God’s Will is Boldness, Not Fear or Being Timid/Shy
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of self-control.Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, (powerful prayer) and they were all filled with The Holy Ghost and began to speak the word of Theos with boldness.
Revelation 21:8 The fearful won’t be allowed into Paradise.
Revelation 3 Lukewarm church, without passion. To be Shyness/timid/fearful is to be lukewarm, not active, not passionate, but rather scared to move. Held back.
In Acts 2 and Acts 4, they were hot on fire for God. Worship & prayer was passionate.
They lived their lives with passion. Muslims do.Proverbs 28:1
The ungodly man flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is/are confident as a lion.Confident = G3982: persuade, trust, confident, sure (not shaken). It’s the opposite of being timid, shy
Joshua 1:9
Lo! I have commanded you; be strong and courageous, do not be cowardly nor fearful, for Jesus your Theos (The Alpha & Omega) is with you in all places where you go.
Responsibility and Maturity Are God’s Design
Lamentations 3:27-31 It is good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.
In the context, I believe that it means that it’s good for young people to endure suffering/problems, not be without problems; learn that sin brings judgment.
Parents should allow children to experience life, make mistakes. Not shelter them too much, too long.
Many of the men and women of the bible were only between 10-16 years old when God first called them.
1 Corinthians 13:11
"When I was a child, I spake as a child... but when I became a man, I put away childish things."Shyness is for little children, not adults.
God Created Us for Fellowship and Connection, Networking
Hebrews 10:24-25
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together... but exhorting one another..."
Regular social and spiritual interaction is God's will.
People who think that they can worship at home without a pastor, they are deceiving themselves.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
"Two are better than one... For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow…"Genesis 2:18
"It is not good that the man should be alone..."
God designed people for interaction and companionship.
Shyness, Being Timid, Being Introvert.It’s being ruled by fear.
It’s a dysfunction caused by our childhood fears, which our parents didn’t try hard enough to push us out of.
Our parents should had engaged us in social activities, clubs & organizations, to socialize us; to create communication skills and social skills; to expose us to people of the same gender and of the opposite gender, of our own age and of older age and of younger age. Exposure to each of these groups are extremely important.
We learn from our environment. Even sexual behavior. What’s normal and what’s not.
How to talk and how to communicate. How NOT to be shy, timid, introvert, self centered. It’s all learned from childhood.But once I became a man, then I put away childish things/behaviour. That includes obsession with certain sports especially sports where grown men chase a stupid ball.
And childish ways of dressing: (men buttoning the top button of their shirt.)We have to STOP using the events of our childhood as an excuse. No person is born gay. Everyone must be born again, make huge changes. Everyone.
Up until just 70 years ago, people in the western world, didn’t treat their “offspring” as babies into their teenage years. But rather, young people were given MUCH responsibility even as early as 7 years old. They had a lot of chores, manual labor and huge responsibility.
Lack of responsibility results in adults acting like weak immature children, shy, timid.It’s not God’s will for anyone to be emotionless, robotic, lifeless, speechless, to themselves, alone.
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