Well, good morning.
Like to. Thank everyone for. Being here and listening to what I have to say.
Last time I spoke, literally my dog ate my notes. So I actually bought a new binder.
Hopefully it's puppy proof. So we'll try it out today. For my notes, it has a nice snap on it, but.
You know, I wouldn't put him put it past him to get into it. So I'm gonna be in first Timothy chapter 4.
We're gonna finish chapter 4 today. I've been going through the book at Timothy.
And I'm going to go ahead and read.
Beginning in verse 12.
First of the 4 12 through 16.
So go ahead and read that. But no one despise your youth. But be an example to the believers in Word.
In conduct, in love. In spirit, in faith. Impurity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation.
To doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in you. Which was given to you by prophecy.
With the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things. Give yourself entirely to them.
That your progress may be evident to all. Take heed to yourself. And to the doctrine. Continue in them.
For in doing this, you will save both yourself. And those that hear you. Let's pray.
Our Heavenly Father, we Thank you for this time that we can open your word. I pray that you would be with us here this morning.
We pray that you would just undertake for this, this time. We look to you and we pray that you get all the glory.
The name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. So going through Timothy, come to this passage here.
Now, if you remember the purpose of Timothy was Paul was exhorting and encouraging Timothy.
Paul had a special place in his heart for the church at Ephesus and he left Timothy there.
In emphasis to make sure that people were doing what they were supposed to be doing, teaching what they were supposed to be teaching.
And there was some things that needed to be set in order. There were people that were getting off on the things that they were talking about and misunderstanding about the law, for example, in the role of the law in a believer's life.
So there were some things that needed correction. And much about much of these things we've talked about over the last few weeks.
We've talked about the importance of doctrine, church order, the leadership in the churches. Avoiding false teaching, these sorts of things.
So we've been talking about these things. So here we have this section where Paul takes a break.
From some of these. These ideas and he, go, he moves on to giving Timothy instruction.
About perhaps some personal challenges that Timothy was facing. There in Ephesus. Like a father entreating or encouraging a son.
He recognizes the challenge that Timothy is facing here in in this church. So apparently some of the people there in Ephesus, some of the the church there, they weren't taking Timothy.
Seriously. They weren't taking him seriously. They were dismissing him.
As perhaps his opinion, his perspectives. We're not that important. That's what the spies means.
Here in this verse here it says, Let no one despise your youth or look down on. People were looking down on Timothy.
For his youth. So perhaps the elders. Here in Ephesus where we're looking down on Timothy.
And you know, as I mentioned, despise, I mean, dismissing as unimportant, insignificant, look down on.
Really what it comes down to is Timothy. Had not earned their respect. Timothy did not earn their respect there in Ephesus.
And you know, it says here, let no one despise your youth and because he was young, relatively speaking.
So Timothy actually at this point, he was probably around 40 years old. So. You know, relatively speaking.
So perhaps the elders were fiftys, sixtys, and they see this young whiper snapper of 40.
And they're looking down on him. And really, it is a, it's a. You know, this idea of youthful, it's, it's relative.
So here's an example. Aaron Rogers is 39 years old while he's an old-timer when it comes to being a quarterback in the NFL.
He's old. But we also, we have someone running for president, Vivek Ramoswami.
He's 38 years old. Well, he's young. He's, he's young to be a president.
So you see, it depends on the role. It's it's relative so In this labor in the church, they looked on Timothy as being young, too young.
He was relatively young. And you think about maybe you've seen up, you know, these Jewish rabbis, they've got these long beards.
And you know, that's a maybe a you have a sense of respect for the length of beard they have, right?
His beard was kind of small, so. People looked at him like, oh, he's a young guy.
He needed to grow his beard off perhaps. Maybe that's what it was. But, so how does, how does Paul encourage Timothy in this situation?
In regards to the challenge he's facing. You know, there's a lot of things that Paul could say, you know, here's a man who is in a situation.
And he's maybe not getting the respect. And this can apply to any area of your life, in your family, in your job, at school, whatever it is.
Maybe, maybe Timothy felt like, you know, They need to respect me. You know, so Paul gave him some instruction.
Now here, this is interesting. So. Paul did not say, here's what Paul did not say.
