Replacing Fear With Faith

In 3 Nephi 4:10, we read about the Nephites reaction just before the Gadianton robbers descended on them for war.

3 Nephi 4:10
 10 But in this thing they were disappointed, for the Nephites did not fear them; but they did fear their God and did supplicate him for protection; therefore, whenthe armies of Giddianhi did rush upon them they were prepared to meet them; yea, in the strength of the Lord they did receive them.

Just before the greatest danger of their lives, the Nephite warriors are on their knees praying for strength.  The Gadianton robbers mis-took this sign of submission as weakness but soon found out that it was not.

We must prepare ourselves and families for the challenges that are coming and are at all of our doorsteps,  We do this by replacing fear of the unknown or challenges with faith.  Faith that the Lord knows what will happen and has our best interest in mind.  He will guide us through the darkness, but we must have faith that it will happen and live our lives so we are worthy of these blessings.   Right now we (my family) are facing some big decisions... decisions that seem to have no answer that we can see.  It's frustrating and can get us down, but I realized this morning that this is simply fear creeping in and we need to replace that fear with faith.