Our Father in heaven, Your name is honored as holy. Your kingdom come. Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.] Let’s take some time and focus on prayer. Look up these verses and glean from them. Prayer! It’s a conversation with God. Do you struggle with praying? Is it intimidating to you to pray to God? Is there a right way to…
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Reflection Day
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 Today is Reflection Day! I love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflect on what God has spoken to me. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting action to what God is telling me and asking of me. Reflection Day gives me a slower pace to grasp what God is telling me. It gives me more time to listen…
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The Holy Spirit Protection
My family and I have traveled a lot in May. Some of it has been relaxing, some of it has been intense. On the first trip, we had some huge things we had to fix on our big van. We had the protection of our Triune God. I am amazed at how far we made it on our trip, and nothing bad happened to us. The rotors were really bad. The next trip we took was within our home state. I ask my bible study ladies to keeps us in their prayers. Our leader listens to the Holy Spirit and then shared what the Holy…
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Responsibilities To Others
Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, exhortation, and teaching. 1 Timothy 4:13 We have been learning about Timothy is to be an example of sound discipline to the congregation. What is the instruction Paul gives Timothy in verse 13? The church service is to include the public reading of Scripture. Scripture is powerful. It changes people’s lives and brings them out of darkness into the light. Let’s look at an example of the power of the Scripture. Then we will know why not neglect the public reading of Scripture. Read Nehemiah 8:1-12. What are the events that are happening in…
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Faithful Leaders Encourage Believers With Their Spiritual Gifts
Please do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. 1 Timothy 4:14 Do you know what your spiritual gifts are? Do you use them? Read 1 Timothy 4: 11-16. Paul reminded Timothy not to neglect his spiritual gifts. Scripture reveals that the Holy Spirit may give spiritual gifts as believers pray. Jesus prayed for and breathed on His disciples and imparted the new life of the Holy Spirit to them. In Samaria, the apostles prayed for new believers, laid hands on them, and the Holy Spirit filled them. In Ephesus,…
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Faithful Leaders
Everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if received with thanksgiving because the word of God and prayer consecrate it. 1 Timothy 4:1-5 What are some characteristics of false teachers? False teachers are “hypocritical liars.” What they teach doesn’t match what they practice. Believers must not believe every person that carries a bible. The Bible is true, but even Satan quotes the Bible. We must search and know scripture to be able to identify false teachers. False teachers have seared consciences. When one has a seared conscience, they have no feeling of right or wrong, just as scorched flesh has no…
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The Pastor’s Responsibilities To The Family Of God
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 1 Timothy 4:1 Read 1 Timothy 4. Then reread the first five verses. Who fell away from the faith and the false doctrine they profess? Ask the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions. For example, For whom do they pay attention? To what kind of doctrine do you pay attention? Is there any new strange doctrine that Paul points out that is happening in the church? The Christian faith was preached, accepted, and lived out in a world where many ideas threatened…
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Reflection Day
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 Today is Reflection Day! I love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflect on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting action to what God is telling me and asking of me. Reflection Day gives me a slower pace to grasp what God is telling me. It gives me more time to…
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Overseers And Deacons
It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, uncontentious, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:1-3 Were you aware of how specific Pual was in his qualifications fr elders and overseers? Now that we have read and reread 1 Timothy 3: 8-13, make a list of the qualifications. Read Philippians 1:1. In the Greek word, deacon means servant or minister. …
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Qualified Leaders Respected For Seven Reasons
Now an overseer must be above reproach. . . 1 Timothy 3:2 Do you want to be a good example of representing Christ? Here are a few examples of a respected leader. A church leader must be married to one wife. This isn’t saying that you have to be married, just if you choose to be married, have one spouse, no others. Married people need to be faithful to one another. Church leaders should be of showing the appearance of faithfulness – in following Christ. A church leader should be gentle. When a leader has to correct someone who falls into error, the church leader…