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If you’re looking for a surefire blueprint on how you can conquer fear, you will find it in a 5-letter word spelled F-A-I-T-H. Faith can conquer fear because faith is fear’s opposite.

Faith can move mountains, conquer kingdoms, and gain what was promised (Hebrews 11:33). You can approach your day in faith, or you can be conquered by fear. You will either conquer fear or fear will conquer you. The presence of faith in your life is imperative: “Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6, NKJV).

Faith can bring you to victory. It has the power to overcome the world. Faith can look at the darkest cloud and say rain is on the way. Faith starts out in assurance of the outcome because faith is confident in God’s ability to bring His word to pass.

By faith, Noah prepared the ark and saved his household, and Abraham left his homeland and received his inheritance from God. By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob, Jacob blessed his sons, and Joseph made mention of the exodus of Israel from bondage in Egypt.

Faith drove Moses to declare to Pharaoh, “Let my people go” (Exodus 7:16, NIV). The walls of Jericho fell, and Joshua’s armies conquered the Promised Land of Israel.

Faith drove David to face Goliath while an entire army cowered before him. David said, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied” (1 Samuel 17:45, ESV).

He wound up his slingshot and dropped the opposition in the name of God. By faith you can accomplish great feats in the name of the Lord.

Faith has shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and made a way of escape from the edge of the sword. Faith has turned weakness to strength, granted power in battle, and routed armies (Hebrews 11:33–34). By faith, you can conquer fear and accomplish the impossible.

The call is clear: Fear not! Rather, have faith in God! Faith can turn your desert into a spring of water, calm your troubled sea, and move mountains of impossibility.