Spirit of Fear

Dear beloved:  Pics: Maize crop, Living Water October '24;  praying for healing, TZ Crusade

Timothy 1:6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. v7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear (timidity), but of power and love and a sound mind.  1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 

Beloved, the Apostle Paul is reminding his spiritual son Timothy to not shrink back in fear from the calling God placed upon him. That calling would eventually lead Timothy to a life of adventure and blessings, evangelizing and preaching the good news of the gospel. Timothy went on to join Paul on his second missionary journey, traveling to Macedonia, Turkey, and Asia Minor.  Most Bible scholars peg Timothy's age at late teens to about twenty years!  Many who profess to be Christians today let the enemy paralyze them in fear, and it keeps them away from their greatest destiny in life.  Perfect love casts out fear!  Perfect love for God, and His love for us, allows us to love others, even those we deem unlovable, in spite of the obstacles and challenges involved. The enemy wants us to believe we can't be secure in our future; therefore, we get frozen and retreat to comfort.  I want to challenge each of you to push forward into your highest calling.  Trust the Lord that He can take care of you no matter what He calls you to do, or where He calls you to go.  If God spoke to you in the night and said, "I want to send you to Africa", would you be paralyzed in fear, or thank God that He had chosen you for a mighty work?  Pray about it. Come for a short term mission trip.  Or if you can't go, you can send.  We are still looking for $500 to help pay for the mortuary, funeral, and hospital expenses of the young boy who died last week of cancer. May God bless you as you pray!

In Christ,Jim    Gather the Outcasts, Box 92, Norton, Ks.  67654    501c3   Paypal@ www.paypal.me/gathertheoutcasts   or   www.gathertheoutcasts.com     Email: pureprairie@hotmail.com            www.facebook.com/jimrowh         www.jimrowh.blogspot.com