Choices that bring LIFE ~ October 26th, 2008 ~ Dr. Beyers
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2 Timothy 1:1-7 (New Living Translation) ~ Bishop Ruben Job writes, “Choosing life seems like the reasonable thing to do. If given the choice why would anyone not choose life? It seems foolish to choose anything else, to choose anything less than the best. It remains a mystery to me that we often find ourselves choosing what diminishes life and leaves us less that we were before.” (A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God, p. 381) ~ The writer of Proverbs is correct when he writes, “A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.” (Proverbs 25:28 NLT). But here’s good news! God gives us enormous power to choose what kind of lives we will live! In our text for the morning, St. Paul encourages young Timothy first to choose God’s control over his life. He says, “fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.” Second, he encourages him to choose to live in God’s strength, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
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