Why Am I Afraid All the Time?
1) Direct Answer
You’re afraid all the time because fear is a spirit that does not come from God, and it tries to rule when the heart isn’t resting in God’s presence, God’s love, and God’s Word. The answer is not more fear-management, but surrender to Jesus Christ, standing on His promises, and being filled with the Holy Spirit until peace rules instead of fear.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The Bible says, “God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). So constant fear is not from God.
- “Perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18). When His love holds your heart, fear loses its grip.
- Jesus destroyed “him that had the power of death, that is, the devil,” to “deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Hebrews 2:14-15). Fear is bondage; Christ breaks it.
- “I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4). God answers when you call.
- “Fear not; for I am with thee” (Isaiah 41:10). His nearness is your courage.
- “Be careful for nothing… by prayer… the peace of God… shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7). Prayer with thanksgiving brings guarding peace.
- “Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but… the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15). Sonship drives out slavery to fear.
- “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” (Psalm 27:1). His presence answers fear.
- Jesus said to the storm-tossed disciples, “Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?” and then He stilled the storm (Mark 4:40-41). When He’s Lord in the boat, the storm must obey.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Fear thrives on uncertainty, guilt, and wrong voices. Faith rises by hearing the Word, a clean conscience, and the awareness of His nearness.
- If God did not give fear, you don’t have to keep it. Submit to God and resist it in Jesus’ Name (James 4:7).
- What you feed grows. Feed on the Word, not on fear-filled voices. Let the peace of God rule in your heart.
Practical steps to walk out of fear:
- Settle it with God: repent of known sin, confess Jesus as Lord, and ask Him to fill you with the Holy Spirit. Call on His Name (Acts 2:38; Romans 10:13).
- Renounce fear out loud: “In Jesus’ Name I refuse the spirit of fear. I receive power, love, and a sound mind.”
- Answer fear with Scripture. Speak it when fear rises: Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 41:10; 2 Timothy 1:7; Psalm 91; John 14:27; 1 Peter 5:7.
- Pray with thanksgiving until peace comes (Philippians 4:6-7). Cast every care on Him (1 Peter 5:7).
- Guard your gates: turn off what feeds fear—dark, occult, violent, or panic-stirring voices. Fill your home with the reading of Psalms and worship.
- Live clean and sober. “Be sober, be vigilant” (1 Peter 5:8). Don’t let substances or distractions rule you; be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18).
- Seek prayer support. Ask faithful believers to pray with you (James 5:16). Two agree, and fear has to go.
4) Reinforcing statement
Now notice, fear bows when the presence of Jesus is recognized. Speak His Word, stand your ground, and stay under the Blood. The peace He gives is not as the world gives (John 14:27). He is with you; therefore you will not fear.
Ask a Follow-up Question
What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Expectation
61-0207 §20
...uld it do to have fear? What good would it do me? You say, "Well, what good would faith do you?" Faith could deliver me, but fear won't help me a bit. You just get yourself all worked up, and more nervous than ever, when it comes time for the gun to fire. So let's have faith. Faith could deliver me, but if it doesn't, what good would fear do, anyhow? Just stay right with faith and hold on to it. Take God's promise and remain with God.
It is I, be not afraid
61-0213 §85
You got a nervous condition, cough. That's what makes you cough. It's your nerves. You're afraid there's something wrong in your throat, but it isn't. When you get nervous, that's when you cough more. That's not your main thing, though. You're praying for somebody else. He had an accident, didn't he? Son, in the hospital. He's semiconscious. You're scared whether he would die or something. He has been saved, but you're a little afraid. He wasn't prayed up just right. Isn't that right? If that's right, raise your ha...
It is I, be not afraid
54-0720E §18
Right in the middle of the great night when all hopes was gone, that them little disciples would ever be saved, they realized that they had gone off without Jesus. What did they do? All in there, no doubt, in distress, they prayed, wanting the Lord to come to them. They raised up and looked around, and here He come walking on the water. And the tragedy of it... Here it is Chicago; here it is world. The tragedy of it: They didn't recognize Him. They were afraid of Him. They thought He was a spirit or spook or someth...
Why it had to be shepherds
64-1221 §123
Would you rather listen to a hireling shepherd that would say "put your name on the book, and join; take this communion, say this, and it's all right," when the great shepherd Himself said "except a man be borned again he cannot even see the kingdom of heaven"? And look at those trained theologians of that day, trained! Holy? Clean living? We have nothing to compare with it today, the way they lived. And what did the great shepherd call them? Said, "You are of your father the Devil," because they didn't... They rec...
Expectation
54-0220 §38
And I thought, Now why did God turn my attention from that rainbow, and that wolf calling, and so forth, to something like this? I thought, Well, Lord, You're in Your nature, so I was having such a wonderful time, why did You do that? I thought I'd study it just a minute. I thought, Well now, that eagle, he's a scavenger and nothing good about him. I thought, Well, what's he doing? I'd seen the big fellow looking at me. I thought, Oh, I understand. He's so brave, he's not scared of me. I thought, I'll try out his b...