Let me share my testimony on how I drove fear & worry from my life. By nature, I'm not an overly fearful person. But I did a time when I was overcome with worry & fear over a particular situation. And I found it virtually impossible, to differentiate the voice of the Holy Spirit from my own voice of anxiety & stress. After that I decided to find a way to put fear aside. Here is what I learned. Recall in Job, Job says "what he feared has come upon him"? Our thoughts do have (to some degree) the power to shape our outcome. Fear is the opposite of faith. Just as worry, is a corruption of prayer. Think about it. When we worry, we meditated on our fears & all the terrible outcomes. Prayer is the same mental exercise. Except what we are declaring to be true is different. In Philippians 4:8, Paul said: 8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.For a long time, I thought this were just pie-in-the sky, feel good/think happy thoughts advice. But no, it is very practical. I have a choice. I can fill up my head with junk & have problems like fear. Or I can fill up myself with truth & have peace.Like any mental stronghold, the only way to overcome false thoughts is with true ones. Every single time you think, "I'm afraid about whatever." Then immediately say to yourself the scriptures that say that is false. Such as "God is faithful & I will trust Him." The key is persistence. You may have to do this a hundred times a day. Just keep at it. Because at some point, you will find that faith-not fear, is your response to trouble.Now we come to the good part. What I consider the practical benefit of walking without fear. I can now hear God when He warns me about something. Since I don't dwell on fears, if I have a sense of foreboding, I know it didn't come from me. So I tune in better & seek God's wisdom on how to proceed. The more risky your life situation, the more important it is to know when you are in danger.