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>STIR IT UP
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>"Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears....I
>remind you to stir up the gift of God
>which is in you.... For God has not given us a spirit
>of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind."
>(2 Timothy 1:4,6-7)
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>There are times when you know what God has called you to do, but you
>just don't feel you have the
>inner resources you need to do it. Somehow you've simply
>run dry. You know the Word says that "out of your belly shall flow
>rivers of living water" (John
>7:38). But, during those times, you can't even find the
>creek bank, much less the river.
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>The Word of God tells us how to handle those situations through a
>clear command: "Stir up the gift
>inside you."
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>YOU stir YOURSELF up! Everything you need is already in you. Jesus
>put it there. Everything you'll
>ever need to accomplish what God has called you to do
>has been placed inside you by God Almighty.
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>Faith is in there. Power is in there. Love is in there. Believe
>that. Speak it out. Say it to
>yourself now, right out loud:
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>"In the Name of Jesus, I stir up the gift that's within me by faith.
>I'm stirring up my faith. I'm
>not going to wait until I feel stirred up. I'm stepping
>out by faith and expecting my feelings to follow!
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>"I'm stirring up the love of God that's in me. I'm stirring up the
>power. I'm stirring up myself and
>running the devil out of my affairs. I'm stirring
>myself up in the Spirit of the living God! I AM stirred up!"
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