BLESSINGS IN STIRRING UP THE HOLY SPIRIT

My Dear Precious Child, I speak to you through Paul's second writing to Timothy in the church at Ephesus, telling you to stir up the flame of the Holy Spirit of My gift to you. He wrote that I did not give to you a spirit of cowardice and fear, but instead I gave to you a Spirit of unequaled strength, love and a sound mind that is filled with My wisdom that is found only in the Holy Spirit that was given to you by the laying on of hands. Paul told Timothy to never be ashamed of his testimony about Me and My goodness, nor of Paul's position of being a prisoner for My sake with a strength that only comes from Me. He share with Timothy the hardships that the preaching of the gospel brings. (II Timothy 1:6-8) Paul wrote in his salutation to Timothy that he recalled their departure from each other when he prayed for Timothy, remembering even the tears that flowed between them, confessing still that his happiness would be complete if they could see each other again. He recalled also that Timothy's faith was strong because of his mother and grandmother. As always, Paul had also prayed that My grace, peace and mercy would be upon Timothy. They were both called to ministry, not because of anything on their part but only because of the grace that was in Christ Jesus even before the world was created but then My grace was manifested through the appearance of the Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Paul wrote that Christ had robbed death of its power and He was brought to Life and immortality into the light by the Gospel of Christ Jesus. Paul confessed that he was called into the ministry to be a preacher, apostle and teacher; and for its sake he had to experience many hardships. He confessed that he was not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ because he knew Christ in whom he had believed and he was confident that I was able to protect and perfect what he had committed to Me. (I Timothy 1:12) Paul encouraged Timothy to take as an example of sound teaching what he had heard from the words of Paul, the sound teaching that he had heard Paul speak and discuss with him. He told Timothy to guard the rich deposit of faith with the help of My Holy Spirit who lived inside of him. With regret Paul wrote in this letter to Timothy that all of the converts in Asia had turned their backs on him. However, Paul wrote that one man had not turned his back, and so Paul prayed for him because that man had given to Paul a new heart and he had not been ashamed of Paul and his chains. Paul wrote that when that man had been in Rome that he had sought Paul, found him and he had performed many service for Christ even in Ephesus, writing that Timothy knew that truth more than anyone. It is in Paul's writings to Timothy, whom Paul considered his spiritual son, that Paul's confessions of faith are found and quoted by believers for generations. Paul's imprisonment was orchestrated by Me so that he would be protected from his enemies and still have the means to write the letters which have been saved for generations and are looked upon as sound doctrine for the true Christian church. Paul's enemies from the unbelievers but also from the believers who had become led astray by false teachers would have been responsible for an early death for him if he had not had the imprisonment as his safety net, even though he was in chains. All of his valuable letters written from prison have survived and are looked upon as examples of faith, patience, love and grace. Just as there had been a falling away from Jesus Christ in his life on earth several times because of the Pharisees and Saducces, but there had always been a remnant that stayed faithful in order to begin a new movement of the Gospel of Christ. There had also been a falling away from the churches at Asia after My Kingdom of God came into the earth on the day of Pentecost. BUT after some of Jesus Christ's disciples had fallen away from Christ Jesus before His crucifixion, He asked Peter if he was going to also leave him. Peter wisely told Jesus that there was no place else to go because Jesus was the only One who had the words of Eternal Life. (John 6:66-69) Timothy and a few other young ministers had remained loyal to the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached through Paul but there was a great falling away of other people who followed the false prophets who led them astray to depending upon the Mosaic Law to enhance the Gospel of Christ Jesus, which was blasphemy because My salvation is complete in the Gospel of the Kingdom of God through Christ Jesus. Paul was sensitive to the losses in the Asia churches, seeming to take them to heart personally as beng a failure on his part. Paul's writings to the churches make up almost three quarters of the recorded New Covenant of the Holy Spirit in My History and Instruction Book called the Bible. Without his being imprisoned there would not have been the occasion or the time for him to put into writing the wisdom and truth that he had heard from the Holy Spirit during his imprisonment. Your Father of Greater Plans Than Human Plans