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Observations (2 Timothy 3:12)

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Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted 2 Timothy 3:12 A sinful life is celebrated. A godly life is persecuted. Is our world turned upside down? This is how it was when the fathers of our faith walked over hard clay in worn sandals. Paul instructed Timothy, a warning. Those who believed in the power of the cross would be thrown from the temple and stoned in the street. Is it so today? If you stand up for life, are you not anti-choice. If you stand up for marriage, are you not labeled with a phobia. And if you stand up for God are you not against this world's chosen culture. Celebrate if you are persecuted. You belong to Jesus. copyright 2024 - Donald P James Jr https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author

1 Timothy 6:7

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  And Paul says to Timothy, What did you bring into the world? Nothing! What can you take out of the world? Nothing! And we strive for more when we have everything we need. We work until our fingers have been made raw and worry about obtaining more than we have already been given. Wealth of coinage brings temptation and heartache. Those who desire trinkets of silver and gold are led to the world's truth, not God's We sacrifice relationships for careers. We ignore the urgent prayer in our souls which longs to be heard. And still, Paul says to Timothy... copyright 2023 - Donald P James Jr https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./autho

Warnings (Titus 3:8-11)

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  This is a true saying. I want you to give special emphasis to these matters, so that those who believe in God may be concerned with giving their time to doing good deeds, which are good and useful for everyone.  But avoid stupid arguments, long lists of ancestors, quarrels, and fights about the Law. They are useless and worthless.  Give at least two warnings to those who cause divisions, and then have nothing more to do with them.  You know that such people are corrupt, and their sins prove that they are wrong. Titus 3:8-11 Warnings, twice to those who divide the intention of the Word. Do not break down the law of love with arguments and quarrels. Corruption and sin are ever present. Give yourself to unity. Bring together what has been separated, as the Lord brought the fisherman to the tax collector. Warnings, twice and you have made the effort. Nurture the wheat and have nothing to do with the weeds. copyright 2017 - Don...

Religion (James 1:27)

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What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this:  to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering  and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world. James 1:27       Pure religion, without ritual, without tradition, without the glorification of human ideals. Simple religion, without worldly corruption, without laws to burden, without doctrines to recite. True religion, without status, without earthly reward, without acknowledgement of man. Take care of those who suffer, the widows, the orphans, those who struggle with weights they cannot support on their own and keep your hearts free of the world's influence. copyright 2017 - Donald P James Jr https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author

And We Gather (2 Timothy 4:1-2)

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I solemnly urge you  to preach the message, to insist upon proclaiming it (whether the time is right or not), to convince, reproach, and encourage, as you teach with all patience.  2 Timothy 4:1-2 (GNT) And we gather in the morning to praise, proclaim and preach. One body with many limbs, listening to a pastor or priest. The message is the word and the light we need in this day and the next. Those who do not know the love binding us as one, turn their backs at every anointing of the bride. Teach them, whether they shield their eyes or not. Speak when they do not listen. Convince when their hearts are hardened. His love, taught today and tomorrow, is unchanging. The beacon before you, guiding your words and actions in the times of holiness and those that are void. And we gather in the evening to give thanks for the day's grace. A people acknowledging their struggle, a body soothing its pain. We are the word He has commanded us to pre...

Choices (2 Timothy 4:3-4)

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Is the time upon us, prophesied as such, when some will no longer give their hearts to sound doctrine? Their ears itch for pleasant vices, they long for the sweetness of corruption. They wish to hear words, in the midst of drunken indiscretions, condoning their sin as God's truth. In their desire to live a life of irresponsible choices they separate themselves from the love of God and consume myths. copyright 2016 - Donald P James Jr  https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donald-P.-James-Jr./author