You know, Timothy, you're right. That is so unfair. They need to respect you for just the way you are, right?
Paul did not say that. You are entitled to their respect. No, call didn't say that either.
You know, I'll tell you what I'm going to do, Timothy.
I'm going to write a stern, strongly worded letter to these people and let them know that you need to respect you.
No, that's not what he did. That's not what he said. In fact, what did what did he say?
Verse 12 there, let no one despise your youth, but. Be an example. Well, that's interesting.
Timothy, there's something that you need to do. Some of the responsibility rests on your shoulders.
In regards to having being shown respect.
He needs to earn their respect. And again, like I said, this is an application for everyone. We can expect the world to change for us.
You know, we, the world needs to accommodate me for who I am. Or we can take a step back and say, is there something about me?
That I need to change. Is there something about me that I need to do differently? In order to get by in this world, to find a place in this world for me and my job at school wherever I am.
Maybe it's me. And that's what's happening here. Paul is telling Timothy, look it.
They're looking down on you. Be an example. Be an example.
And so we're gonna talk about that. So. This passage, there's actually 3 things I see here that Paul is exhorting Timothy to do.
In order to gain the respect of the people that at Ephesus. And then there's some results.
If he does these things, there's some results. So we have, verse 12. Be an example in character.
Be an example in character. Verse 13, be active in the Word of God. Be active in the Word of God.
Verse 14, be exercise in your gift. The exercised in your gift. And then versus 15 to 16.
There are results, the results. If you do these things, there will be results.
So an example, what's an example? It's it's a pattern. You create a pattern so you can make multiple copies of something.
So he's telling Timothy to be an example. And here's here's some news for everyone if you whether you like it or not, you are an example.
Wherever you are, right now you are an example. A good one or a bad one? You're an example.
Wherever you are in life, someone is looking up to you. If you're a seven-year-old boy and you have a five-year-old sister, you're an example.
And like I said, regardless whether we like it or not, we are exams. Now years ago.
There was a commercial, Charles Barkley, NBA basketball player. He had a commercial as a Nike commercial.
It was it was a little controversial at the time. But he made a statement in this commercial. I am not a role model.
I don't know if anyone remembers that. Charles Barkley, don't look at me.
I'm not a role model. And you know, some people say, oh, that's so brave.
For him to say that. I would say no actually I I would say that's not brave. That's not great.
Being brave is actually stepping up to that responsibility and understanding that you are a role model, whether you like it or not.
But, you know, I think really what it was. Is he didn't want the responsibility of being an example.
And so he could do whatever he wanted to do. He wanted that freedom. I don't want people to look at me and and emulate me and try to be like me.
I just want to do whatever I want. Well, that's not taking responsibility. Avoiding responsibility is not brave.
And here, Paul is giving some of that responsibility to Timothy. Timothy, you need to carry some of this burden yourself.
Hmm.
So. Charles Barkley, he didn't want that responsibility. He didn't want young men to look up to him.
He, and I believe in a position like that. You know, with great power comes great responsibility, right?
That's a quote that we, we hear from movies. It's true.
We have a responsibility to be an example. Everyone does. We have a responsibility. People are looking.
Your kids if you're a father or mother your kids are looking at you if you're a brother sister your siblings are looking at you.
If you're a brother or sister here at the chapel and you're laboring, people are looking at you.
We are all examples. Good or bad? And you know, our natural tendency, you know, for me, my natural tendency is to avoid responsibility at all costs.
Don't put any more burdens on me. There's a joke in in the military.
Never volunteer for anything, right? You're, you're gonna get in trouble. You know, everyone's all lined up.
And you know, take a step forward if you want to do this special mission and everyone takes a step back, right?
And there's the one guy that didn't know about it that like. He's in front.
That's our natural tendency is to avoid responsibility. But here I want to tell you something, especially young men.
God has designed you. To thrive. When you have the weight of responsibility in your life. God has designed you.
To thrive, to prosper. To grow up when you take some of that burden. On yourself. A lamentations, 327, it is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.
It is a good thing to take upon yourself responsibility. You know, maybe it's something small like watching your siblings when your parents go to a restaurant or something or go, you know, go out on a date.
