Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for July 11, 2026

YOU WERE NOT GIVEN A SPIRIT OF FEAR

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of sound mind.

Additional Verses

📖 Joshua 1:1-9; Isaiah 41:8-14; Acts 4:1-31; 2 Timothy 1:1-10

Before you became a child of God you were subject to the devil and your nature was sin. Where there is sin there is fear and where there is fear there is torment. Your life then was all darkness. You could be easily intimidated by your surroundings. However, when you became born again and you became a child of God, you were translated from darkness to light. 1 Peter 2:9 says, “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a Holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” Where there is light there is no fear at all. All things become subject to you. Through your new nature, God gave you the spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind. Confusion ceased to be your portion just as much as fear ceased to be a part of you. Today, because of lack of understanding of what it means to be born again in Jesus Christ, many uninformed Christians continue to live in their past. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new.” Rather than manifesting power, love and a sound mind, they manifest fear and torment. This is not what Jesus Christ did when He lived on earth. The reason why many live in fear and torment, is because of what they see, hear and experience in this world. This is because they don’t spend time meditating upon the life of Jesus Christ in the Gospels or even learning from the experience of His Apostles in the Book of Acts. When many face tests, trials and persecutions, they quickly give up on God. Rather than concentrating on God, such people concentrate on their fears and torments. Paul, who went through a lot of persecution during his missionary journeys, wrote most of his letters encouraging Christians while he was in prison. James 1:2-3 says, “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.” Faith comes from hearing, and hearing the Word of God. Where there is genuine faith, there cannot be any fear or torment. Faith is that heavenly currency that connects you to God in whatever situation you may be going through. Just as 2 Timothy 1:6-7 says, “Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” So steer up that anointing that you are always receiving from God, which is inside you, and will be able to put everything under your control. Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank You Almighty God and Father for reminding me not to concentrate on the wrong things for You have not given me a spirit of fear, but you have given me the spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind. Thank You for also reminding me that I must always count it all joy when I face diverse tests, trials and temptations as it will be a testing of my faith. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray. Amen.