Sunday, February 6, 2022
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
Whenever men reject the Saviour’s invitation, they are yielding themselves to Satan. Multitudes in every department in life, in the home, in business, and even in the church, are doing this today. It is because of this that violence and crime have overspread the earth, and moral darkness, like the pall of death, enshrouds the habitations of men. Through his specious temptations Satan leads men to worse and worse evils, till utter depravity and ruin are the result. The only safeguard against his power is found in the presence of Jesus. Before men and angels Satan has been revealed as man’s enemy and destroyer; Christ, as man’s friend and deliverer. His Spirit will develop in man all that will ennoble the character and dignify the nature. It will build man up for the glory of God in body and soul and spirit. “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. He has called us “to the obtaining of the glory”—character—“of our Lord Jesus Christ;” has called us to be “conformed to the image of His Son.”
2 Thessalonians 2:14; Romans 8:29. {DA 341.1}
And souls that have been degraded into instruments of Satan are still through the power of Christ transformed into messengers of righteousness, and sent forth by the Son of God to tell what “great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.”
{DA 341.2}
Heart Question: Are you allowing God to give you a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind? Then pray that we as a people will not only hear the word of God but will also seek to God’s power in the presence of Jesus, transforming us to with His character.
- Pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our lives so that we will have not have the spirit of fear but power, spirit of love and a sound mind
- Pray that we will obtain God’s glory so that His character and become more conformed to His image
- Pray for former members to led by Holy Spirit back to the truth.
- Pray for the Evangelistic series in Barbados
- Pray our church members will model Christ’s method of mingling with the people in the communities
- Pray for the 1010 Campaigns in Honduras