Tonight, during youth group, Pastor Kevin was doing a series on fears and one of the bible verses really hit me.
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline.
Not gonna lie, I have my fears about going to Brazil. It probably didn't help that once I decided to go, I looked up all the poisonous and scary creatures that could possibly harm me. ;)
The Brazilian wandering spider for one.
You should look it up, it's pretty fierce haha.
There's also the lovely fears my mom has instilled in me since hearing I'm going, like the robberies, drug trafficking, and disappearances.
(Thank you mom!) :/
But someone asked me recently if God had called me to do this, in which I answered truthfully, "I think so" :)
I know that God has called me to help with kids
and its been burning in my heart when I read about how we need to help the orphans.
And then once I allowed myself to be open to whatever God wanted,
all of this fell into place.
So yes, I feel like this is what God is calling me to at this juncture in my life.
She said then that God would equip me with whatever I needed
and He would watch over me.
And then the Bible verse just reinforced it -
God did NOT give us fears
but POWER, LOVE & SELF DISCIPLINE
Well I have the love in abundance...
Equipped with power by following through with this trip
....
Still working on the self discipline of not fearing haha
But it was a powerful scripture
And definitely changed my outlook on what my focus of Brazil currently is
(I really love how a good Bible verse you've read many times over
can suddenly have a new impact on your life.) :)
So pray for me -
self discipline to let go of my fears
and patience for what's to come :-D
I hope you're blessed in whatever you do!!
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline.
Not gonna lie, I have my fears about going to Brazil. It probably didn't help that once I decided to go, I looked up all the poisonous and scary creatures that could possibly harm me. ;)
The Brazilian wandering spider for one.
You should look it up, it's pretty fierce haha.
There's also the lovely fears my mom has instilled in me since hearing I'm going, like the robberies, drug trafficking, and disappearances.
(Thank you mom!) :/
But someone asked me recently if God had called me to do this, in which I answered truthfully, "I think so" :)
I know that God has called me to help with kids
and its been burning in my heart when I read about how we need to help the orphans.
And then once I allowed myself to be open to whatever God wanted,
all of this fell into place.
So yes, I feel like this is what God is calling me to at this juncture in my life.
She said then that God would equip me with whatever I needed
and He would watch over me.
And then the Bible verse just reinforced it -
God did NOT give us fears
but POWER, LOVE & SELF DISCIPLINE
Well I have the love in abundance...
Equipped with power by following through with this trip
....
Still working on the self discipline of not fearing haha
But it was a powerful scripture
And definitely changed my outlook on what my focus of Brazil currently is
(I really love how a good Bible verse you've read many times over
can suddenly have a new impact on your life.) :)
So pray for me -
self discipline to let go of my fears
and patience for what's to come :-D
I hope you're blessed in whatever you do!!
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