Guard the Fire Without Hiding It: The Practice That Makes It Visible

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A single Sunday from 2 Timothy 1:3-14 for a church that can name courage in the notebook and still keep the gospel covered in the week. Paul writes from a chain to Timothy: sincere faith, a gift to stir, no spirit of fear but power, love, and self-control, no shame of the Lord's testimony or of the prisoner, a Savior who abolished death, sound words held, the good thing guarded through the Holy Spirit. 1 Peter 3:15 names a ready answer given with humility. Philippians 2:15-16 names lights in the world holding up the word of life. God-given courage is the practice that makes the entrusted gospel visible; covering the fire is not how you keep it. Manuscript, outline, and midweek discussion.