Unfeigned Faith-Fan The Flame.

Listen to the scripture reference I choose for unfeigned faith.

Luke 9:1-3TPT “Jesus summoned together his twelve apostles and imparted to them authority over every demon and the power to heal every disease. Then he commissioned them to proclaim God’s kingdom and to heal the sick to demonstrate that the kingdom had arrived. As he sent them out, he gave them these instructions: “Take nothing extra on your journey. Just go as you are. Don’t carry a staff, a backpack, food, money, not even a change of clothes.”

Jesus was commissioning His 12 disciples to pack-lite. Work hard, leave nothing on the table, give your best, love loud, and always believe. -And that my friend is what Paul wrote to Timothy in, 2 Timothy 1:5. -P.H

Say, “unfeigned faith.” Hebrews 11, unfeigned- faith!

Prime example- Hebrews 11:1-3TPT Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen. 2This testimony of faith is what previous generations were commended for. 3Faith empowers us to see that the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s words! He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen.

So far what have I mentioned in these three points.

a). Paul’s Love for Timothy.

b). Timothy’s prayers for Paul.

c). Genuine faith. And how does faith operate? By grace.

Thus, A people of Love, Prayer and Grace!

2 Timothy 1:6TPT I’m writing to encourage you to fan into a flame and rekindle the fire of the spiritual gift God imparted to you when I laid my hands upon you.

4. Paul commands Timothy, Stir up God’s gift.

“As a believer you need to know that there is anointing, authority and spiritual power in your hands.” P.H

Again, from the initial text, 2 Timothy 1:6KJV Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

The Greek word translated “stir up” denotes the kindling of a fire, as by bellows.

Anyone who has ever tended a campfire knows that stirring up the glowing embers of a dying fire can cause those embers to flame up again and burn more brightly.

Timothy was to see to it that his spiritual gift did not grow cold through disuse; he was to “stir it up” and keep the fire going.

1 Timothy 4:14ESV Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

Listen, Never neglect the gift you have.

1 Timothy 4:14TPT Don’t minimize the powerful gift that operates in your life, for it was imparted to you by the laying on of hands of the elders and was activated through the prophecy they spoke over you.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11NKJV Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.