Fear

• Revelations 21: 8…Righteous members’ stumbling blocks are fear and unbelieving (which can impede repentance)
• Revelations 21: 8…Those that will suffer the 2nd death (lake of fire and brimstone) are the (1) Fearful (2) Unbelieving (3) Abominable (4) Murderers (5) Whoremongers (6) Sorcerers (7) Idolaters (8) Liars
• Mosiah 15: 26…Fear & tremble, God, b/c he doesn’t redeem anyone who rebels against Him and dies in their sins
• 2 Timothy 1:7-8…Fear not given by God, but power and love
• D&C 60:2…Fear of Man – don’t have it! Talk!
• Mosiah 23:25-27…Don’t fear situations.  Trust in God.
• 3 Nephi 24:5, 16…Fear God
• Moroni 8:16…Perfect love casts out all fear
• “The fear of being fundamentally flawed brings with it a related fear. It’s the fear that if you did make a full commitment to living in your Zone of Genius, you might fail. It’s the belief that even your genius is flawed, and that if you expressed it in a big way, it wouldn’t be good enough. This belief tells you to play it safe and stay small. That way, if you fail, at least you fail small” The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks
• “Just notice the voices and feel the fears. That’s all you need to do with them. You don’t need to rid yourself of them. Where would they go, anyway? All you need to do is acknowledge them, wave to them, let them know you’re aware of them. Then get busy learning to live in your Zone of Genius.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks)- Page 119
• “The only way to overcome your fears is to “do the thing you fear,” as Emerson wrote, “and the death of fear is certain.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 58
• “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You’re a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~ Marianne Williamson
• “To keep yourself motivated and to overcome feelings of doubt or fear, continually tell yourself, ‘I can do it! I can do it!’ When people ask you how you are, always tell them, ‘I feel terrific!’” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 86
• “I think also of that night when Christ rushed to the aid of His frightened disciples, walking as He did on the water to get to them, calling out, “It is I; be not afraid.” Peter exclaimed, “Lord if it is thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.” Christ’s answer to him was as it always is, every time: “Come,” He said. Instantly, as was his nature, Peter sprang over the vessel’s side and into the troubled waters. While his eyes were fixed upon the Lord, the wind could toss his hair and the spray could drench his robes, but all was well—he was coming to Christ. It was only when his faith wavered and fear took control, only when he removed his glance from the Master to look at the furious waves and the ominous black gulf beneath, only then did he begin to sink into the sea. In newer terror, he cried out, “Lord, save me.” Undoubtedly with some sadness, the Master over every problem and fear, He who is the solution to every discouragement and disappointment, stretched out His hand and grasped the drowning disciple with the gentle rebuke, “O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” (; emphasis added).” Broken Things to Mend(Jeffrey R. Holland)- Kindle Location: 94-103
• “The fear of being fundamentally flawed brings with it a related fear. It’s the fear that if you did make a full commitment to living in your Zone of Genius, you might fail. It’s the belief that even your genius is flawed, and that if you expressed it in a big way, it wouldn’t be good enough. This belief tells you to play it safe and stay small. That way, if you fail, at least you fail small.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks) Page 48
• “Most people have a carefully crafted, well-justified story about why they can’t take their Big Leap. For one person it was about the family: “I can’t possibly take the time to write [“make a video,” etc.] because my family needs me.” For another person it was about stress: “I tried getting up at 5 a.m. for a while to work on my book, but I couldn’t do that and do a good job with my 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. therapy clients.” For others it was purely about the money: “I can’t do what I really want to do because I might not make as much money doing it.” As I listened to these stories, I would sometimes hear the real fears emerge. There is a huge fear underneath every complaint: If I took the Big Leap into my Zone of Genius, I might fail. What if I really opened up to my true genius and found that my genius wasn’t good enough? Better to keep the genie in the bottle and coast along in the Zone of Excellence. That way I don’t have to risk taking a Big Leap and finding it isn’t good enough. That way I don’t have to risk discovering the ugly possibility that I don’t have a Zone of Genius.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks) Page 119
• “Just notice the voices and feel the fears. That’s all you need to do with them. You don’t need to rid yourself of them. Where would they go, anyway? All you need to do is acknowledge them, wave to them, let them know you’re aware of them. Then get busy learning to live in your Zone of Genius.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks) Page 119
