A Proper Fear of God

We read the phrase “Fear God” many times in the Bible, but in 2nd Timothy we are told that “God has not given us a spirit of fear”. How do we reconcile these two statements and what does it mean to have a proper fear of God?

Mark Regoord serves in Alaska following several years in Buffalo, New York.  Mark was born into the church, was baptized in 1984, was ordained a deacon in 2008 and then an elder in 2011. He and his lovely wife, Jennifer, have been married for more than 25 years and they have four children who currently reside with them in Alaska.