{"id":3265,"date":"2008-09-26T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2008\/09\/piper-friday-john-pipers-biblical-antidote-to-fear\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T09:05:11","slug":"piper-friday-john-pipers-biblical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2008\/09\/piper-friday-john-pipers-biblical\/","title":{"rendered":"PIPER FRIDAY &#8211; John Piper&#039;s Biblical Antidote to Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This Piper Friday I would like to share some reasons Piper gives us why we need not be afraid. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/ResourceLibrary\/TasteAndSee\/ByDate\/2001\/1189_Reasons_Believers_in_Christ_Need_Not_to_Be_Afraid\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The original article<\/a> has biblical verses to support each of these glorious truths from God\u2019s Word. Here are his statements: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"right\" width=\"45%\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2008\/09\/John-Piper-(2)-741065.jpg\" alt=\"John Piper\">We will not die apart from God\u2019s gracious decree for his children.\n<\/li><li>Curses and divination do not hold sway against God\u2019s people.\n<\/li><li>The plans of terrorists and hostile nations do not succeed apart from our gracious God.\n<\/li><li>Man cannot harm us beyond God\u2019s gracious will for us.\n<\/li><li>God promises to protect his own from all that is not finally good for them.\n<\/li><li>God promises to give us all we need to obey, enjoy, and honor him forever.\n<\/li><li>God is never taken off guard.\n<\/li><li>God will be with us, help us, and uphold us in trouble.\n<\/li><li>Terrors will come, some of us will die, but not a hair of our heads will perish.\n<\/li><li>Nothing befalls God\u2019s own but in its appointed hour.\n<\/li><li>When God Almighty is your helper, none can harm you beyond what he decrees.\n<\/li><li>God\u2019s faithfulness is based on the firm value of his name, not the fickle measure of our obedience.\n<\/li><li>The Lord, our protector, is great and awesome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"EntryColLeft\">\n<div class=\"smaller\">By John Piper. \u00a9 Desiring God. 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