Maybe it's something like that. Maybe it's getting a job. And being responsible for certain things.
That's a good thing. And I tell you, as a parent, it is wonderful to see.
Kids taking responsibility and learning. And growing in that and actually finding purpose and meaning in their lives when they take upon just a little responsibility.
That's a great thing. That's a good thing. So don't avoid responsibility. If we if we try to every any time something comes around we try to get away from it you know avoid it We're never gonna grow.
We're never gonna grow. And that goes for everyone. So it says here. Back here in the passage.
I'm going to break this down here. He says. Be an example. And then he lists.
In ways that we can be an example. So he says, let no one despise your youth. But being an example to the believers.
In Word. In conduct, in love. In spirit. In faith, in purity.
Now some of you may not have in spirit in your Bibles. That is found in the, majority text but not in some of the other texts that maybe ESV and ISB uses.
So you may not have that there. That's so we see, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
These are ways that we need to be examples. And these are ways that Paul is telling Timothy, look it, you need to be an example.
In word, in word. I need to be an example in what I say. And how I say it.
The words that come out of my mouth. I need to be an example. People are listening. People will hear.
Ephesians 4, 29. Take a look at Ephesians 4. 29.
Words are very powerful.
We need to be aware. Of our words, what we say, how we say them. It says here in Ephesians.
4 29. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth. But that which is good.
For necessary edification that it may impart grace. To the years. We have such a contrast. We, our words can corrupt.
Our words can tear down. But instead. Edify, build up! In part Grace.
To those around us. Not be overly critical. Giving people hope. You know, not tearing down.
The filing.
You know, so often. We're filled social media. The internet, right? We're filled with defilement, corruption.
And we let that stew in our hearts and minds. It's going to come out. It's going to come out and defile others.
James talks about the power of words, starting fires. Lives can be destroyed just by the words that we say.
Take a look at Matthew 12. This is interesting. Matthew 12. Even when we're.
Alone by ourselves, the words that we say. We maybe think no one's listening. Well, somebody is actually.
Matthew 12 verse 36
Matthew 1236 but I say to you that for every idle word men may speak they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
For by your words, you will be justified and by your words you will be Condemned. And there's another passage about shouting from the rooftops, right?
That which was done in secret will be shouted from the rooftops and What a picture of the world we're living in today.
An idle word somehow I somebody says an idle word and someone's recorded it and now it's throughout the whole world on the lives can be destroyed.
What are we filling our hearts with? Our minds with. There's, there's a nice, Kind of seeing here garbage in garbage out, right?
We log garbage into our lives. Garbage is gonna come out. So be an example in Word, what we say.
Be an example in conduct. The manner of life, our manner of life, the things that we do.
So it's what we say and what we do. Be an example. Philippians 1 27 Philippians 1 27.
Philippians 1 27 it says only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ That's a high standard.
That our conduct would be worthy of the gospel of price that our conduct would not that would would turn people to the Lord and not turn people away from the Lord?
That's that's a responsibility that we have as believers. That we would that are the way we live our lives can actually turn people to the Lord.
It's worthy of the gospel. Then it communicates that there's a God that loves you.
And that there's a God that sent his son to die in the cross for your sins. And our live the way we live our lives can communicate that or or It can communicate something else.
Let your only let your conduct be worthy of the Gospel of Christ so that whether I come and see you or I'm absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit with one mind striving together for the faith.
How many of the gospel. Worthy of the gospel. So if someone said, Be careful of how you live.
You may be the only Bible some person ever reads. Your life may be the only Bible that someone reads.
Your life, the way you live your life, communicate something. May it be truth. May it be love in the gospel.
So that goes to the next point here, be an example in word in conduct. In love.
Now this is a GABA love. This is the highest love. This is the selfless love, that our lives should be an example of love.
And what is that love, Agapi love, choosing what is best for the other? Choosing what is best for the other in light of eternity, regardless of the cost to me.
That is a love that we cannot. We cannot produce that kind of love in us apart from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Living in us. But that is the love. John 3 16 for God so love the world. That he gave his only forgotten sun.
But who server believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. It is a love that gives.
