God’s Spirit of Courage

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When are you most afraid? When are you at your weakest? When do you feel like you have lost control?

It can be easy to get overwhelmed or to feel overwhelmed by this fallen and broken world. This life can confront us with uncertainties and fears, times of weakness and the need for strength, and moments where we need help to get a grip and to control ourselves and our circumstances.

The Apostle Paul wrote his beloved disciple Timothy encouraging him in times of fear, weakness, and loss of self-control, saying, “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” (2 Timothy 1:7, ESV).

When we are most afraid, at our weakest, and out of control, God’s presence and spirit will give us the courage, the strength, and the self-control that we need to persevere.

May we receive and embrace God’s spirit of courage, power, love and self-control as we journey through this life.

“Father, we praise and thank You for giving us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Show us and our neighbors in our fears our desperate need to put our complete confidence and trust in You.” (2 Timothy 1:7).

A Collect for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity (Proper 18): “O Lord God, grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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