TO COMBAT FEAR
• It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 31:8)
• Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4)
• The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1)
• But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. (Luke 12:7)
• But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. (2 Thessalonians 3:3)
• There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. . . . (1 John 4:18)
WHEN FACING DISASTER
• [The LORD] said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14)
• The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. (Deuteronomy 33:27, KJV)
• As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time on and forevermore. (Psalm 125:2)
• For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight; for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. (Isaiah 52:12)
• “. . . And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20b)
FOR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION IN A CRISIS
• You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11)
• I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. (Psalm 32:8)
• You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me with honor. (Psalm 73:24a)
• The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. (Psalm 121:8)
• Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
• I will go before you and level the mountains, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. . . . (Isaiah 45:2)
• “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” (John 16:13a)
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Author Resource:-
Christopher Michael Jones has recently published his first book, What to Expect When You're Accepted: An African American Christian's Guide to College (http://www.judsonpress.com/author.cfm?author_id=771,634) (Judson Press 2007). A Graduate Fellow and Research Assistant for the State of New Jersey Amistad Commission, Rev. Jones is a PhD Candidate in Speech Communications at The University of Memphis whose focus includes Rhetoric in Black Preaching during the Reconstruction Era and Tonality in Black Preaching as Communal Call. Jones earned his Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rutgers University-New Brunswick as a Merit Scholar. He has also studied Religion and Society at Christ Church College, University of Oxford and was selected in 2006 as one of America's emerging Young-Adult Leaders by the NAACP Leadership 500 Summit. Jones finished 2nd place in the Fall 2006 The African American Pulpit “Seminarian Sermon Contest" publishing the sermon titled "By Whose Authority Do You Preach?" Jones is the associate pastor at the historic Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, TN and former Hip-Hop and R&B music producer having produced multi-platinum recording artists The Notorious B.I.G, Nas, and Toni Braxton to name a few.
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