If we belong to God, this chapter says, we will have the spirit of truth. It also says we have to love one another because God is love and anyone who does not love, does not know God. In fact he loves us so much that he sent his only son to die for us and has given us his spirit. Verse 18 says that if we love we will not be afraid. Fear is like a punishment, nobody likes to be afraid of something.
Love is a good thing, something happy.
God wants us to tell others about him and if we love it will drive out the fear and we should have more confidence to speak up. In the notes section write down the name of a non-Christian person who you could talk to about Christ then write a prayer helping you to love others. Read 1 John 4 Read 1 Corinthians 13 which tells us more about love. Use the prayer you wrote as a guideline to ask God to help you to love others. Verse 14 is excellent - it's good to know we can be confident when we talk to God and that we don't have to grovel and crawl to God.