Brother Ray spoke mainly from this verse in 2 Timothy.
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. ~2 Tim 1:7
There were 3 main points.
1) Power is 100% God’s responsibility. All we need to do is to continue to go to Jesus, admit our powerlessness and ask for his presence.
2) Love is a shared responsibility – it is both God’s part and our part.
3) Lastly, we are given a spirit of self-discipline. This one is fairly obvious. SELF-discipline so this last component is entirely our responsibility.
Power is God’s – do you want his presence more than anything else? Love is both God’s part and ours – are you committed to it? And finally, self-discipline is up to us – what are you going to do about it?


