[2020.3.18] YouTube Meditation: Meditating On God's Word: Scriptures To Ease Anxiety And Fear

I want us to take a few moments together now and breathe in the Word of God. I want us to take just a few moments and receive his promises over our life. These scriptures are for anyone who is struggling with fear or anxiety or uncertainty about your future. I want you to let the Word of God wash over you today, and I want you to receive it as his personal promise to you. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you, in God, whose Word I praise. In God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith. Faith into this grace in which we now stand and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character and character. Hope and hope does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul. Firm and secure, it enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain where our forerunner Jesus has entered on our behalf. I pray that the eyes of your heart might be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people and his incomparably great power. For us who believe that power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked not only in the present age, but also in the one to come. The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure, then peace loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness. Give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God, my Savior and my hope is in you. All day long. The Lord gives strength to his people. The Lord blesses his people with peace. You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or Terrified because of them. For the Lord your God goes with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him. My Savior and my God. This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope. Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed. For his compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness, I say to myself. The Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for him. The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. God will never forget the needy. The hope of the afflicted will never perish. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope. By the power of the Holy Spirit. I sought the Lord and He answered me. He delivered me from all my fears. Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. For she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her. Those who hold her fast will be blessed. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear, though war break out against me. Even then I will be confident. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you are called to peace, and be thankful in Christ Jesus. You who are once far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace. No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame. Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint. In peace I will lie down and sleep for you alone. Lord, make me dwell in safety. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful later on. However, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May Your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. You are my refuge and my shield. I have put my hope in your word. I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand. I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices. My body also will rest in hope, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead. You will not let your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life. You will fill me with joy in your presence. The Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right path for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me now. May the Lord of Peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. Do not be anxious about anything. But in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds. In Christ Jesus, he said to me, 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. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, hardships, persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. The advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace, I leave with you. My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it. I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the Air. They do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you, by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith? So do not worry saying, what shall we eat? Or what shall we drink? Or what shall we wear? For the pagans run after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. And all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. I took you from the ends of the earth. From its farthest corners I called you, I said, you are my servant. I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart, I have overcome the world. Let's take a moment and pray and seal these words in our heart. Holy Spirit, thank you for these promises. We ask now that the peace of God would guard our heart and mind. In Christ Jesus, I ask that your word would become real in my life. We thank you for protection, wisdom and faith for our future. We thank you that you are in this moment. And we thank you that you are all that we need. In Jesus name, amen.