The Gift of God Within You

“For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:6-7 NASB1995)

What is the “gift of God” which is in us who believe in Jesus Christ? Well, first of all, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we are empowered of God to die with Christ to sin and to be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as servants of God and of his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands. So we have been gifted with salvation (deliverance) from our bondage (addiction, slavery) to sin and with the power from the Spirit to live holy lives, pleasing to God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

Is there more? Yes! We are also given the Holy Spirit of God to live within us to give us guidance, direction, encouragement, exhortation, caution, help, counsel, instructions in holy living, and the strength to walk the walk that God has for us to walk, and to not yield our lives to the control of the flesh. The Holy Spirit is given to us to teach us all things pertaining to Jesus Christ and to his gospel message. And he gives us help in understanding the Scriptures, and he counsels in how they are to be applied to our daily lives.

[Mark 13:11; Luke 12:11-12; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 20:23; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 12:7-18]

The Holy Spirit also assigns to us individually spiritual gifts, which come from God, which are to be used in the power of God for the encouragement and strengthening of the spiritual body of Christ, the church, in our walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. And we won’t all have the same gifts, or the same number of gifts, and we won’t all use the same gifts in all the same ways, either. But all of them must be in agreement with the Scriptures in how they are used or they are of the flesh and not of God.

[Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20]

And, as those who believe in Jesus Christ, we are to be putting into daily practice our deliverance from addiction to sin, and the empowerment of God to live holy lives, pleasing to God, in obedience to his commands. And we are to be living the lives which God has for us to live without fear. We are not to fear what other humans think about us or how they might treat us or what they might say about us to other people. And we are not to fear being persecuted for our testimonies for Jesus Christ and for the gospel of Christ.

[Jeremiah 1:4-19; Matthew 10:24-28; Philippians 1:12-14; 2 Timothy 1:6-7; 1 Peter 3:13-17; Revelation 2:9-10; Acts 23:11; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10]

Fit for Service 

 

An Original Work / October 5, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Holy Spirit, come within us.

Cleanse our hearts, 

and from sin free us.

Make us holy vessels fit 

for service to the King.

Fill us with Your love and power.

Anoint us within this hour

To be living witnesses 

For Jesus Christ, our King.

Our praise to Him bring.

Father God, our heart’s desire,

Come and speak to us in power.

Revive our hearts to obey You;

Live for You always.

May we love and serve You only,

Walking with You; 

Not a phony.

May we always tell the truth,

And show integrity.

Your true servants be.

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.

Purify our hearts within us;

Be transformed into Your likeness,

Holy unto You.

May we always listen to You

Speaking Your words 

Now within us.

May we heed Your counsel to us;

Follow You today.

Do all that You say. 

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The Gift of God Within You

An Original Work / March 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love