"Isaiah said to them, Tell your master, 'This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me." ~Isaiah 37:6, NIV
Sennacherib was the leader of the Assyrian army, and they were threatening Israel at her very gates - scoffing that even though the King Hezekiah might proclaim "the Lord of Israel will deliver", no god had ever delivered someone from the Assyrians.
Two things - one, that was because the Assyrians hadn't yet come upon the true God, and two, knowing the truth makes you prepared to take on lies, to filter them out. A lie might be "I'm not good enough", or "they're bigger than my God!" If you live believing those kinds of lies, of course you're going to be afraid!
But like Isaiah said, we don't have to be afraid of lies. Walking in truth isn't easy (for sometimes the truth hurts, or is harder to believe than the lies), but ultimately, if you know it, lies won't scare you.
The Bible is the truth; when in doubt, seek God out and He will always answer you - maybe not in your time or with the answer you want, but He will answer.
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