Today's Scripture
Holy LIVING – 1 Timothy 4:7-16
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: 1 Timothy 1-6(CEB)
Train yourself for a holy life! 8 While physical training has some value, training in holy living is useful for everything. It has promise for this life now and the life to come. 9 This saying is reliable and deserves complete acceptance. 10 We work and struggle for this: “Our hope is set on the living God, who is the savior of all people, especially those who believe.” 11 Command these things. Teach them. 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Instead, set an example for the believers through your speech, behavior, love, faith, and by being sexually pure. 13 Until I arrive, pay attention to public reading, preaching, and teaching. 14 Don’t neglect the spiritual gift in you that was given through prophecy when the elders laid hands on you. 15 Practice these things, and live by them so that your progress will be visible to all. 16 Focus on working on your own development and on what you teach. If you do this, you will save yourself and those who hear you.
What does this passage mean to me/us
Striving for holiness is what God calls us to live for every day.
John Wesely taught the Methodist how we should pursue the Sanctifying Grace.
Sanctifying Grace is our pursuit to Christian holiness and perfection.
Some might think that the journey is a burden. However, when ‘Our hope is set on the living God,’ to know more about God and live like Christ, it becomes a joy, not a burden.
Prayer
Lord, help us to follow your ways. Help us to be more like you today! In Christ name, we pray, AMEN.
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