There's a cost. The opposite of this is selfishness. Well, what's in it for me?
What's in it for good old number one, right? I put myself before others. Is that?
The manner of life that people see, the the practice they see in your life. That you put yourself first.
We need mercy and grace. So, in word and conduct, in love. And also here in spirit, like I said, it's not in some.
Translations, but I'll take a few. Moments in regards to it.
Be an example in spirit, an attitude, enthusiasm, excitement, right? You know, oh great, we have to, you know, have a meeting.
Well, we're gonna read the Bible. You know. Oh, you know, this, this can train this word.
This can transform lives. This has the answers. To the deep dark issues that we face every day in our lives.
This has the answers. We're coming together to read the Word of God. We're coming together as God's people.
He promises to be here. He promises to minister to us. There's no other place I'd rather be.
Certainly not watching the Packers, right?
So. Be an example in spirit. Be an example in enthusiasm. Now, okay, the next.
Be an example. In faith. Be an example in faith. Now, If you're a Christian here today, you've believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, you know, well, you know what?
I have faith. I've believed on the Lord Jesus. Okay, you have believed, but are you believing?
Are you believing? Not for salvation. I got to keep believing in order to be saved.
No. But where's your confidence? What's your hope? Are you filled with worries, doubts, and fears?
Or are you trusting in him? Are you? Confidence in him. Is there anything too hard for the Lord?
Is there anything too hard for the Lord? No, no, there's not.
God can do anything but fail. He can do anything. But fail. Do we believe that?
Now it says in Romans the just shall live by faith. I'm believing him. You know, I don't have all the answers.
I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow, but I'm trusting him. I'm believing him.
Don't let this world consume us. With worries, doubts, and fears.
Hmm. And lastly here, be an example.
In purity. Be an example in purity.
Avoid sin. Now I talked about social media and everything that's out there for the grab anytime we want.
It's right there. Avoid. Avoid. Turn away.
Turn away. There's really no other answer.
Be an example in. Purity. Take a look at Proverbs. 4.
And I would encourage there's. Lot of wisdom and proverbs.
It's actually very similar to the book of Timothy. We have a father. Writing to his son, we have Timothy.
We haven't. Paul writing to his son in the faith, Timothy.
And Proverbs for the first 14. There is wisdom.
In this, that is available to us. Proper 4 14 it says do not enter the path of the wicked and you not walk in the way of evil.
Avoid it. Do not travel on it. Turn away from it and pass on.
Just walk away. From the things that would defile. The things that would Corrupt the things that would fill our hearts with lust we have to turn away.
And it says here, verse 20. Proverbs 400, and 20. My son, give attention to my words, incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find them.
You want life? You want you want to enjoy life and not be burdened with guilt and sin? Follow him.
They are life to those define him and health to all your flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it.
Springs the issues of life. If we're putting, like I said, if we're putting garbage.
In our hearts. That's what's going to come out. And to file and corrupt.
Keep your heart with all the diligence for out of it. Springs the issues of life.
Put away from you deceitful mouth and put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead and your eyelids look right before you ponder the path of your feet and let all your ways be established.
Do not turn to the right or to the left. Remove your foot from evil. Remove your foot from evil.
You know what that tells me there's a there's a provision when you go off when you get get off the path you can get right back on, right?
Remove your foot from evil. There is a provision for me when I go the wrong way, I can get back on path.
Hmm. So these are the ways that we are to be an example. And really it's our responsibility.
Paul is telling Timothy, you need to do this. It's our responsibility. The weight is on our shoulders, but We're not left to our own resources.
This isn't just you. Trying your best to do these things. No, we have a living savior who in dwells our hearts.
And we have, when we believe in the Lord Jesus, we have a new nature. We are new creations and Christ Jesus and we can choose the right way in His power, his strength.
He has given us all things that pertain unto life and Godlyness through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory.
And virtue, second Peter 1. 2 and 3. So, be an example in character. Secondly, be an example.
Be active in the Word of God, verse 13. So back there in. Back there in.
First Timothy.
Be active in the Word of God. So what is what does Paul say here? He says, till I come, give attention.
Or give attendance, give attention to reading. To exhortation to doctrine. So we have 3 separate ideas here.
