POWER NOT FEAR

Text - 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)

If we feel

in our spirit, it is not from God. Fear is a result of the influence of

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working the world. He would love for us to feel fear because it paralyzes us from the work of God. Instead, God gives us a spirit of power, love and a sound mind.

Our world is really into the

.

In the Old Testament, we see the children of Israel always being reminded by their leadership NOT TO BE AFRAID, because the Lord is

them.

6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” —Deuteronomy 31:6 (NKJV)

In the New Testament, it gets even better though. Jesus told His Followers why they didn’t have to be afraid of this world…

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. —Luke 24:49 (NKJV)

17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. —John 14:17-18 (KJV)

Jesus told them that He was going to come to them, and that His Spirit would not just be WITH them, but it would now be

THEM!

The SUPERNATURAL

that God gives us is the Holy Spirit living inside of us. That is why we should not live in fear! Because God has given us supernatural power when He comes to live inside of us.

4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. —Acts 1:4-8 (KJV)

The disciples like most people today are confused about what REAL

is. What the KINGDOM of God actually looks like. That’s why there is FEAR!

Fear Paralyzes, Fear actually

us from the inside out.

We Fear because we are missing the KINGDOM OF GOD in our lives…but look at what Jesus tells them:

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. —Luke 12:32 (KJV)

WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO FEAR
It is God’s

to GIVE US THE KINGDOM!

9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? —Luke 11:9-13 (KJV)

When you Repent - you

to God in Faith, and turn from your life of doing things your way instead of doing them God’s way. You ask God to forgive you for sinning and going against Him in the choices you’ve made up to this point - the Bible tells us that God will FORGIVE YOU!

Once you have done this, you need to ask God to

You with His Spirit! Remember this supernatural gift is available to those who ask, seek, and knock…and IT IS HIS PLEASURE to give you the Holy Spirit!

The Scripture also tells us that we need to be BAPTIZED in

in the Name of Jesus Christ - to wash away our sins. This is how He Gives us the Kingdom. We enter His Kingdom through the HOPE of the Gospel. His death, burial and resurrection are embraced in our lives through Repentance, and then Baptism of Water, and the Spirit!

When you receive the Holy Ghost, you will

in a language that you didn’t go to school to learn. You will speak in a heavenly language as the power of God enables you to. In the book of Acts this was the main evidence that people had received the Spirit.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
—Romans 8:9 (NKJV)

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)

Jesus Himself warned us that in this world we would suffer tribulations and trials - but He also urged us to remember that He has overcome the world, for greater is He that is in us that he that is in the world.

When we receive the Holy Ghost, we have been given the very

of God, the superhuman ability to

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like Jesus, and the extra-ordinary skill of exercising a SOUND

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to know what we SHOULD DO, and what God

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DO.

A sound mind recognizes that we are special to God, not from our own

but because of the gift of His Holy Spirit.

GET YOUR FOCUS BACK ON GOD
STIR UP THE GIFT OF GOD WITHIN YOU
When you praise God and worship Him for how great He is…

FALLS OFF OF YOU!

POWER NOT FEAR