For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.Like last time, you hear the first part of that verse a lot, but not the second. We know about the spirit giving power, but what of love? We are to love one another as Christ loves us, and it is the Spirit that makes that possible.
We really don't like to think about the Spirit disciplining us. We like to think about the good things it brings, not how it tries to turn us from the bad. But the truth is that we all have issues that need to be corrected, myself not nearly the least, and those corrections are often uncomfortable and awkward.
I worry that the lack of love or discipline I feel is a sign of how much I have blocked myself off from the Spirit.
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