When I am afraid,

I put my trust in You.

In God,

   whose Word I praise,

in God I trust.

I shall not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

                  Psalm 56. 3-4

(The entire Bible talks

      a lot about fear.

And even more

      about "Do not fear."

In the Psalms,

foes or enemies

    are whatever we fear,

    both real and imagined.

In the Psalms

and elsewhere in the Bible,

the antidote to fear

           is trusting God.

Do not live

     as if God is not.

Living, acting, responding

   out of trusting God

             not enslaved by fear,

will not necessarily

      change the circumstances,

but alters the outcome

                  and the journey.

Walking with God through this,

we will navigate differently

in a way that changes our hearts

and directly impacts

        everyone around us.)

O LORD,

You have engraved on our hearts

       "In God I trust."

May Your glory shine forth

   in these dark times.

May our lives look very differently

   because we know You.

In fearful places,

lives changed by God

         become very evident.

Please help us

to prepare Your way

        in the lives of others

by living without fear

    and loving them to You.

People without You

watch us continually

      with desperate hearts

to know that You are real.

You have strategically placed us

     for Your goodness,

     the gospel,

             and Your glory in this.