1. 2 Timothy

2. Growth of Christianity
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3. Fan the Flame
2 Timothy 1:1-7

5. Matthew 5:14-16
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house…

6. Matthew 5:14-16
“…Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

7. Fan into Flame
When they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. from Greek translation of Genesis 45:17

8. Fan into Flame
The spirit of the people was rekindled when they heard these words, and they answered in a loud voice, “You are our leader… all that you say to us we will do.” 1 Maccabees 13:7

9. Fan into Flame
to awaken courage and hope in the heart of someone crushed by despair or fear

10. Fan into Flame
1 Corinthians 16:10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I also am.

12. Fan into Flame
to awaken courage and hope in the heart of someone crushed by despair or fear

13. What is this Gift of God?
Titus 3:5-7 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit…

14. What is this Gift of God?
Titus 3:5-7 …whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

15. What is this Gift of God?
The Holy Spirit who fills you with spiritual gifts

16. What is this Gift of God?
1 Timothy 4:13-14 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

17. What is this Gift of God?
1 Corinthians 12:7-9 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge… to another faith… to another gifts of healing…

18. What is this Gift of God? The Holy Spirit who fills you with
spiritual gifts
power
love
self-control

19. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
Give thanks
Avoid sin

20. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit.

21. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.

22. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
Ephesians 4:30-31 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

23. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
Give thanks
Avoid sin
Get to work

25. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
Give thanks
Avoid sin
Get to work
Join with others

26. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
Hebrews 10:24–25 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another…

27. How do we fan this Gift into Flame?
Give thanks
Avoid sin
Get to work
Join with others