The verse for today is one that’s worth committing to memory (2 Timothy 1:7): “God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” It’s great to know that with God’s help we have the ability to control our sinful desires (self-discipline), that we are able to love our friends and enemies with a love which is the same as God’s love; and, we have access to God’s power to further His kingdom while we are on our journey of faith.
We are not mere survivors, clinging on to life, hiding at the back of some dark cave. We have the ability to walk out into the light with a spirit of power to demonstrate God’s love to all who we meet.
I like this bit in today’s study: “Here, then, is the basis of being ‘more than a conqueror’; the whole person is strengthened. The will, the emotions, and mind are all renewed. There is power for the will, love for the emotions, and sound judgment for the mind. What more could one want in order to cope with life?”Â
Yet, do we really believe these truths as outlined by Selwyn? Why is it, that we say we believe what Paul wrote in his letter to Timothy, yet live our lives as if we believe the exact opposite? What’s holding us back?
The basis of certainty
The verse for today is one that’s worth committing to memory (2 Timothy 1:7): “God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” It’s great to know that with God’s help we have the ability to control our sinful desires (self-discipline), that we are able to love our friends and enemies with a love which is the same as God’s love; and, we have access to God’s power to further His kingdom while we are on our journey of faith.
We are not mere survivors, clinging on to life, hiding at the back of some dark cave. We have the ability to walk out into the light with a spirit of power to demonstrate God’s love to all who we meet.
I like this bit in today’s study: “Here, then, is the basis of being ‘more than a conqueror’; the whole person is strengthened. The will, the emotions, and mind are all renewed. There is power for the will, love for the emotions, and sound judgment for the mind. What more could one want in order to cope with life?”Â
Yet, do we really believe these truths as outlined by Selwyn? Why is it, that we say we believe what Paul wrote in his letter to Timothy, yet live our lives as if we believe the exact opposite? What’s holding us back?