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A little more faith defeats fear
First appeared as a web original on May 30, 2012
Have you ever been afraid of everything? Has your life been so driven by fear that you couldn’t function or think about anything else but the many fears overwhelming your mind?
That would describe me not long ago.
I had become so afraid of disease and death that I was no longer living a normal life. After a family member and a dear friend passed on during their battle with cancer, which medical science had not been able to cure, morbid imagination consumed many of my waking hours as well as my dreams at night. My fears became insurmountable as more family members struggled with physical ailments, including myself.
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July 16, 2012 issue
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Letters
Steve Ryf, Annette Kreutziger-Herr, Anna Willis, Merywynne Ruggirello
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We're not watching alone
Gillian Litchfield, Copy Editor
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A sentinel by land or by sea
Rita Polatin
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Basic training
Michael Day
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Prayer during an airport crisis
Robert Butcher
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The 'balm,' not the bomb
Michael Mooslin
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Accosted, but able to forgive
Gigi Raine
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Creature comforts
Kelly White
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A little more faith defeats fear
Annette Bridges
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Arches of hope
Merelice
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Sharing at a state university
Catherine Smith
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The amplitude of God's love
Candace Gibson
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Watching out for good
Shelly Richardson
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Our right to be free
Kathleen Collins
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Finding joy in serving church
Connie Byrd
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What can fear do to you?
Keith Wommack
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Healed from effects of a fall
Jody Glatt
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Hockey injury healed
Seth Johnson
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Instant truth
Bonnie Ulm with contributions from Sally Ann Prier
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Gems on your crown
The Editors