Happy New Year! And NO FEAR Fridays!

I can hardly believe that it’s already 2022, but here we are! 2021 was full of ups and downs and so many amazing new experiences for our family and for my business, and I can only imagine what the next year will bring.

And speaking of this next year, I’m excited to share something new that I’ll be posting both here on the blog and on Insta/Facebook. It’s called No Fear Friday, and will include encouraging words from Scripture. The first verse, which I actually posted on insta/Facebook yesterday, is one I’m going to hold onto and meditate on for the entirety of 2022. My personal focus, and the focus of Delight Design as well, will be sharing God’s promises, with thankfulness, and remembering we don’t need to have fear, regardless of our circumstances.

It might sound a little simplistic or trite, but after the last couple of years in our world, I don’t think focusing on “no fear” is all that easy! And covid and politics aside, life… is hard. And scary sometimes. And overwhelming and a whole host of crummy things. I find myself sometimes living moment by moment, trying not to be afraid or anxious. So, I truly hope No Fear Friday will be a blessing to you, but I’ll be doing it for me too! Because I for sure need weekly reminders!

So, here’s this week’s image! I made designs using two different versions, as one is a little easier to read.

I also made a free phone wallpaper for you, in case you’d like a daily (hourly, minute-ly) reminder of the scripture on your phone. You can click to get the full image, then right-click and download to use on your phone.

So, Happy New Year, and God’s blessings as we enter 2022!

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No Fear Friday – 1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

I love when the Bible echoes itself and makes SURE we understand. A couple of weeks ago, the verse was from Psalms, and it mirrored this one. “Give all your cares to the Lord…” “Cast all your anxiety on him…”

I think God’s message is pretty clear. He wants us to give it ALL to him.

“…and he will give you strength” “…because he cares for you”. He will carry us and he loves us. It’s hard to argue (not that we would?), when we realize how much He wants us to GET this.

So, today’s focus? Casting it ALL at Jesus’ feet and letting him love me through whatever is causing fear, anxiety, stress, turmoil. It’s all ON HIM, not me.

As always, if you would like this week’s verse for your phone wallpaper, I’ve designed the graphic. I set it up as a free download when you sign up for my email list (that I’m really trying to get going again… hello New Year’s resolutions!) You can sign up below to be added to email list and get the download!

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No Fear Friday – Psalm 55:22

Give all your cares to the Lord and He will give you strength.
He will never let those who are right with Him be shaken.
Psalm 55:22

This week’s No Fear Friday scripture is such a simple, but powerful one. Our strength comes from God. He gives us what we need, when we turn over our cares and troubles. I like the small but important word “all“. Give ALL your cares to Him. Not some of them. ALL. For a type A, first born, high achiever this one is a hard one for me. I keep thinking I can fix things in own strength. And that would be a hard NOPE. I can’t. Thankfully God says, “give it to me, I’ve got it”.

Here’s a phone wallpaper/background you can download. Just click the image below, and then save it to your phone or computer.

No Fear Friday – Psalm 23:4

“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me”. Psalm 23:4 ​​​​​​​​

One of the things I love about the Bible is that no matter how many times I’ve read a verse or passage, sometimes something will jump out and it’s like reading it for the first time. That happened this week with Psalm 23. I have probably read this Psalm hundreds of times, maybe thousands. And I even memorized this Psalm as a kid, but using King James Version. I read it this week using the NIV translation, and it just read differently – especially with my “no fear” focus.

In the King James, it reads, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil“. We have had a lot of death and grief in our family over the course of my life, and I think I always connected with the “valley of the shadow of death” part of the verse. It spoke to me. Felt familiar to me. Comforted me.

And then this week, reading this passage in the NIV, I stopped when I read verse 4. “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil”. The “darkest valley” just jumped out and read differently to me.

We’ve been through a lot of valleys lately. Life is hard. Raising kids is hard. Marriage is hard. Finances and running a business and covid and church and friend relationships and…. it all can be so hard. And sometimes, the hard phases of life feel like deep, dark valleys. There is always light off in the distance, but those dark valleys.. man, they bring fear and anxiety and alone-ness.

But God, through David in this Psalm, reminds us that even though we have to walk through the dark valleys, He is there. We don’t have to fear.

And I have to mention the rest of the verse. We don’t often like to talk about “evil”. It’s a word we avoid, but the evil is exactly why it’s so hard. The whole point of the evil one is to separate us from God and make it hard. And yet. God is with us. We don’t have to fear the evil. We don’t have to fear the dark valley. The overwhelming anxiety of the hard times. The dread of what is happening… or not happening. God’s rod and staff – his shepherding hands – are there to comfort us.

Are you sensing a theme yet, with all these “No Fear” verses?

This week’s scripture is a phone wallpaper, as always. I set it up as a free download when you sign up for my email list. Starting next week, if you are on the email list, you’ll get the wallpaper in your email. But for this week, you can sign up below to be added to email list and get the download!

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No Fear Friday – Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Be strong. Be courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.

Why?

Because the Lord God will be with you wherever you go.

Wherever. Whenever. Always.

He starts with the commands, and tells you why it’s easy to obey it.

So, be strong. Be courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.

He’s WITH you. Wherever.

You can get this week’s verse as a phone wallpaper by signing up for my email list below. If you are an email subscriber, you’ll get it later today!

 

No Fear Friday – Isaiah 41:10

So do not fear, for I am with you;
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

It’s been a rough week – lots of ups and downs and in betweens, with kids sick and school frustrations, with financial challenges, and just… life challenges. I’ve had to capture my “anxiety” thoughts more times than I can count this last week.

So, this week’s verse is a comfort to me. God is with us. He is our God. And he will strengthen and HELP us. He will hold us in his hands. I don’t know about you, but there are times when I wish I could just crawl up into His heavenly lap and cry for awhile. The thought that he PROMISES to be there, to help me and to hold me in his hand? That’s just what I need today. Maybe you do too?

If you’d like to have this week’s phone wallpaper/background, you can get it by clicking on the image below:

I hope you feel comfort if you need it… strength when you are weary… and a certainty of his presence in moments of fear and anxiety and dismay.

No Fear Friday – Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my ROCK, my FORTRESS and my DELIVERER; my God is my ROCK in whom I take refuge, my SHIELD and the horn of my salvation, my STRONGHOLD. Psalm 18:2

I don’t know about you, but one of my deepest needs is to to be cared for. And not just cared for…but protected, covered, not left alone to flounder. Today’s No Fear Friday scripture is exactly what I need to remember in those moments when I feel alone, feel afraid, feel anxious about what’s happening…or not happening. God is our rock, our fortress, our deliverer, our refuge, our shield, our salvation and our stronghold. Thank you God for being ALL that we need in our moments of fear and weakness.

I made another phone background to go with this scripture. I was amazed and so thankful through the week to have last week’s scripture right in front of me every time I unlocked my phone. I may be alone in this, but I unlock my phone to look at something about a hundred (or two) times a day, so that’s a LOT of quick reminders of God’s word, right there at my fingertips.

You can click the image below and download to save to your phone for your wallpaper. Let me know if you have any issues!