If My People. . .

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and discipline.” – 2 Timothy 1:7

We live in a world that is so often ruled by emotion.  We are fearful and that causes us to live with a sense of panic.  We do not know what to do.  Every day we see people dealing with serious personal problems.  Perhaps it is happening in our own life.  While the news is filled with word of the election, the economy, and the war, many people around us are so fearful of what is happening in their personal lives, they hardly notice.

God says one of the tools that He gives to us to fight this type of fear is discipline.  Another translation uses the term sound mind.  We are not to live in a panic.  When we live in the discipline of the Lord, we have a sound mind and we are able to see clearly what is happening and make sound decisions.  In an election year, they will tell you anything to get your vote.  They appeal to our selfishness and to our greed.  Because of the economy, as a country we have a tendency to sell out on the critical issues of our time that in every way defines who we are as a people.

In our worship services and Bible fellowship classes today, we will study the principles of the word of God.  Pray that we as individuals and as a church will live with discipline and a sound mind built upon the principles of His Word.

Paul says in Ephesians 4:14, “we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming.” What a description that is of our present situation.

Pray today that we will use that discipline that comes from Him in order to fight the fear that seeks to control our lives.