Fear and Doubt

Fear and doubt are caused by an understanding of personal weakness and the magnitude of a particular difficulty, coupled with a miscalculation of the greatness of God. To stave off fear, we need to nurture a proper view of God. This takes two parts. First, we must employ that active memory that is part of "heading yourself." Go back to the basis of your faith often. Second, we need to build an intimate, loving relationship with God.
If we have both in our heart, they fight off fear. If we have one or the other only in our head... a kid knows that the Boogieman isn't real. Does that help him conquer his fears on a dark night? Fear doesn't require logic, so logic fails to starve it. However, when the child's father enters the room the Boogieman is left powerless by comparison. We must have the same trust in our Heavenly Father.