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BIBLE STUDY SCHEDULE We are almost done with the book of Esther! Thursday, January 15 @ 7:30pm TOPIC: Esther 9 & 10 TEACHER: Pastor Lito Javier The Capacite Residence 730 W Baker Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832 (714) 578-0318 JOINT SERVICE We will be having a joint service with FBC-Anaheim on January 25th at the main sanctuary.

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THREE STEPS TO SALVATION

Admit that you are a sinner who needs a Savior. Believe that Jesus is the only Savior available. Choose to follow Jesus.

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Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:25 NIV

The Pastors Message

by Pastor Hector de Guzman

OVERCOMING FEAR THROUGH FAITHFULNESS 2 TIMOTHY 1:1-7
Notice four things our text says will enable us to overcome our fear:

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Opening Prayer Call to Worship Welcome Praise and Worship Communion Sermon - Pastor Hector de Guzman Tithes and Offerings Announcements Benediction Closing Song
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OVERCOME FEAR AND REMAIN FAITHFUL BY REASSURING ONE ANOTHER THAT WE ARE GODS CHILDREN. vv. 3-4

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All of us need words of reassurance. All of us need someone who will love us enough to encourage us. This is what Paul wanted to do in Timothys life. He wanted to encourage him, to strengthen him, to lift him up from the pit of fear and despair and to reassure him that he was still useful in Gods kingdom and that Paul could see it.

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OVERCOME FEAR AND REMAIN FAITHFUL BY REMEMBERING WHAT JESUS HAS DONE IN OUR LIVES. v. 5

It is easier to be faithful to God when we remember His faithfulness to us. As a people we have a tremendous capacity to forget. We forget that we are not where we are simply because of our own efforts, we forget what others have done for us, we forget what God has done for us. And when we forget what God has done for us we are tempted to believe that God has never used us and never will use us. Paul points Timothy back to things in his life which demonstrate Gods hand on him and his ministry.

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OVERCOME FEAR AND REMAIN FAITHFUL BY REKINDLING THE GIFTS GOD HAS GIVEN US. v. 6

Are you facing fear today? Perhaps you are afraid of losing your job, of developing cancer or being left by your spouse. At times all of us experience fear. But don't allow fear to keep you from being used by God. He has kept you thus far; trust Him for the rest of the way. Woodrow Kroll Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security. Elisabeth Elliot

Doubts and fears have a tendency to cause us to let the flame of passion, the fire for action burn low in our lives. As Paul writes to young Timothy, who is probably in his early to mid thirties by this time, he tells him that if he is going to assume the responsibilities for which God has preordained him, he must keep the fire of passion for ministry alive in his heart.

IV. WE OVERCOME FEAR GODS STRENGTH. v. 7

AND REMAIN FAITHFUL BY RELYING ON

Timothy was fearful because the flame within him had burned low. The faith within him was weak and in need of exercise. Instead of giving in to fear, which is inconsistent with the very nature of the Spirit of God, we are told that we have been possessed by His Spirit, one of power, of love and of sound judgment.