DAY SEVEN
God’s Promise:
I will give you power, love, and self-control.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self- discipline.
- 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
When fear creeps into our life, we can know with absolute certainty that it is not from God. Fear is not what God has for us. Fear is a crippling enemy against the believer. Fear keeps us sidelined in our weakness, numbed by indifference, and stalled by indecision. When we rely on ourselves, fear attacks - but when we rely on God’s Spirit, fear retreats.
God’s Spirit has given believers His power. He wants us to walk with power against the kingdom of darkness. What he has placed within us is the power to overcome. His power overcomes our every weakness.
God’s Spirit has also given every believer His love. Love covers a multitude of sins. He wants to transform our lives and relationships with His love. His sacrificial love lived out through a believer will count others more significant than self. His love removes the numbness of indifference.
Finally, this promise says that God’s Spirit has given every believer His self-discipline or self-control. We have been given the ability to control ourselves. Jesus knows how hard it is to fight against sin, so he has given us the ability, through the Holy Spirit, to control self. His Spirit can remove every indecision and every indiscretion.
Through God’s Spirit we have the power to overcome, the love to deeply care, and the self-discipline to make the best decisions!
Action Step:
I will live by God’s Spirit. I will live boldly and unafraid, knowing God has equipped me with all that I need.
- 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
When fear creeps into our life, we can know with absolute certainty that it is not from God. Fear is not what God has for us. Fear is a crippling enemy against the believer. Fear keeps us sidelined in our weakness, numbed by indifference, and stalled by indecision. When we rely on ourselves, fear attacks - but when we rely on God’s Spirit, fear retreats.
God’s Spirit has given believers His power. He wants us to walk with power against the kingdom of darkness. What he has placed within us is the power to overcome. His power overcomes our every weakness.
God’s Spirit has also given every believer His love. Love covers a multitude of sins. He wants to transform our lives and relationships with His love. His sacrificial love lived out through a believer will count others more significant than self. His love removes the numbness of indifference.
Finally, this promise says that God’s Spirit has given every believer His self-discipline or self-control. We have been given the ability to control ourselves. Jesus knows how hard it is to fight against sin, so he has given us the ability, through the Holy Spirit, to control self. His Spirit can remove every indecision and every indiscretion.
Through God’s Spirit we have the power to overcome, the love to deeply care, and the self-discipline to make the best decisions!
Action Step:
I will live by God’s Spirit. I will live boldly and unafraid, knowing God has equipped me with all that I need.