Study Questions - Fan The Flame

Date: April 3, 2005
Passage: 2 Timothy 1:1-10
Message: Fan the Flame

Timothy had been sent to Ephesus but had become overwhelmed by the task. Life’s experiences had doused the flame for ministry.
Share an experience where you started with a blaze of glory but found it difficult to keep going.

Read 2 Timothy 1:6
……fan into flame the gift of God
What ‘gift’ is Paul talking about?
How might we fan it into a flame?

Read 2 Timothy 1:7
….timidity
Share some of the areas you are afraid of looking silly, or foolish.
How have you dealt with this over the years?

“But you can have sincere faith and a cold heart!
That’s the kind of faith that has been battered and bruised and disappointed and just wants to retreat into a world of anonymity and safety!”
Discuss

V7 ……….spirit of power
How can we recognise the spirit of power as something quite different from our own strengths and abilities?
Share some Biblical examples of people who found God’s power in times of weakness.
Share some personal examples from your own life.
See also 2 Corinthians 12:9

V7……..spirit of Love
Love is a glorious balance to power.
Power without love is destructive…..love without power is delusional!
Discuss

V7…….spirit of Sound Judgement
Timothy had become clouded in his thinking and his judgement had suffered.
What sorts of things have clouded our thinking and therefore our judgement as Christians today?

…..don’t be ashamed [v8,12]
Why are we sometimes ashamed to speak for the Lord?

Pray for one another.