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 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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The Worst Sinner Became One Of The Best Servants
I thank Christ Jesus for our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer, persecutor, and violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 1 Timothy 1:12-13 What example did Paul use to show that neither genealogies nor Law saves people? Paul contrasted the myths and lawless living to the healthy teachings of the gospel. God entrusted Paul with the glorious gospel of the blessed God. He gave the Law to restrain sinners. The law lacks the power to save those sinners. God’s grace brings…
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Truth
We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that law is made not for the righteous but lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers – and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. 1 Timothy 1:8-11 Today reread chapter 1 and Galatians 3:23-29. In your notebook, write down everything that you learn about Jesus Christ. Pay…
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What Is Truth: Part 3
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope, To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 Timothy 1:1-2 Do you remember Paul’s purpose of 1 Timothy? Reread 1 Timothy 1:3 and also look at 3:14, 15 if you can write the purpose in the margin of your bible or a notebook. Let’s also put the date in. A.D. 65. Read chapters 4-6 of this book to familiarize yourself with the rest of the book. Now let’s go back and focus…
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What Is Truth: Part 2
Did you find the purpose of Paul’s letter? If you didn’t, it’s ok. We will continue to look for the answers in a few days. Paul was Timothy’s mentor. They first met in Lystra, in modern Turkey, where Paul healed a disabled person (a cripple). Paul was stoned because he wouldn’t let them worship him as a Greek god, Hermes. Read Acts 14:8-20. Maybe this is where Paul and Timothy first met. It doesn’t really tell us, though. Paul asked Timothy to go with him on his second missionary trip. Read Acts 16: 1-3. Timothy’s father was Greek, and his mother was Jewish. 2 Timothy…
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What Is Truth? Part 1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope; 1 Timothy 1:1 What is truth? Do you struggle with know what is true and what isn’t? We are going to spend the next five weeks in the book of First Timothy. You will need paper, pens/colored pencils, and a Bible you don’t mind writing in for this series of devotions. What do you know about this book? Who is the author of this book, and who is it to? Today we will spend time determining the context of 1 Timothy Chapters 1-3. …
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Prayer Time
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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I Can Do All Things Through Christ
The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galatians 5:6 As joint-heirs of Jesus Christ, we are capable of doing things that we simply couldn’t do. Read John 15:5 and Philippians 4:13. What do these verses teach us? Without Jesus, we cannot do anything. It is that simple. With Him, we can do everything. What have you done in life that required you to draw your strength from Jesus, so you could do the impossible? Read 2 Corinthians 4:7. What is God’s goal according to this verse? God is greatly glorified when we are enabled to do what we are unable…
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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…