2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind. (That word power means miracle working, dynamite type power, in the original)
These are wonderful gifts! Scripture tells us that whatever we receive from God we receive by faith just like we received the forgiveness or our sins by faith when we believed God put our sins on Jesus and forgave us.
We read a verse which tells us what God has given us but He waits in the same way for our consent to receive it by faith too. It's the way God has designed it, the way He works. He gives but we have to receive.
We may read a verse and give it mental assent, say Yes Amen, and just pass on, but Romans 10:8-10 teaches us that faith is voice activated, it's what we confess with our mouths that we receive, so we can say...
"Thank You Lord I receive Your miracle working power into my spirit, I receive Your love into my spirit and I receive Your gift of a sound mind. I refuse to receive the spirit of fear and I resist it because I now have Your love in my heart and Your perfect love is casting out any fear that was there (1 John 4:18)."
When we confess (or say) we receive the spirit of power, love and sound mind, what are we doing? We're agreeing with what God has said He's given us. We're activating our faith.
Let the redeemed of the Lord SAY so.(Psalm 107:2) It's the same principle throughout the Bible.
As we continue to say what God says He's given us, our faith will grow, because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17) and we will have and experience what He says we can have, and do what He says we can do which is good news.😊
All through the day, every day, we can be building up our faith and activating it by saying "I've received God's spirit of power and love and a sound mind. I'm not fearful or forgetful but full of God's love and power. Thank You Lord."
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