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2. Timothy chapter 1 verse 7

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. When we have just

taken spiritual surveys among the people in the church, I passed from

a claim Bible Church here in Metro Washington, D.C., one of the things that constantly comes up, it's at the top of the list of struggles for both men and women, is fear.

Fear in so many different ways and in so many different forms fear, worry, anxiety. And as I talk with all kinds of people, these are prevalent feelings, prevalent struggles in so

many Christians lives, fear, worry, and anxiety.

And God is saying in His word,

even to us right now, Just think about in your life,

where are you prone to fear or worry or anxiety.

And what makes you anxious?

What makes you afraid?

And what worries you? Like honestly answer that question and then hear God's word. God gave us a spirit, not a fear.

Like fear is not from the Lord.

Obviously talking about fear of circumstances, fear of things around us, fear of what might happen.

There's a biblical sense in which we obviously fear God, and that's good,

because when we fear God, we see his supremacy, we see his sovereignty, then we realize

we don't have to be afraid of anything else.

So the whole picture here in 2nd Timothy 1-7 is not talking about a fear of God but a fear of man a fear of what could happen to us in this world a fear of thing is going this way or that way around us

Fear of circumstances fear in all kinds of ways like that. God has not given us a

spirit of fear like that. He has given us a spirit of power and love and self-control.

I, the whole picture here is a boldness, a humble confidence and power to love in the middle of a world of uncertainty.

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