“…. set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and purity” 1 Timothy 4:12 There are positives and negatives of qualifications for overseers and deacons. There are 5 negatives that 1 Timothy 3 states. They are: For the overseer: For the Deacon: not given to drunkenness …
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It’s Okay to Acctop Help
“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit.” says the Lord Almighty. Zechariah 4:6 How do you do with accepting help from others? Can you ask for help? Or do you stay silent but wish you had help? I struggle in this area. Unless I feel like you won’t be bothered, I struggle to ask for help. However, I have no problem jumping out and helping others. Read Matthew 4:11. Who attended to Jesus? The angels did. They came and helped Jesus after the wilderness. Jesus accepted their assistance and comfort they came to provide to Him. He didn’t make an excuse to…
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Sharing Our Gifts with Others
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies – in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:10 God has gifted us with specific interests, talents, and abilities that he wants us to use to serve Him and others. We are all individuals that God created. He created each of us uniquely. There are things that no one else in the world can do quite…