God’s gift is not fear

You see, God did not give us a cowardly spirit but a powerful, loving,
and disciplined spirit.

God’s gift of faith is like a flame, and when the embers of the fire have
cooled you must fan them again and keep them ablaze.

So don’t be embarrassed to testify about our Lord or for me, His prisoner.
Join us in suffering for the good news by the strength and power of God.
God has already saved us and called us to this holy calling—not because
of any good works we may have done, but because of His own intention
and because eons and eons ago (before time itself existed), He gave us
this grace in Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King.
2 Timothy 1:7-9 (VOICE)