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A Daily Devotional on Fear, Trust, and the Nearness of God
by Steve Corbin
Held – Volume I is a quiet Catholic devotional for those living with fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. Through weekly themes, Scripture, and gentle daily reflections, it invites you to slow down, pray honestly, and rest in the nearness of God—right in the middle of ordinary life.
Volume I -- Awareness & Trust
Held is a Catholic devotional written for those living with fear, anxiety, and uncertainty -- and for anyone who has learned how quietly those feelings can shape everyday life.
Rather than offering quick fixes or easy answers, Volume I invites you to slow down and pray honestly with Scripture. Each week centers on a theme related to fear and trust, with a short teaching followed by seven daily Scripture passages and reflections meant to be received slowly, in the spirit of Lectio Divina. You are not meant to rush through this book. You are meant to live in it.
Every daily entry includes space to write. Not as an assignment, but as an invitation -- to name what you are carrying, to record what God seems to be saying, to mark the small moments where fear loosened its grip even slightly. That journal space is built into the book itself. There is no digital edition of Held, because this kind of prayer needs somewhere physical to land.
This book is designed to be a companion. Something to return to day by day, especially when prayer feels difficult or words come slowly. If a single line stays with you longer than a day, that is not falling behind. That is exactly how this devotional is meant to be used.
Volume I of the four-volume Held series. Each volume stands on its own. Together, they form a complete year of daily Catholic prayer, reflection, and journaling.
Steve Corbin is a father of 3, husband, mission-focused servant leader, and writer of faith-rooted reflections exploring fear, trust, and God’s call in ordinary life.
I am a husband, a father, an author, an active member of my Parish community, a non-profit founder but most importantly I am a child of God. For most of my life, fear was a constant companion. Quiet sometimes, overwhelming at others. It shaped my choices, drove my ambitions, and eventually brought me to a breaking point I hadn’t seen coming. On October 21, 2018, stripped of every strategy I had, three words were all that remained: God, help me. Through the lens of faith, I see my fear and anxiety differently now. They didn’t go away. No, I still battle both today. But what faith gave me was the ability to fight back against the fruits of fear, the sins that sprout when we let it get the best of us. As I have grown in my relationship with Jesus, I’ve learned to trust Him with my fear rather than let it fester inside me, I started placing it in God’s hand and trusting. The fruits of that trust are within the pages of Held. Each page a direct result of surrendering to the Holy Spirit and allowing His will to be done. I pray that His words can have the same impact on you that they did on me. Your Brother In Christ, Steve Corbin
A Daily Devotional on Fear, Trust, and the Nearness of God
Held – Volume II is a quiet Catholic devotional for those who find that fear has not disappeared—and are learning how to keep going anyway. Through weekly themes, Scripture, and gentle daily reflections, it invites you to remain with God in the midst of ongoing anxiety, weariness, and uncertainty.
A Daily Devotional on Fear, Trust, and the Nearness of God
Held – Volume III is a quiet Catholic devotional for those beginning to sense that something is healing — even if they can't fully name it yet. Through weekly themes, Scripture, and gentle daily reflections, it invites you to trust the slow, tender work God is doing — right in the middle of ordinary life.
A Daily Devotional on Fear, Trust, and the Nearness of God
Held – Volume IV is a quiet Catholic devotional for those discovering that peace is not the absence of fear — it is the presence of God. Through weekly themes, Scripture, and gentle daily reflections, it invites you to stop striving toward trust and begin living from it — right in the middle of ordinary life.