Please continue to pray for Henry’s health. His blood sugar level has continued to be close to 300. Doctors indicate when his pancreas begins functioning again that should go down. Henry is scheduled to videotape the new Experiencing God videos in Nashville beginning February 6. He is then scheduled to travel to South Africa to do some teaching. Both of these trips are important but his health must improve if he is to do them. Please pray that his pancreas will begin functioning properly, his pain will completely subside and his strength will return. Pray also that he will have wisdom whether to go to Africa at this time or not.

The family thanks you for kindly lifting him up in prayer. Rather than calling his office for updates, please feel free to visit this website in the days ahead. Whenever we have an update on his condition, we will post it here.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)

The only fear that God encourages in a Christian’s life is the fear of God (2 Cor. 5:10–11;_Heb. 10:31). Fear of people does not come from God. The problem is that many Christians fear people more than they fear God. Their fear hinders them from pleasing God because they waste their efforts appeasing other people. Timothy was a young man, timid by nature, and_probably not strong physically (1 Tim. 5:23). He knew of Paul’s frequent trials and persecutions. He knew that he, too, might suffer those same persecutions. Paul reminded his young colleague that fear of others does not come_from God.

Fear causes us to stop and question what God has clearly told us to do. Perhaps we were confident in our obedience until persecution came; now we doubt whether we heard God correctly. Most fear is fear of the unknown. We do not know what lies ahead of us, so we become apprehensive. Our imaginations can magnify problems until they seem insurmountable. We need a sound mind to see things in proper perspective. That is why God gave us His Holy Spirit, to enable us to see things as God sees them.

Fear is no excuse to disobey God. There is no reason to live in fear when you have the mighty presence of the Holy Spirit within you. Fear will enslave you, but Christ has come to set you free. Ask God to free you from any fear you are experiencing and to open your eyes. As He reveals the reality of your situation, He will enable you to continue in obedience.

by Henry T. Blackaby

Life is very short, at best. It passes quickly, and it is uncertain at all times. “It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” (James 4:14). David understood this all too well and pleaded unto the Lord:

"Lord, make to know my end,

"And what is the measure of my days,

"That I may know how frail I am.

"Indeed, You have made my days as handbreaths,

"And my age is as nothing before You” (Psalm 39:4-5)."

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