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Power, Love, and Discipline 2 Timothy 1:7 · Life For Toledo

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  I'm thinking today of 2 Timothy 1, verse 7. And
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  it says, For God has not given us a spirit of
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  timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
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  So let's look at this. Obviously, I could preach
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  a sermon out of here, but I've got just over
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  a minute left. God has not given us a spirit
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  of timidity. Don't balk. Don't back down. Be
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  bold. Be strong. Be humble. Have humility, but
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  there's a difference between humility and timidity.
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  We don't fear the outcomes of actions taken because
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  the Lord directed us to take them. We trust that
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  he will set the outcome to be what he wants it
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  to be. Trust in the Lord. Let go your spirit
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  of timidity, your spirit of fear, anxiousness,
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  wonder, and worry. Trust in the Lord. But the
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  spirit that he has given us is a spirit of power.
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  That's the ability to get things done. And love,
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  that's the ability to pour out our hearts and
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  care for other people and to love folks and love
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  God, love one another. And discipline, that's
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  the ability to make choices that are necessary
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  and to do them in a linear way. organized, logical
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  way. Set aside a specific time every day to pray
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  or a specific time every day to read or a specific
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  time every day to memorize the word or all three
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  of those things. Combine them into a quiet time
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  with the Lord as we talked about a month ago
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  or so. I'm encouraging you today as the Lord
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  has encouraged me. We have not been given a spirit
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  of timidity. It's time we stood up for what was
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  right in the kingdom of God and put Satan under
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  our boot. We have been given a spirit of power
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  and love and discipline. No one can stop us.