{"id":2504,"date":"2021-04-26T18:34:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levenskracht-tilburg.nl\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:44:36","slug":"een-geest-van-kracht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/een-geest-van-kracht\/","title":{"rendered":"A spirit of Power and of Love and of a Sound mind."},"content":{"rendered":"

When I received 2<\/strong> Timothy 1:7<\/strong> as the main verse for this year, it became clear to me what God wants us to focus on. Here it says,<\/p>\n

\"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power,<\/strong> and of love<\/strong>, and of<\/strong> a sound mind<\/strong>.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

So not a fearing holding back kind of spirit, but one of Power, Love and a Sound mind<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

These are the characteristics of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.<\/p>\n

He<\/strong> makes it possible for us to do extraordinary things and overcome extraordinary circumstances! The Holy Spirit places us in a separate category of people, namely that of a child of God!<\/p>\n

If God's Spirit were not in us, we would not be any different from other people in this world, and might feel just as hopeless as they do.<\/p>\n

But it is precisely God's Spirit that gives us strength, as we also read in Ephesians 3:16 <\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,..\"<\/em><\/p>\n

Our inner being it says here\u2026 and that includes our soul! So also our thoughts and emotions.<\/p>\n

Here as well, God wants to give us strength to endure times of uncertainty. Not to get confused, but to experience God's peace through the power of the Spirit.<\/p>\n

The greatest challenge we face is to keep our minds on God and not let our emotions get the upper hand.<\/p>\n

Not an easy task given the current circumstances. But one thing I know for sure: if you trust in God, you don't have to worry.<\/p>\n

The end of the world hasn't come yet, and God is still on the throne.<\/p>\n

In Phillipians 4:6-7<\/strong> it says \"<\/em>Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 <\/sup>and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding<\/strong>, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Going to God when you need something and thanking Him for His provision brings a peace in your life that passes all understanding!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>I don't need to understand everything that is happening around me, I just need God's power to overcome it.<\/p>\n

Colossians 1:11<\/strong> \u201c\u2026being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance...\"<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toen ik 2 Timothe\u00fcs 1,7 als hoofdvers voor dit jaar kreeg, werd me duidelijk waar God wil dat we ons op gaan focussen. Hier staat: \u201cGod heeft ons niet een geest van lafhartigheid gegeven, maar een geest van kracht, liefde en bezonnenheid.\u201d Dus geen vreesachtige terughoudende geest, maar een van kracht, liefde en gezond oordeel. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kracht"],"meta_box":{"imic_strict_no_header":"0","imic_page_topbar_show":"","imic_page_specific_header":"","imic_page_logo_image":[],"imic_page_retina_logo_image":[],"imic_page_retina_logo_image_width":"","imic_page_retina_logo_image_height":"","imic_page_layout":"","imic_content_width":"","imic_content_padding_top":"","imic_content_padding_bottom":"","imic_pages_body_bg_color":"","imic_pages_body_bg_image":[],"imic_pages_body_bg_wide":"0","imic_pages_body_bg_repeat":"repeat","imic_pages_content_bg_color":"","imic_pages_content_bg_image":[],"imic_pages_content_bg_wide":"0","imic_pages_content_bg_repeat":"repeat","imic_page_header_show":"1","imic_pages_Choose_slider_display":"0","imic_header_image":[],"imic_pages_select_revolution_from_list":"1","imic_pages_select_smart_from_list":"","imic_pages_slider_height":"","imic_pages_slider_image":[],"imic_pages_slider_auto_slide":"yes","imic_pages_slider_speed":"","imic_pages_slider_pagination":"yes","imic_pages_slider_direction_arrows":"yes","imic_pages_slider_effects":"fade","imic_pages_banner_color":"","imic_pages_breadcrumb_show":"1","imic_pages_title_show":"1","imic_pages_banner_bg_color":"","imic_post_page_custom_title":"","imic_pages_banner_text_color":"","imic_pages_title_alignment":"","imic_page_social_share":"1","imic_select_sidebar_from_list":"","imic_select_sidebar_position":"","imic_post_custom_description":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4254,"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions\/4254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnengel-propheticinsight.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}