You’ve prayed about the fear. You handed it to God. And a few hours later (or even minutes) it’s back, knocking at the door of your heart like it never left. If you’re tired of fighting the same fear over and over, this episode is for you.
This week on Untangling Prayer, we sit with an honest question: how do I pray when fear keeps knocking? Drawing from Psalm 34:4 and 1 John 4:18, Rachel unpacks a shift that changes everything about praying through fear. Not fighting harder, but receiving God’s perfect love because it is stronger than the fear itself. Plus, the true story of missionary Amy Carmichael, a little girl’s prayer for blue eyes, and the surprising way God’s “no” turned out to be His love all along.
You’ll discover:
- Why Psalm 34 says God delivers us from our fears, not always from our troubles, and why that matters
- The difference between fighting fear and receiving the love that crowds it out
- What 1 John 4:18 actually means when it says perfect love drives out fear
- How to pray through a fear that keeps coming back instead of waiting for it to disappear
- The true story of Amy Carmichael and a prayer God answered forty years later
However long fear has been knocking, His love is greater than your fear.
Resources Mentioned:
Praying through Life’s Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available at battleprayers.com or wherever you buy books.
Rachael. I have this problem of fear. I know they say do this do that in religion but all the fears are getting worse each day as my mouth feels worse and I have different scares happen each day it is becoming overwhelming and to the point I want a physic and feel like I got a chemical imbalance. They may call today. What should I do it is mental or physical. My fear keeps playing my mind. I believe I am not mental but my teeth
Mouth are getting worse. God said he would heal me. I wait and wait no answer yet. What do I do. Grace. I cried out last night for help! So bad and had another night terror.
I’m so sorry for your heartache, Grace. What difficult issues you are dealing with. I am praying that you have sought medical help and that you’ve received it by the time I’m reading your comment.
9/2 what is the 1st do you did when you find out of dreaded lab results with Taylors diagnosis or tragic news of any sort or dealing with diagnosis then health is failing on love one then finally went home to heaven?What did you do next and even dealing with going trial which you are not sure when will it resolve or not immediately answered by God?What practical steps you did?Aside from knowing how to have eternal life,assurance of salvation and knowing the basic doctrines I think the next thing we needed is how to navigate this temp life with all its trials and testing and if not taught in church then how can someone find the way to their struggles specially if they are in the word all the time which each one has an access of the bible.We were not taught specifically where to go in te bible with each problem we all will be facing till we are called home.I ordered your book
thank you for this encouraging message, i thought maybe am praying wrongly thats why am still anxious but now i know God still got me in the dark i just need to trust Him
Yes, it is easier said than done, isn’t it? Praying for you right now. Lord, make Precious feel known by You.