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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: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:02 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Friday December 11 > Day 345 > > 2 Timothy 1 > 1-2I, Paul, am on special assignment for Christ, carrying out God's plan > laid out in the Message of > Life by Jesus. I write this to you, Timothy, the son I love so much. All > the best from our God and > Christ be yours! To Be Bold with God's Gifts > > 3-4Every time I say your name in prayer-which is practically all the > time-I thank God for you, the > God I worship with my whole life in the tradition of my ancestors. I miss > you a lot, especially when > I remember that last tearful good-bye, and I look forward to a joy-packed > reunion. > > 5-7That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith-and what a > rich faith it is, handed > down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And > the special gift of > ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed-keep that > ablaze! God doesn't want us to > be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible. > > 8-10So don't be embarrassed to speak up for our Master or for me, his > prisoner. Take your share of > suffering for the Message along with the rest of us. We can only keep on > going, after all, by the > power of God, who first saved us and then called us to this holy work. We > had nothing to do with it. > It was all his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before we knew > anything about it. But we > know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: > death defeated, life > vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus. > > 11-12This is the Message I've been set apart to proclaim as preacher, > emissary, and teacher. It's > also the cause of all this trouble I'm in. But I have no regrets. I > couldn't be more sure of my > ground-the One I've trusted in can take care of what he's trusted me to do > right to the end. > > 13-14So keep at your work, this faith and love rooted in Christ, exactly > as I set it out for you. > It's as sound as the day you first heard it from me. Guard this precious > thing placed in your > custody by the Holy Spirit who works in us. > > 15-18I'm sure you know by now that everyone in the province of Asia > deserted me, even Phygelus and > Hermogenes. But God bless Onesiphorus and his family! Many's the time I've > been refreshed in that > house. And he wasn't embarrassed a bit that I was in jail. The first thing > he did when he got to > Rome was look me up. May God on the Last Day treat him as well as he > treated me. And then there was > all the help he provided in Ephesus-but you know that better than I. > > 2 Timothy 2 > Doing Your Best for God > 1-7So, my son, throw yourself into this work for Christ. Pass on what you > heard from me-the whole > congregation saying Amen!- to reliable leaders who are competent to teach > others. When the going > gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us, the way Jesus did. A > soldier on duty doesn't > get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on > carrying out orders. An athlete > who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere. It's the > diligent farmer who gets the > produce. Think it over. God will make it all plain. > 8-13Fix this picture firmly in your mind: Jesus, descended from the line > of David, raised from the > dead. It's what you've heard from me all along. It's what I'm sitting in > jail for right now-but > God's Word isn't in jail! That's why I stick it out here-so that everyone > God calls will get in on > the salvation of Christ in all its glory. This is a sure thing: > > If we die with him, we'll live with him; > If we stick it out with him, we'll rule with him; > If we turn our backs on him, he'll turn his back on us; > If we give up on him, he does not give up- > for there's no way he can be false to himself. > > 14-18Repeat these basic essentials over and over to God's people. Warn > them before God against > pious nitpicking, which chips away at the faith. It just wears everyone > out. Concentrate on doing > your best for God, work you won't be ashamed of, laying out the truth > plain and simple. Stay clear > of pious talk that is only talk. Words are not mere words, you know. If > they're not backed by a > godly life, they accumulate as poison in the soul. Hymenaeus and Philetus > are examples, throwing > believers off stride and missing the truth by a mile by saying the > resurrection is over and done > with. > > 19Meanwhile, God's firm foundation is as firm as ever, these sentences > engraved on the stones: > > god knows who belongs to him. > spurn evil, all you who name god as god. > > 20-21In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and > silver platters, but waste > cans and compost buckets-some containers used to serve fine meals, others > to take out the garbage. > Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of > gift to his guests for > their blessing. > > 22-26Run away from infantile indulgence. Run after mature > righteousness-faith, love, peace-joining > those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get > involved in inane discussions; > they always end up in fights. God's servant must not be argumentative, but > a gentle listener and a > teacher who keeps cool, working firmly but patiently with those who refuse > to obey. You never know > how or when God might sober them up with a change of heart and a turning > to the truth, enabling them > to escape the Devil's trap, where they are caught and held captive, forced > to run his errands. > > 2 Timothy 3 > Difficult Times Ahead > 1-5Don't be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, > people are going to be > self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, > contemptuous of parents, crude, > coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, > cynical, treacherous, > ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They'll > make a show of religion, > but behind the scenes they're animals. Stay clear of these people. > 6-9These are the kind of people who smooth-talk themselves into the homes > of unstable and needy > women and take advantage of them; women who, depressed by their > sinfulness, take up with every new > religious fad that calls itself "truth." They get exploited every time and > never really learn. These > men are like those old Egyptian frauds Jannes and Jambres, who challenged > Moses. They were rejects > from the faith, twisted in their thinking, defying truth itself. But > nothing will come of these > latest impostors. Everyone will see through them, just as people saw > through that Egyptian hoax. > > Keep the Message Alive > 10-13You've been a good apprentice to me, a part of my teaching, my manner > of life, direction, > faith, steadiness, love, patience, troubles, sufferings-suffering along > with me in all the grief I > had to put up with in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. And you also well know > that God rescued me! > Anyone who wants to live all out for Christ is in for a lot of trouble; > there's no getting around > it. Unscrupulous con men will continue to exploit the faith. They're as > deceived as the people they > lead astray. As long as they are out there, things can only get worse. > 14-17But don't let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed, > sure of the integrity of > your teachers-why, you took in the sacred Scriptures with your mother's > milk! There's nothing like > the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith > in Christ Jesus. Every > part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another-showing us > truth, exposing our > rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God's way. Through > the Word we are put > together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. > > 2 Timothy 4 > 1-2I can't impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your > shoulder. Christ himself is > the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to > break into the open with > his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. > Challenge, warn, and urge your > people. Don't ever quit. Just keep it simple. > 3-5You're going to find that there will be times when people will have no > stomach for solid > teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food-catchy opinions that > tickle their fancy. They'll > turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you-keep your eye on what > you're doing; accept the > hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job > as God's servant. > > 6-8You take over. I'm about to die, my life an offering on God's altar. > This is the only race worth > running. I've run hard right to the finish, believed all the way. All > that's left now is the > shouting-God's applause! Depend on it, he's an honest judge. He'll do > right not only by me, but by > everyone eager for his coming. > > 9-13Get here as fast as you can. Demas, chasing fads, went off to > Thessalonica and left me here. > Crescens is in Galatia province, Titus in Dalmatia. Luke is the only one > here with me. Bring Mark > with you; he'll be my right-hand man since I'm sending Tychicus to > Ephesus. Bring the winter coat I > left in Troas with Carpus; also the books and parchment notebooks. > > 14-15Watch out for Alexander the coppersmith. Fiercely opposed to our > Message, he caused no end of > trouble. God will give him what he's got coming. > > 16-18At my preliminary hearing no one stood by me. They all ran like > scared rabbits. But it doesn't > matter-the Master stood by me and helped me spread the Message loud and > clear to those who had never > heard it. I was snatched from the jaws of the lion! God's looking after > me, keeping me safe in the > kingdom of heaven. All praise to him, praise forever! Oh, yes! > > 19-20Say hello to Priscilla and Aquila; also, the family of Onesiphorus. > Erastus stayed behind in > Corinth. I had to leave Trophimus sick in Miletus. > > 21Try hard to get here before winter. > > Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all your friends here send > greetings. > > 22God be with you. Grace be with you. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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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