ifs into certainties, freezing our faith and flipping our world upside down. Fear is the most effective tool the enemy has in this world, and Jesus knew that would be the case. That’s why he tells us 121 times in the Gospels”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“You are completely bound up by fear and worry right now. I see how it weighs you down, and honestly, I don’t know how you live like that. It’s as if you try to make safety your god. You have to decide if you are going to learn to live out from under the rock of fear you carry around.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me” (John 14:1). His command is so clear, so simple—“Do not worry, believe in God, and believe in me.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“The same pain that I thought was breaking me, was making me into who I am today. I learned that even though I might not ever have all the details or the answers or understand the why, I could trust God. He knows the truth, and that is enough.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. (Psalm 34:18–20)”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” We can surrender our children’s safety to his sovereignty. He created them, and before one of their days came to be, he had ordained the whole of their life. God entrusted us with them, and now we need to entrust them to God. We need not fear what will happen to our children. God has ordained the whole of their lives. All we have to do is love them, guide them, and trust the one who loves them even more than we do.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“There’s something liberating about the realization that your kids are individuals, on a path set before them by God, and there’s only so much control you have. We can either hold on to the illusion of control and believe the lie that we are 100 percent responsible for every success or failure in their lives, or we can live in the freedom that we know we are just stewards for a short time and we might as well enjoy it along the way.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“We have to get that deep sense of belonging back, first by connecting to Jesus, then by connecting with others. Our close friends or family members often provide the reality check we need, reminding us that we are loved, that we are accepted, and that we belong. Having good friends that you can visit or talk to at a moment’s notice restores our need for connection.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“for us, surrender is easier, but our human nature is to want what we want. Fear tells us to hold on for dear life to the things that are dear to us. Believing this keeps us from enjoying life because we are so busy trying to control everything.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

“John 10:10 says, “The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy.” But what does he come to steal, kill, and destroy? He comes to steal, kill, and destroy our love of God, our peace, our happiness, and our trust in his love and goodness. The enemy’s objective is literally to replace God on his throne. When he causes us to fear, we doubt God and believe fear. When we believe fear, we are believing the enemy, who, according to John 8:44, is the author of lies.”
― Alli Worthington, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety