Here is a good little article from Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback. Pastor, your church still has an audience to reach. But you may have to change your structure to reach that audience effectively. Jesus said in Matthew 9:17: “No one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the […]
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 5 of 7)
For Paul, he demonstrated what a life of love looked like. In 1 Tim 4:15, he advises Timothy to — Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may SEE your progress. 16Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself […]
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 4 of 7)
Next, we are given a spirit of love. Love is both God’s part and our part. God’s love comes to us, that’s God part. While we were sinners, God loved us. For God so loved the world, he gave his only son. This is God’s part. And what is our response? Our response is also […]
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 3 of 7)
What does Paul mean that God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power?
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 2 of 7)
This leads me to our main verse for today that we covered in our recent DTs. 2 Tim 1:7. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. ~2 Tim 1:7
1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 1 of 7)
Before getting into this sermon, I’d like to play a song by Bebo Norman entitled, “In Your Hands.” I didn’t know I would love you when I looked into your eyes But now I have a heart I cannot keep And the greatest of fear is that you’ll leave me here Stranded in this water […]