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Not Ashamed of the Gospel
Timothy, a young pastor in Ephesus, tended to be timid. That’s why, as we saw in the last two blog posts, Paul wrote to encourage him: “I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does [...]
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The Holy Spirit Gives Us a Spirit of Love
God did not give us a Spirit of fear, as we learned in the last blog post: “The Spirit God gave us,” the Holy Spirit, “does not make us timid”—fearful, cringing, holding back—“but gives us power” (2 Timothy 1:7). But the Spirit God gave us is more than the Spirit of power. He’s…
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God Has Not Given Us a Spirit of Fear
The general feeling among commentators is that Timothy was a frailer type in every way than the apostle Paul, who was more robust. Timothy had stomach problems (see 1 Timothy 5:23). He also tended toward timidity, maybe because he was younger and had older congregations who said…
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The Power of the Holy Spirit
In one of the churches I went to in college, if the members knew that the pastor was going to be on vacation the next Sunday, attendance would be down by 40 percent. You would think that God wouldn’t be there. But Jesus said, “Where two or three are gathered, I’ll be there” (see…
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If Today Were Your Last Day, How Would You Live?
I was in a restaurant called Mission BBQ recently with my wife. It was centered around the military. While I was eating my brisket and beans, I noticed a sign above my head that read, “If you knew today was your last day, how would you work?” If you knew today would be your [...]
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Spiritual Discernment
The Bible is full of truth that we can all understand. God’s love involves encouragement, promises, and words of comfort. It also involves warnings. Oh, we don’t like sermons that warn, do we? Some of us prefer a feathery touch—a warm, fuzzy moment. Like when the doctor tells…
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How to Hear and Follow the Holy Spirit
Did you ever lose your peace about something? Many of us lose our peace and just push right through. We’re not sensitive to it. But sometimes it’s the Holy Spirit unsettling us. For example, how many people get married when the Spirit of God is trying to block them from marrying…
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God Still Speaks
In the Old Testament, the Bible is characterized by commands: “Don’t kill,” “Don’t steal,” “Don’t commit immorality,” “Don’t have another god before the true God” (see Exodus 20:3–17). These commands never change. We don’t vote about them. We don’t go by what the culture says.…
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Let It Go: Forgiveness
Have you ever been in a fight with somebody who had no mercy? When I was in prep school, I got into a fight with a guy in my dorm room. He said something racist, and since I was a big-mouthed wise guy from Brooklyn, I relayed to him how ignorant he was. He [...]
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Encourage One Another
Have you ever been discouraged? In the medical world, people talk about the big C—cancer. It’s terrible, and I just lost a dear friend to it. But in the spiritual realm, there’s the big D—discouragement. Battles with discouragement are deep, prevalent, and hidden, because we…