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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 9:26 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Saturday December 12 > Day 346 > > Titus 1 > 1-4I, Paul, am God's slave and Christ's agent for promoting the faith > among God's chosen people, > getting out the accurate word on God and how to respond rightly to it. My > aim is to raise hopes by > pointing the way to life without end. This is the life God promised long > ago-and he doesn't break > promises! And then when the time was ripe, he went public with his truth. > I've been entrusted to > proclaim this Message by order of our Savior, God himself. Dear Titus, > legitimate son in the faith: > Receive everything God our Father and Jesus our Savior give you! > A Good Grip on the Message > 5-9I left you in charge in Crete so you could complete what I left > half-done. Appoint leaders in > every town according to my instructions. As you select them, ask, "Is this > man well-thought-of? Is > he committed to his wife? Are his children believers? Do they respect him > and stay out of trouble?" > It's important that a church leader, responsible for the affairs in God's > house, be looked up to-not > pushy, not short-tempered, not a drunk, not a bully, not money-hungry. He > must welcome people, be > helpful, wise, fair, reverent, have a good grip on himself, and have a > good grip on the Message, > knowing how to use the truth to either spur people on in knowledge or stop > them in their tracks if > they oppose it. > 10-16For there are a lot of rebels out there, full of loose, confusing, > and deceiving talk. Those > who were brought up religious and ought to know better are the worst. > They've got to be shut up. > They're disrupting entire families with their teaching, and all for the > sake of a fast buck. One of > their own prophets said it best: > > The Cretans are liars from the womb, > barking dogs, lazy bellies. > He certainly spoke the truth. Get on them right away. Stop that diseased > talk of Jewish make-believe > and made-up rules so they can recover a robust faith. Everything is clean > to the clean-minded; > nothing is clean to dirty-minded unbelievers. They leave their dirty > fingerprints on every thought > and act. They say they know God, but their actions speak louder than their > words. They're real > creeps, disobedient good-for-nothings. > > Titus 2 > A God-Filled Life > 1-6Your job is to speak out on the things that make for solid doctrine. > Guide older men into lives > of temperance, dignity, and wisdom, into healthy faith, love, and > endurance. Guide older women into > lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but > models of goodness. By looking > at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and > children, be virtuous and pure, > keep a good house, be good wives. We don't want anyone looking down on > God's Message because of > their behavior. Also, guide the young men to live disciplined lives. > 7-8But mostly, show them all this by doing it yourself, incorruptible in > your teaching, your words > solid and sane. Then anyone who is dead set against us, when he finds > nothing weird or misguided, > might eventually come around. > > 9-10Guide slaves into being loyal workers, a bonus to their masters-no > back talk, no petty > thievery. Then their good character will shine through their actions, > adding luster to the teaching > of our Savior God. > > 11-14God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's > available for everyone! We're > being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to > take on a God-filled, > God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting > our appetites for the > glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He > offered himself as a sacrifice > to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making > us a people he can be > proud of, energetic in goodness. > > 15Tell them all this. Build up their courage, and discipline them if they > get out of line. You're > in charge. Don't let anyone put you down. > > Titus 3 > He Put Our Lives Together > 1-2Remind the people to respect the government and be law-abiding, always > ready to lend a helping > hand. No insults, no fights. God's people should be bighearted and > courteous. > 3-8It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes > of sin, ordered every > which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated > and hating back. But when > God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all > that. It was all his doing; we > had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it > new people, washed inside > and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so > generously. God's gift has > restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And > there's more life to come-an > eternity of life! You can count on this. > > 8-11I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters > so that those who have put > their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for > everyone. Stay away from > mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law > code. That gets you > nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with > him. It's obvious that such > a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in > divisiveness he cuts himself off. > > 12-13As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately > and meet me in > Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer > and Apollos a hearty > send-off. Take good care of them. > > 14Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all > necessities are met (especially > among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their > lives. > > 15All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the > faith. Grace to all of > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en.
