“When you’re in the Word daily and see God’s love over and over again, it gets easier to immediately trust Him. And that then means the fear is not there. Fear is not of God because God is love.” Today we welcome back Moms in Prayer Founder, Fern Nichols, for part two of God’s Great Love Casts Out Fear. She helps us fill our arsenals with God’s Word to fight against the enemy and soak in the truth of God’s love. God not only shows us His great love, He IS love. And that changes everything. The Moms in Prayer Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit ChristianParenting.org ABOUT OUR GUEST Fern Nichols is a former elementary school teacher and the founder of Moms in Prayer International, a prayer movement that mobilizes women around the world to gather together to pray for their children and schools. In 1984, Fern was fearful about sending her two eldest children off to junior high. She knew the school would be a battlefield for their hearts and minds. She realized the warfare would be intense and to fight in this battle she needed to invite other moms to pray. She called a mom and asked her to pray with her for their children and school. Her response was an immediate “yes,” and that was the humble beginning of Moms in Prayer that now spans the USA in every state and is in more than 150 countries. Fern has traveled to almost every continent in the world speaking, teaching and training women how to pray effectively. She and her husband Rle have been married for over 50 years. They were involved with Campus Crusade for Christ (now CRU) for 15 years. They have four children and 10 grandchildren. SCRIPTURES “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Luke 12:32 NIV But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. Jude 1:20-21 ESV See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1 NIV And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 NIV He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 NIV Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. John 17:23b NIV And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand, as all God’s children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; Ephesians 3:17-18 TLB When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? Psalm 56:3-4 CSB Praise the Lord, my soul;     all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul,     and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins     and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit     and crowns you with love and compassion, But from everlasting to everlasting     the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,     and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant     and remember to obey his precepts. Psalm 103:1-4, 17-18 NIV LINKS BOOKS Mom's Little Book of Powerful Prayers Moms in Prayer: Standing in the Gap for Your Children When Moms Pray Together: True Stories of God's Power to Transform Your Child MOMS IN PRAYER New to Moms i