Category: 2 Timothy
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Fire!
1 Thessalonians 5:19 “Do not quench the Spirit.” 2 Timothy 1:6 “Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” Ephesians 6:16 “In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.” It’s interesting…
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His Word is not Bound!
John 18:12 “So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jewsarrested Jesus and bound Him.” 2 Timothy 2:8-9 “Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!” The history of…
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Fear: the Antidote
2 Timothy 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” Identifying the source of a problem is always essential to addressing that problem. For example, if all we focus on and treat are the symptoms of a disease, the disease will…
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Are You Ready?
2 Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” Has anyone ever asked you the following question: “So, what has God been teaching you lately?” If they did ask it, would you have an answer? I had…
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Strong in Grace
2 Timothy 2:1 “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” Are you a strong Christian? What does this even mean? As with most things in the Scriptures, the emphasis here is not on the physical. Nothing wrong with that, mind you. Bodily exercise is beneficial to us. The Bible even says this:…
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Rewards
John 5:44 “How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?” 2 Timothy 4:6-8 “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept…
To Encourage You 