Fight Your Fears Quotes

“The cross wasn’t a random obstacle; it was a planned objective.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“Only when we are reconciled to God through our Savior and Mediator can we say we’re never alone, even when we’re lonely. Only through our living union with Jesus Christ can we be confident, despite our feelings and circumstances, that he’s with us in the room right now. And only when we’re given a new heart and the promised Holy Spirit—the very presence of Jesus dwelling within us—can we fight fears related to loneliness.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“With Christ, even in losing something good, we lack nothing. With Christ, even in gaining something bad, we have every good thing.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“Doubt allows fear to grow in its unruly power, but faith chooses to overwhelm it with truth.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“For if we start to believe that God’s heart and intentions are not good toward us, and we accuse him of acting other than good, whom will we have to run to when future fears come to pass?”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“Because Jesus is Lord, we don’t have to be. Because Christ is on his throne, ruling all things with perfect wisdom and power, we are freed from the crushing pressure and fearfulness of trying to rule ourselves, other people, and circumstances.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“We may not craft gold and silver into gods, but we do try to control our money for stability and power. We may not fall down and worship statues, but we do worship ourselves and other people. We may not cry out to an immovable object to save us from our troubles, but we do look to what we (think we) can control: people, possessions, and plans.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“If we believe God is sovereign but not good, we’ll wrongly view him as cold and malicious when we face hard circumstances. If we believe God is good but not sovereign, we’ll struggle to trust his authority and his ability to change our circumstances. But as we believe that God is both sovereign and good, we’ll grow in trusting him when we’re afraid.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“Because Jesus is Lord, we don’t have to be. Because Christ is on his throne, ruling all things with perfect wisdom and power, we are freed from the crushing pressure and fearfulness of trying to rule ourselves, other people, and circumstances”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid

“We fear what we can’t control because we have tried to control it but simply can’t because we are not God.”
― Kristen Wetherell, Fight Your Fears: Trusting God's Character and Promises When You Are Afraid