• “Her reply was the key to resolving the whole issue. She said, “But I can’t sit down to write unless I’ve got a clean house and things are taken care of.” “Sure, you can,” I said. “You just think you have to get that other stuff done first. Where did you get an idea like that?” She said, “But what if my husband came back from work and found a dirty house and me sitting up there writing?” “He’d find a wife who put a higher priority on her creative expression than she did on keeping the house clean. Do you think he’d be upset about that?” “Not really,” she said. “I think he’d actually like it.” As our conversation developed, it became clear that she was holding herself hostage to housework for Upper Limit reasons. Nancy’s unconscious mind had constructed a doom scenario of what would occur if she went all the way into her Zone of Genius. In her imagination, if she put her full attention into her writing, she’d neglect her family, and they would languish in the absence of her attention. Nancy began to see the absurdity of that way of thinking. She also discovered the real fear that was underneath it all: that if she made a big commitment to her creativity, she might fail on a bigger scale. If she stayed small, she could avoid the possibility of big rejection.” The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level (Gay Hendricks) Page 129
• “I Find That Resentment, Criticism, Guilt, and Fear Cause More Problems Than Anything Else. These four things cause major problems in our bodies and in our lives. These feelings come from blaming others and not taking responsibility for our own experiences. You see, if we are all responsible for everything in our lives, then there is no one to blame.” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)-Page 6
• “Fear, and the tension it produces, can create things like baldness, ulcers, and even sore feet.” .” You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay)-Page 7
• The Story of Reverend Brown and Ross Brown
• “I too had a personal breakthrough that season. I learned to overcome my fear of the unknown and create a new life in a new city without losing what I loved most. This was a time for me to establish new, deeper relationships with my children—not just Brooke, who lived in the house, but also my other children, who visited regularly. It was also a time for me to continue to open up spiritually. During difficult moments, meditation had helped me cope with all the uncertainty and self-doubt that arise when you break from the past and throw yourself into a new life. I felt more alive than I had in years.” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty. Page 229
• “THE HAIR represents strength. When we are tense and afraid, we often create those bands of steel that originate in the shoulder muscles and come up over the top of the head and sometimes even down around the eyes. The hair shaft grows up through the hair follicle. When there is a lot of tension in the scalp, the hair shaft can be squeezed so tightly that the hair can no longer breathe, and it dies and falls out. If this tension is continued, and the scalp is not relaxed, then the follicle remains so tight that the new hair cannot grow through. The result is baldness. Female baldness has been on the increase ever since women have begun entering the “business world” with all its tensions and frustrations.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 124
• “THE FINGERS each have meaning. Problems in the fingers show where you need to relax and let go. If you cut your index finger, there is probably anger and fear that has to do with your ego in some current situation. The thumb is mental and represents worry. The index finger is the ego and fear. The middle finger has to do with sex and with anger. When you are angry, hold your middle finger and watch the anger dissolve. Hold the right finger if your anger is at a man and the left if it is at a woman. The ring finger is both unions and grief. The little finger has to do with the family and pretending.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 127
• “If cancer is involved, then there is also deep resentment. Release the fear and know the Intelligence of the Universe resides in each one of us.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 129
• “ULCERS are no more than fear — tremendous fear of “not being good enough.” We fear not being good enough for a parent, we fear not being good enough for a boss. We can’t stomach who we are. We rip our guts apart trying to please others. No matter how important our job is, our inner self-esteem is very low. We are afraid they will find out about us.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 129
• “Heights are not my favorite thing—it makes my balls go in my throat just thinking about it.”  American Sniper: Memorial Edition (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice) Page 192
• “I was simply too afraid to fail, and that affected my ability to succeed under pressure.”  Clearing the Bases (Schmidt, Mike; Waggoner, Glen) Kindle Location 769-770
• “In his first general conference address as President of the Church, President Ezra Taft Benson taught about differences between pride and humility: “Pride does not look up to God and care about what is right. It looks sideways to the man and argues who is right. …“Pride is characterized by ‘What do I want out of life?’ rather than by ‘What would God have me do with my life?’ It is self-will as opposed to God’s will. It is the fear of man over the fear of God.”  Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson, (2014), 229–40
• “Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” ( Eccles. 12:13.) 12 Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 228–39
• “As disciples of the Savior, we are commanded to “prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.” We also are promised that “if ye are prepared ye shall not fear.”   David A Bednar, October 2020 General Conference
• “In a dark and troubled hour the Lord said to those he loved: Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27.) These great words of confidence are a beacon to each of us. In him we may indeed have trust. For he and his promises will never fail.” Manual, Teachings of the President of the Church: Gordon B Hinckley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism