The Sole Source Of Power To Make Changes

Titus 1:15-16, “To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled, and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.” Paul states in Titus 1:12-14 just how …

When You Need To Maintain Hope When It is Hard To Do So

Titus 1:2, “In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began.” Paul wrote the book of Titus before he wrote 2 Timothy to guide and instruct Titus in working with the churches on the island of Crete. In Titus 1:5, it states, “The reason I left you in Crete …

God Is Looking Over Your Shoulder

2 Timothy 4:1-2, “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.” We all know that …

When You Need To Have Competence

2 Timothy 3: 16-17, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.” What Bible verses have made an impact on your life? If you grew up in a Christian home, …

Time Is Running Out

2 Timothy 3:1-5“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of …

Correcting With Gentleness

2 Timothy 2:24-26, “And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, after being …

Being A Gold Platter or a Garbage Can?

2 Timothy 2:20-21, “Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master …

The Importance of Following The Specifications

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.” In my Bible, I have a note written next to this verse that says, “8/12/11, From my dad about himself.” This verse represented his goal in …

When You Need To Know God’s Plan

2 Timothy 2:6-7, “It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.” Have you worked diligently and hard at something that did not meet your anticipated successful outcome? You analyzed, maybe did research, and then …