And all are very important in regards to the Word of God. Reading, exhortation, and doctrine.
3 very important things that we need to be active in in our lives because this is where this is where we get our wisdom.
This is where we get our or the teaching This is life. His words are life.
So. And really this goes back to. You know, the synagogue, right? And we see examples of that.
So when people, they would come to the synagogue and they would read from the scrolls.
So there was public reading of the Word of God. Not everyone had a scroll. Not everyone had parchment.
So you'd come to the meeting, there'd be public reading of the Word of God. So that's reading.
So reading is just. Reading. Reading the word. This take a look at Acts 13 X 13.
This is just an example.
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So it says. Well, I'll start here in verse. 14, X, 1314.
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch and Basidia and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down and after the reading.
Of the law and the profits. Rulers of the synagogue sent to them saying, men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, Seon and then pulsed it up and gave an exhortation.
So there's the reading of the word. And then there's exhortation. And that's application.
The application, applying the Word of God in your life. And then lastly was Doctrine, teaching.
So reading. Exhortation Doctrine. Exertation is making application. Doctrine is the teaching.
Exposition of revealed truth. What does this mean? What are the implications? What does it say about God?
What does it say about the Son? What does it say about me and mankind in our sin. What are these things the big?
Ideas, doctrine. What does it say about the Lord Jesus Christ? Now, Timothy was expected.
To be involved in all of these things. To be available, to exhort people from the Word of God, to teach doctrine from the Word of God.
And For us, what does it mean for us? We need to be in the Word of God. Now, reading.
Exhitation and doctrine. So reading.
You know, that's the one year Bible, right? Just reading through the Bible. That's a good thing.
Just reading through the Bible. That's a good thing. Just read it. Just pick up, you know, a few chapters.
There's great Bible plans, one of your Bibles, one of them. Just read like a novel.
Just read it. It's someone that compared it to a cross country road trip. Imagine driving from the east coast of the west coast.
You would see a lot of great sites, a lot of wonderful things, but it'd be just a vast, you know, survey of the entire continent.
You get a good picture of what America looks like by doing that. That's what you do when you read the Bible.
You just You just read it and read it and keep reading it. You get a big picture of. Of the Bible, of the the grand scope.
But exhortation, maybe you need you know, there's there's a few places maybe you want to stop by and take a look at it more closely.
Right, I want to pull off and look at this. This mountain, I want, you know, as you follow this trail, you find this wonderful waterfall.
It's like You want to stop and enjoy and dig deeper and look into. These things and get application in your life.
And Lord Willing, this message, this should be Sunday morning, should be more of an exhortation, should be more application.
Doctrine, I think that's more of a Wednesday night thing. Doesn't have to be obviously things are different.
I mean, you know, people have different gifts. There's a lot of overlap.
There should be exhortation and doctrine in all messages. So. But focus on Sunday morning, I think.
Exertation Wednesday Doctrine. So be exercised in the Word of God. Come to the meetings here hear the hear the messages come on Sunday come you know to family Bible hour here the exhortation from the Word of God come on Wednesday hear the teaching from the Word of God we need it we need it we need to be an example
Lastly, we're almost out of time. The exercised in your gifts. Back there in first Timothy.
Be exercised in your gift. He says here, verse 14, first Timothy 4 14, do not neglect the gift that is in you.
So everyone has been given a gift. We all have been given a gift. And we need to use it.
Don't neglect it. It's like a muscle. If you don't use a muscle, it will atrophy.
When I was in high school, I was on the swim team. And I, I was skateboarding, I broke my arm.
So I had a cast like all the way up here. I broke my elbow. So I had to cast all the way up here and it was on for months.
And finally I got it off, but I had one arm was like real skinny and one arm was normal.
So it had atrophied, right, from not using it, it becomes smaller, less strong.
That's the same way with If our if we're not using our gifts they will shrivel up.
And I remember, you know, like I said, I was on the Zoom team. So that year I didn't do very well.
I didn't improve just because I had this. You know, this arm that was, atrophied.
Okay, I swam in circles.
Yeah. So. Yeah, don't let your gift waste away. Use it.
