Nothing benefits us more than having someone who believes in us and in what we do. Somehow having supporters and cheerleaders in one’s faith-life inspires one to continue from day to day. Timothy’s greatest supporter was Paul. He believed in Timothy and the work God called them both to do—preaching the Word of God through the power of the Holy Spirit. Paul encouraged Timothy in three ways in 2 Tim 1:6-7. “Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and…