Fear

These reflections and Bible reading notes from Our Daily Bread are designed to bring comfort, hope and encouragement to those facing hard times. Each article has been selected to address the worries, heartaches and doubts of life's most challenging seasons. May they serve as a reminder that the God of all comfort is with you and knows your every need.

Hope in Hard Times

Explore the setting and significance behind one of Jesus’s most stunning declarations: “I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Spoken in the shadows of shrines and false gods, His words were a response to revelation, not chaos. This three-day journey unpacks how that confession—and Christ’s promise—still dismantle fear, control, and self-rule. Written by Joe Riddle, Founder of Danger Close Consulting.

The Gates of Hell: Where Christ Prevails

Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this powerful and timely devotional. The Greek word for “Fear” is, ‘deilia’ which means, “Timidity, fearfulness, cowardice.” For God has not given you the spirit of fear, timidity, fearfulness or cowardice — but of power, love, and of a sound mind. God has given you the power to overcome fear. Choose not to fear. Let God lead you as you read this timely message.

I Will Not Fear

Everybody has experienced fear and anxiety at some point in their lives. If you are battling them right now, this plan will challenge you to leave all your worries at His feet, trust in His faithfulness, and replace your fear with His peace!

Fear and Anxiety

A 6-day study looking at how we can find true peace in chaos, whether wrestling with a restless mind, or from living in a restless world.

God’s invisible work within you, is preparing you for his visible work through you. Peace is more contagious than you realise.

Rob Stanmore is the Young Adults Pastor (Powerhouse) at the Hills Campus at Hillsong Church.

Courageous Peace

This plan includes five daily readings based on Robert J. Morgan’s book Calm Your Anxiety. The reading plan will explore how to change your life by learning to manage your anxiety through the nurturing of a biblical, close, joyful relationship with God. 

Calm Your Anxiety

Where do you go in times of doubt or trouble? Or in times of uncertainty. The Bible tells us that the name of God is our strong tower, and we are to call out and run to Him (Proverbs 18:10). Spend 7 days, doing just that!

Run to Him!

In this 6-day devotional, designed specially for kids between the ages of 8–12, kids will discover how Jesus gives us the courage we need by showing us who God really is—loving, compassionate, and always near. Each day helps kids trade fear for faith as they learn to trust in Christ no matter what they face.

A Kid's Guide To: Finding Courage in Christ

Sometimes the world requires things from us that we don't feel prepared and equipped to give. Perhaps we feel that we aren’t ready to give or that what we are being asked to give is something we don't even possess!
Join the journey to discover what it means to give your ‘nearly nothing' and see how God can turn it into something!