{Post by Lauren}
With the start of a New Year I always like to look back and reflect. What did I learn last year? How did I grow? What can I do better moving forward? That being said, I’ve never been a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. I guess I was just never good at keeping them. It also feels somewhat corny and disingenuous to me. So the past few years I’ve done a something different things to start the New Year off right.
First, I did a Proverbs Challenge. Did you know there are 31 chapters in the book of Proverbs? That is one proverb for every day of the month.
I started off January by reading a proverb a day. There is so much wisdom in there and it still applies to our life today even though it was written hundreds of years ago.
Last year I decided to pray the different names of God in January. I created a calendar with a different name of God and scripture reference for each day. It was wonderful focusing on God instead of myself in the New Year.
This year I want to do something like this again. Instead of focusing on all the things I am deficient at (there are quite a few!) and trying to transform myself, I am seeking God’s help to transform my mind.
Over the years I’ve struggled with fear. It’s always there in the back of my mind and I don’t like it! I want to head into 2018 with a new sense of freedom and courage.
Download it here: 31 Days of Do Not Fear Scriptures
I will be praying one for each day. Will you join me? I hope you find it helpful! Let’s move into 2018 with a greater sense of purpose and with God’s help the giant of fear must fall.
What tips can you share to help focus on faith and pray away fear this year?
Lauren has a background in school psychology and recently became a stay at home mom. She loves empowering women to parent joyful, healthy, Godly children. Come find support in motherhood, faith, healthy living, relationships and more as Lauren journeys through life as a daughter, wife and mother at her blog, Heart of Deborah. Follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.
Thank you so much for this Lauren! I will join you in this fear fighting goal! I love having passages to encourage me every day and battle the enemy’s lies of fear with God’s love and grace.
Thank you so much for your inspirational message today I love those ideas and want to start implementing them in my life as well. I have been struggling with fear for a few years now and been desperately seeking a change. My cousin told me one day that faith is the opposite of fear, idk how I became so fearful but I want to live faithfully and lose that spirit of fear because I know from the Word that fear is not of God I just need some help.