1 Timothy 4 (March 13)

Wuddup brothas from anotha mothas!

Reminder: Bring your retreat homework finished for tomorrow's meeting. Meet at finch, 6:00 sharp!

The minute i read the first 3 versus of this chapter. The word spiritual warfare came in my head. I remember Sam talked about spiritual warfare in his sermons many times. And that is one thing we must be carefull of. According to some people, there are many God's in this world. But abviously, they are wrong, right. As the bible said, there is only One God, as it says in the first commandment of the ten. We must be carefull, for what is around us. Any form of evil, can simply harm our christian life, no matter how small or big it is. This is why we do devotions together, so we can be protect from the evil ones. We all have none christian friends right? We must be careful who we hang out with because as i said, any type of form of evil can harm your christian life. Yes, as God said, we should also help those who are lost, but we must be patient. Correct me if im wrong. Anyways, thats pretty much it!

adios amigos!

Instructions to Timothy: 1 Timothy 4:

Just before I actually dive a little into the word, I find that so many of these concepts we learn actually affect our team so greatly! But even though we do happen to learn them, we all need to start the application, right? I mean, the book of James talks about how faith is good, but useless in the face of deeds! I think as leaders, we need to start taking action, right?

I find that this chapter had a little bit of everything mixed up into one pile. I'd like to tackle on lots of the key points that Paul is trying to convey to Timothy. The first would be how we can view the other world; the side bounded by ungodly notions that are just made up. I mean, I encounter it daily. Sometimes we see a bible verse that talks about the killings of many children (sacrifices, recall!) or something really disturbing. Sure, fact is fact, but one would have to put things in context and see the big picture. God wants us not to always concentrate on the keenest details, but more so on the overall image he wants to present to us. Sometimes, we can't depend on ourselves if we do happen to fall into this. I know I have. God's told me the correct answer, though, and by listening to him, I could understand him better.

I know I'm going to rant on for so long. Sorry for someone who happens to read this devotion of mine; I just enjoy freelance writing. Anyway, the second paragraph, from verse six, talks about how we can really be godly. We should be pretty absent from myths and other false lies, but to focus on God and what he really wants. To be godly is to have many of his characteristics and to listen to his plans and his will.

Verse thirteen should be the prime example of why we are here - to talk about our stances in reading the same passage. By becoming accountable with one another, we get the opportunity to understand and interpret each others views. I mean, no one's wrong - we're given all of these gifts, as verse fourteen says, and we're to truly use them. If we're to use them to glorify God's name, why don't we start somewhere?

I could rant on so many more topics, but I figure it's a long discussion.

Thanks guys, and I pray you'll have a Marvellous Friday!

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PROM TOMMOROW! need to get some beauty sleep

1 Timothy 4 "Instructions to Timothy"

This passage is a DIRECT message to the leadership team. Am i wrong?

He tells us "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."

God is telling us here to be LEADERS, to be righteous and committed servants of his name and mission. That is done by simply doing our daily devotion and doing our roles in church. I cannot explain in a more simple manner what the purpose of these instructions are.

God right now is telling us what we need to do, and most importantly HOW.

SIMPLICIITY is being granted here.

All we need to do to fix our problems is to follow these instructions given in this passage.

C'mon guys. Let's do this.

see you guys tomorrow, have fun at prom suj!