Reflecting God Devotions for Holy Living – Saturday, 28 December
2013 “A God-Breathed Word” Scripture 2 Timothy 3: Paul’s Charge
to Timothy
10 Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in
life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions, and
my suffering the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra.
What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12
Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others
and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and
firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, 15 and how from childhood
you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation
through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is inspired by God and is[a]
useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness, 17 so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient,
equipped for every good work.
Footnotes:
a. 2 Timothy 3:16 Or Every scripture inspired by God is also
“A God-Breathed Word” by Greg Mason
What gets you through the day? What gets you through the crisis?
What helps you when you feel tired, alone, or blue? We are inundated with
scores of remedies for the pressures of life. Just put your “issue” on your
Facebook status and you’ll have more advice than you know what to do with.
Google your dilemma and you will find thousands of “hits” for help.
Paul went through tough times. Struggles? He knew all about
that. Importantly, it was the Word of God that got him through. Paul affirms
that the Bible is not just some person’s sage advice. It is the Word breathed
by God himself. This is the Word of the
Creator. There is power in the Word of the Lord. Paul says in Romans: “For
everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that
through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they
provide we might have hope” (15:4).
Paul’s discovery in the school of hard knocks? The Word of God
is useful; very useful.
Hymn for Today:
“Standing on the Promises” by R. Kelso Carter
1. Standing on the
promises of Christ my King,
through eternal ages
let his praises ring;
glory in the highest,
I will shout and sing,
standing on the
promises of God.
Refrain:
Standing, standing,
standing on the
promises of Christ my Savior;
standing, standing,
I'm standing on the
promises of God.
2. Standing on the
promises that cannot fail,
when the howling
storms of doubt and fear assail,
by the living Word of
God I shall prevail,
standing on the
promises of God.
Refrain:
Standing, standing,
standing on the
promises of Christ my Savior;
standing, standing,
I'm standing on the
promises of God.
3. Standing on the
promises of Christ the Lord,
bound to him eternally
by love's strong cord,
overcoming daily with
the Spirit's sword,
standing on the
promises of God.
Refrain:
Standing, standing,
standing on the
promises of Christ my Savior;
standing, standing,
I'm standing on the
promises of God.
4. Standing on the
promises I cannot fall,
listening every moment
to the Spirit's call,
resting in my Savior
as my all in all,
standing on the
promises of God.
Refrain:
Standing, standing,
standing on the
promises of Christ my Savior;
standing, standing,
I'm standing on the
promises of God.
Thought for Today:
“Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have
the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the
Holy One of God.”[a]
Footnotes:
a. John 6:69 Other ancient authorities read the Christ, the Son
of the living God”(John 6:68-69).
Prayer Needs:
Many people in India will come to know Jesus the Christ [Yeshua
the Messiah] and receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
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