FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH THEE --- Isaiah 43:5.

"Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. O Lord, thou pleadest the cause of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life." --- Lamentations 3:57, 58.

"Fear not, for I am with thee." --- Isaiah 43:5.

"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore; and have the keys of hell and of death." --- Revelation 1:18.

Christ has overcome, led captivity captive, and, by one offering, perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Hebrews 10:14. Whoever leaves this world believing in him, being perfected already, has nothing to fear after death.

O my heavenly Father, dispose me to seek diligently after holiness; and though the work of sanctification will be imperfect in this life, which should humble me much, yet let it cause no fear of death, nor disturb my confidence in thee, since my salvation and my confidence do not depend on perfect holiness here, but on my being in Christ and adopted through him; which adoption the weakest child hath,as well as the strongest, though both are not equally sensible of it.

For every true believer, whether weak or strong, hath eternal life, and shall not fall into condemnation. If, therefore, I am a child of God, though a weak one, I am still an heir, and shall find life and deliverance in death:

I am Alpha, says the Saviour,
I Omega likewise am;
I was dead, and live for ever,
God Almighty and the Lamb.