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this post would take approximately three minutes to read from start to finish.
This post is based on an article from Ensign; October 1984 and it is called, “God Hath Not Given Us the Spirit of Fear" by President Gordon B. Hinckley. This post is part two. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the article and I hope you will learn something new.
President Hinckley mentioned, “... We loved the Lord and we loved good and honorable friends. From such love we drew great strength. How great and magnificent is the power of love to overcome fear and doubt, worry and discouragement. God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” What did Paul mean by the words, a sound mind? I think he meant the basic logic of the gospel. ... I do not fret over the mysteries. I do not worry whether the heavenly gates swing or slide. ... I am more concerned with the fact that God has revealed in this dispensation a great and marvelous and beautiful plan that motivates men and women to love their Creator and their Redeemer, to appreciate and serve one another, to walk in faith on the road that leads to immortality and eternal life.

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| "Perfect love casteth out fear." - Moroni 8:16 |
I am grateful for the marvelous declaration that “the glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth.” (D&C 93:36.) ... “That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.” (D&C 50:23–24) ... What have any of us to fear regarding our challenges and difficulties in life? “Only fear itself,” as U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said in a different context.
Let us refer again to the tremendously important truths taught by Paul: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Tim. 1:7.) Then gave Paul his great mandate to Timothy: “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord.” (2 Tim. 1:8.)
May this counsel be as a personal charge to each of us. Let us walk with confidence never with arrogance and with quiet dignity in our conviction concerning Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. Let us find strength in the strength that comes from him. Let us find peace in the peace that was of the very essence of his being. Let us be willing to sacrifice in the spirit of him who gave himself a sacrifice for all men. Let us walk in virtue after his mandate, “Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.” (Isa. 52:11.) Let us repent of any wrongdoing, in fulfillment of his commandment that we do so, and then let us seek forgiveness under the mercy he has promised. Let us demonstrate our love for him through service to one another."
You may or may not would like to read the whole article in your own time. Here is the link below.
Stay Tuned until next time.
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