DO

NOT

fear not, for I am with you; be not

dismayed, for I am your God; I will

strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold

you with my righteous right hand

(Isaiah 41:10, ESV)

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23, ESV)

DO

NOT…BECAUSE YOU LIVE,

EVEN IF YOUR BODY DIES.

we are confident and satisfied to be out of

the body and at home with the Lord. (2

Corinthians 5:8, HCSB)

But we are not like those who turn

away from God to their own

destruction. We are the faithful ones,

whose souls will be saved.

(Hebrews 10:39, NLT)

If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is

Lord," and believe in your heart that God

raised Him from the dead, you will be

saved. (Romans 10:9, HCSB)

DO

NOT…BECAUSE GOD IS

YOUR DEFENDER.

When the servant of the man of God got up and went out

early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots

had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we

do?” the servant asked. “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet

answered. “Those who are with us are more than those

who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes,

Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the

servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of

horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2 Kings

6:15-17, NIV)

You, dear children, are from God and have

overcome them, because the one who is

in you is greater than the one who is in the

world. (1 John 4:4, NIV)

DO

NOT…BECAUSE YOU ARE

EQUIPPED FOR BATTLE.

For the weapons of our warfare are not of

the flesh but have divine power to destroy

strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:4, ESV)

For we do not wrestle against flesh and

blood, but against the rulers, against the

authorities, against the cosmic powers

over this present darkness, against the

spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly

places. (Ephesians 6:12, ESV)

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning

for three weeks. I ate no delicacies, no

meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did

I anoint myself at all, for the full three

weeks. (Daniel 10:2-3, ESV)

Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from

the first day that you set your heart to

understand and humbled yourself before your

God, your words have been heard, and I have

come because of your words. The prince of the

kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one

days, but Michael, one of the chief princes,

came to help me, for I was left there with the

kings of Persia (Daniel 10:12-13, ESV)

His divine power has given us

everything required for life and

godliness through the knowledge of

Him who called us by His own glory

and goodness. (2 Peter 1:3, HCSB)

DO

NOT…BECAUSE THE ENEMY

IS DEFEATED.

I have told you these things, so that in me

you may have peace. In this world you will

have trouble. But take heart! I have

overcome the world. (John 16:33, NIV)

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? …No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:31-37, ESV)

DO

NOT…BECAUSE GOD HAS

GOOD PLANS FOR YOU.

And we know that in all things God works

for the good of those who love him,

who have been called according to his

purpose (Romans 8:28, NIV)

“For I know the plans I have for you,”

declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you

and not to harm you, plans to give you

hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV)

DO

NOT…BECAUSE HE IS THE

HEALER OF NATIONS.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water

of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the

throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle

of the great street of the city. On each side of the

river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops

of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the

leaves of the tree are for the healing of the

nations. (Revelation 22:1-2, NIV)

If my people, which are called by my

name, shall humble themselves, and pray,

and seek my face, and turn from their

wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,

and will forgive their sin, and will heal their

land. (2 Chronicles 7:14, KJV)