Monthly Archives: March 2011

A Spoon Full of Sugar

 1Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, 2the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 Here Paul gives … Continue reading

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Getting Serious–Part 2

 14Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. 15Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be … Continue reading

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Getting Serious–Part 1

12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. Perhaps no … Continue reading

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Losing the Childish Things

12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. 1 Timothy 4:12 A young man in the ministry has to prove himself, not … Continue reading

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All to Him

A servant of the Living God, who has been saved from eternal destruction by the power of Jesus’ blood, whose very next breath is solely dependent on His grace, should never accept the praise of men longer than to hear … Continue reading

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In Training

 10For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. 11Prescribe and teach these things. 1 Timothy 4:10-11 Paul has just warned … Continue reading

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High Altitude Training

6In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.  7But have nothing to do with … Continue reading

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