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twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday December 9 > Day 343 > > 1 Timothy 1 > 1-2I, Paul, am an apostle on special assignment for Christ, our living > hope. Under God our Savior's > command, I'm writing this to you, Timothy, my son in the faith. All the > best from our God and Christ > be yours! > Self-Appointed Experts on Life > 3-4On my way to the province of Macedonia, I advised you to stay in > Ephesus. Well, I haven't > changed my mind. Stay right there on top of things so that the teaching > stays on track. Apparently > some people have been introducing fantasy stories and fanciful family > trees that digress into > silliness instead of pulling the people back into the center, deepening > faith and obedience. > 5-7The whole point of what we're urging is simply love-love uncontaminated > by self-interest and > counterfeit faith, a life open to God. Those who fail to keep to this > point soon wander off into > cul-de-sacs of gossip. They set themselves up as experts on religious > issues, but haven't the > remotest idea of what they're holding forth with such imposing eloquence. > > 8-11It's true that moral guidance and counsel need to be given, but the > way you say it and to whom > you say it are as important as what you say. It's obvious, isn't it, that > the law code isn't > primarily for people who live responsibly, but for the irresponsible, who > defy all authority, riding > roughshod over God, life, sex, truth, whatever! They are contemptuous of > this great Message I've > been put in charge of by this great God. > > 12-14I'm so grateful to Christ Jesus for making me adequate to do this > work. He went out on a limb, > you know, in trusting me with this ministry. The only credentials I > brought to it were invective and > witch hunts and arrogance. But I was treated mercifully because I didn't > know what I was > doing-didn't know Who I was doing it against! Grace mixed with faith and > love poured over me and > into me. And all because of Jesus. > > 15-19Here's a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came > into the world to save > sinners. I'm proof-Public Sinner Number One-of someone who could never > have made it apart from sheer > mercy. And now he shows me off-evidence of his endless patience-to those > who are right on the edge > of trusting him forever. > > Deep honor and bright glory > to the King of All Time- > One God, Immortal, Invisible, > ever and always. Oh, yes! > I'm passing this work on to you, my son Timothy. The prophetic word that > was directed to you > prepared us for this. All those prayers are coming together now so you > will do this well, fearless > in your struggle, keeping a firm grip on your faith and on yourself. After > all, this is a fight > we're in. > > 19-20There are some, you know, who by relaxing their grip and thinking > anything goes have made a > thorough mess of their faith. Hymenaeus and Alexander are two of them. I > let them wander off to > Satan to be taught a lesson or two about not blaspheming. > > 1 Timothy 2 > Simple Faith and Plain Truth > 1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, > for everyone you know. > Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be > quietly about our > business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our > Savior God wants us to live. > 4-7He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to > know the truth we've > learned: that there's one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator > between God and us-Jesus, who > offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them > all free. Eventually the > news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: > getting this news to those > who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith > and plain truth. > > 8-10Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for > men to pray-not shaking > angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to > get in there with the men > in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest > fashions but doing > something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it. > > 11-15I don't let women take over and tell the men what to do. They should > study to be quiet and > obedient along with everyone else. Adam was made first, then Eve; woman > was deceived first-our > pioneer in sin!-with Adam right on her heels. On the other hand, her > childbearing brought about > salvation, reversing Eve. But this salvation only comes to those who > continue in faith, love, and > holiness, gathering it all into maturity. You can depend on this. > > 1 Timothy 3 > Leadership in the Church > 1-7If anyone wants to provide leadership in the church, good! But there > are preconditions: A leader > must be well-thought-of, committed to his wife, cool and collected, > accessible, and hospitable. He > must know what he's talking about, not be overfond of wine, not pushy but > gentle, not thin-skinned, > not money-hungry. He must handle his own affairs well, attentive to his > own children and having > their respect. For if someone is unable to handle his own affairs, how can > he take care of God's > church? He must not be a new believer, lest the position go to his head > and the Devil trip him up. > Outsiders must think well of him, or else the Devil will figure out a way > to lure him into his trap. > 8-13The same goes for those who want to be servants in the church: > serious, not deceitful, not too > free with the bottle, not in it for what they can get out of it. They must > be reverent before the > mystery of the faith, not using their position to try to run things. Let > them prove themselves > first. If they show they can do it, take them on. No exceptions are to be > made for women-same > qualifications: serious, dependable, not sharp-tongued, not overfond of > wine. Servants in the church > are to be committed to their spouses, attentive to their own children, and > diligent in looking after > their own affairs. Those who do this servant work will come to be highly > respected, a real credit to > this Jesus-faith. > > 14-16I hope to visit you soon, but just in case I'm delayed, I'm writing > this letter so you'll know > how things ought to go in God's household, this God-alive church, bastion > of truth. This Christian > life is a great mystery, far exceeding our understanding, but some things > are clear enough: > > He appeared in a human body, > was proved right by the invisible Spirit, > was seen by angels. > He was proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, > believed in all over the world, > taken up into heavenly glory. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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