And praise the Lord, let yesterday. We had open house. People were able to use their gifts.
And we need to continue to use our gifts and develop them, nurture them, don't neglect them.
It's like that word, it can be used like neglecting a child, right? You know, no, you need to pay attention to it. You need to nurture it.
You need to Keep an eye on it. Don't neglect, neglect the gift. That is in you.
Proverbs, 1816. A man's gift makes room for him. So if you're gifted, if you have a gift.
The Lord will open up a door for you to use that gift.
So quickly, we'll finish up here. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership very quickly.
The Lord gives gifts. The Lord Himself gives gifts. It's not something that is given by someone else.
What this is speaking about is back in these days there were profits. There were people that could proclaim reveal truth from God and they and someone had proclaimed Timothy has a gift.
There was a prophecy. So this is just acknowledging what God has given him. God has given you a gift.
We all have gifts. We need to find out what it is. The way you find out what it is is by getting involved in things.
So God gives the gifts. This was acknowledged and laying on in the hands of the eldership is, is the elders are standing behind.
This individual Acts 13 talks another incident of this. Being sent out in unity, standing behind, there's a sanction and a commendation when Eldership lay on their hands, they're saying this person is gifted, we acknowledge the gifts that Lord has given this person.
Verse 15. Meditate on these things spend time meditate is spending time thinking about these things.
Reading the Word of God, milling over it over and over again. Thinking it takes time meditate on these things give yourselves entirely to them There's nothing more, important.
There's nothing higher.
Then pursuing what God wants in your life.
Sorry. Hmm.
Give yourself entirely to them that your progress may be evident. To all. So if you make progress in your spiritual life, people will see that.
It'll be evident. And then finally, verse 16.
Take heed to yourself. And to the doctrine. Continue in them. For in doing this, you will both save yourself.
And those that heed you. That hear you excuse me, take heed yourself. That's Again, remember what I said about.
Maybe it's me, right? Maybe I'm the one that needs to. To change. Maybe I'm the one that needs to do something different.
Take heed to yourself.
Psalm, 1 39, 23, search me, oh God, know my heart.
See if there be any wicked way in me. And lead me in paths everlasting.
Or there's a article. It's dear pastor. It's the eldership resources, they put out this article.
Dear Pastor, they say one of the greatest threats to your church. Is you. Think about the the destruction that a church leader can inflict upon A congregation.
Because of false doctrine pursuing their own motives, heavy selfish motives. Pursuing power. Twisting scripture.
To fit what they want. There's much destruction that has been done by leaders in the church.
Not taking heed to themselves. Stumbling others. It's a measurable, the damage that can be done.
Take heed to yourself. Well, Lord, search me, right? What are my motives here?
Am I, am I seeing true to the Word of God? Am I twisting this to say something I want to say?
Am I getting on my soapbox because I want people to behave this way. It's like all that stuff has to.
Get just get out and be focused on what the Lord wants. Am I being true to what the word says or am I twisting it?
Take heed yourself and to the doctrine continue in them. From doing this, you will both save yourself.
And then they hear you. Now are we talking about? Saving from hell being you know, justified.
No, we're not that's not what we're talking about. We're not talking about saving ourselves from hell or.
This word save. It can mean a lot of things, right? It can mean deliverance.
Deliverance. When when Peter was sinking in the water right he was walking on the water with Jesus he said Lord save me right Deliver me, save you, me rescue me.
When you pursue the Lord Jesus Christ, when you pursue his things, when you pursue the Word of God and doctrine.
You will save, you will deliver yourself. From selfishness, from false teaching. From a life with no purpose.
Worries, doubts, fears. You're gonna, and the people that hear you, they will be delivered to you from those things.
False teaching. What a responsibility that we have. In proclaiming the word of God.
We need to be an example, right? Be an example to those around us in these ways. And Like I said, people will.
Respecting people will see the progress you've made in your life. People will will rejoice with you.
In when you pursue him. So let's close in.
Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you that we can read this letter from Paul to Timothy and we can glean these things from it or to help us Lord to see the responsibility that we have in this world help us to gladly take upon those responsibilities.
And Lord help us to be in examples to those around us. Lord, we thank you. We praise you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We pray. Amen.