Overcoming Debilitating Fear: Resources for the Coronavirus Pandemic

[av_one_full first min_height=” vertical_alignment=” space=” custom_margin=” margin=’0px’ row_boxshadow=” row_boxshadow_color=” row_boxshadow_width=’10’ link=” linktarget=” link_hover=” title_attr=” alt_attr=” padding=’0px’ highlight=” highlight_size=” border=” border_color=” radius=’0px’ column_boxshadow=” column_boxshadow_color=” column_boxshadow_width=’10’ background=’bg_color’ background_color=” background_gradient_color1=” background_gradient_color2=” background_gradient_direction=’vertical’ src=” background_position=’top left’ background_repeat=’no-repeat’ animation=” mobile_breaking=” mobile_display=” av_uid=’av-ocwt0j’] [av_image src=’https://gracefellowshipinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fear_faith-1-400×213.jpg’ attachment=’74214′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ copyright=” animation=’no-animation’ av_uid=’av-k9lj7olt’ custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” av_uid=’av-k9liwz8l’ custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”] These months of constant COVID-19 news, dangers, and economic downturn make Christ-centered counseling solutions even more crucial. Various ministries have assembled resource bundles, including:

• AACC.net’s Light University (integrationist)
  https://www.lightuniversity.com/covid-19/
• NorthPoint Church (seeker oriented megachurch)
  https://northpoint.org/emotional-relief-strategies
• Biblical Counseling Coalition (Nouthetic Biblical Counseling)
  https://www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/covid-19-resources/

We see the need to go beyond care to cure –body, soul and spirit, seeking to use the intensified time of stress as an opportunity to guide those who are receptive to abundant life in Christ. Freedom from life controlling problems is available through the Rest of the Gospel. Additional resources we commend include:

Books:

• Letting Go of Fear, by N. Anderson and R. Miller (freedom in Christ emphasis)
• Suicide: An Illicit Lover, by John Stevens (exchanged life emphasis)

Online:

• Hope for the Heart (grace-oriented topical Biblical counseling)
  https://www.hopefortheheart.org/free/
• RU Recovery (exchanged life oriented)
  https://rurecovery.com/covid/
• Living Hope Ministry (Aaron Kim’s testimonies about deliverance from fear, worry and panic attacks) https://www.LivingHopeMinistry.net
• Don Steve’s video message “Abiding in Love and Rejecting Fear”
• Free online course “Growing in Grace in Difficult Days” (1, 2 Peter), by John Woodward
• PowerPoint of Dr. William Buck’s Exchanged Life tract: “No Worry, No Fear”
  No Worry No Fear

“That is why I remind you to fan into flame the gracious gift of God, [that inner fire—the special endowment] which is in you through the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination]. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control]” 1 Timothy 1:6,7 (Amplified Bible).

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