Timothy Didn't Always Know What's Best For Timothy

-

 Someday i may have the benefits of a person put to death.  An angel of the Lord encamps all around me and delivers me.  Help me to please You.  Develop, train, and prepare me so that i may delight You.  Watch over me on the battlefield; You knew when i was in my mother's womb that i would experience the walks out on the side of the road that i've been having lately and because of You i have no fear.  i am prepared.  i look over my shoulder, look both ways before crossing and keep an eye on license plates.  i'm not always pleasing to Your eye and i know i always need to do better.  Timothy didn't always know what's best for Timothy.


The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Resurrection lives in me, living in this world where not everyone is a son of God.  A saint.  Though their egos deceive them into believing they are.  There are those of us committed to walking wisely and staying in touch with our feelings.  We know that what my have been safe yesterday is dangerous today.  Keep the faithful enlightened, O Lord.  See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil. -[Ephesians 5: 15-16]

Help me to convince others not to say no to Jesus when they've got a chance to say yes. May they begin to have white horse dreams and become Christians because of these dreams.  May we all realize that we are being blessed for being insulted for our faith. If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and God rests upon you.  On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. -[1 Peter 4:14]

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Broiled Fish and Some Honeycomb

-
Image
 As He taught them a shadow of the cross fell across the old testament and their "eyes were opened."  He was that ram at Abraham's alter.  He was that spotless Passover Lamb whose blood was shed to bring freedom from slavery and deliverance from death.  He was that scarlet thread that hung out Rahab's window.  The Shepherd King:  David spoke so much about Him in the Psalter.  He was Isaiah's suffering servant, the fourth man in the furnace with Shadrach, Meshash, and Abed-Nego.  And yet He will never vanish from my sight unless i allow it.  Jesus' purpose isn't to push Himself onto anyone.  As humans, as mortals, He wants us to come to Him.  That's probably the only Hunger He ever has!  Is for us to come to Him.  i was the other disciple walking along the road to Emmaus.  i've gone from the road to Damascus to the road to Emmaus.  i've been writing about what Christ has done for me. Praise goes to the Lord! ...
Read more

Having Seen the Lord on the Road

-
Image
 1 Timothy:  Make sure no other doctrine is taught, no fables which cause dispute, where there is no godly edification. Timothy, prevent the spread of false teaching. Legalists cannot mix law and grace.  They engage in idle talk, having strayed with their meaningless babble.  The law is not made for the righteous person, but for the lawless, ungodly, unholy, and profane, something of which i was guilty for so long and even have the temptation to fall back into the pit from time to time.  i obtained God's mercy because i committed those wrongs in unbelief, or as a back-slider and as someone prone to worldly and fleshly desire and lust. Now i believe in Jesus Christ and only by His grace will i obtain everlasting life.  Grace by faith and trust in Him.  In Him alone.  If i were to be a young man's mentor, i would want to be a quiet encourager, a serene influence, i would want to interest him by saying as little meaningless babble as possible and lea...
Read more

When I Haven't Removed the Plank From My Own Eye

-
Heavenly Father, help me align myself to Your will.  Shall i take advantage of the free time and begin at the seminary?  Could i use this motel room as a sanctuary despite the distractions?  Please help me before idolatry decays my soul any further.  Don't let this defeating habit in my life rob me of my confidence in Your power to give me victory over sin making me hesitant to offer Christ as the answer to others controlled by sin.  Don't let this habit destroy my incentive to share my faith because of feeling like a hypocrite.  How could i witness to others when i haven't removed the plank from my own eye? --[Matthew 7: 1-5] Sin always results in death of some kind. It is worth the continual struggle to combat temptation.  The awful, never-ending process of combating temptation is God's means of maturing me and confirming me to the image of Christ.  To throw my hands up in defeat is to abandon the process and to miss out on life's most important...
Read more