Fighting Fear with Faith: Weathering the Storms with God’s Promises

Denise George. Ross-Shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2011. 220 pp. (Paperback).

Snakes, heights, violence, evil — all things that merit healthy fear, writes Denise George. Healthy fear is a gift from God to protect us. But what about other, less healthy fears — the paralyzing fears that harm, rather than protect? Things that produce panic attacks and generalized anxiety? George calls these “pretenders,” tools of the enemy sent to harm us. 

In this small, engaging volume aimed primarily at women, George accomplishes a lot, examining healthy and unhealthy fears, offering promises and examples from the Bible for conquering fear, and scriptural prayers to pray when faced with different fear-producing situations. The final section consists of two Bible studies. This is the kind of book that you read, then keep close by for future reference. 

George is well-known in writing circles in Alabama; she has written more than two dozen books and teaches on writing in various formats.