2 Tim 2. The ministry is no place for a loafer because it demands discipline and work. It is no place for a shirker because there are enemies to fight and tell us to be completed. Church members need to pray for their pastors and encourage them in the work of the Lord. Church officers should faithfully do their work so that the pastors can devote themselves to their own ministry, Acts 6:1-7 seven.

1 Tim 1. The Holy Spirit gives us power for witness and for service. It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit. Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place of the power of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit also gives us love. If we have love for lost souls and for the people of God, we will be able to endure suffering and accomplish the work of God.

1 Tim 6. Riches Candler person into make-believe world of shallow pleasure. But riches plus gods well can introduce a person to life that is real and a ministry that is lasting.

1 Tim 5. The church needs spiritual wisdom in guidance in selecting officers. It’s dangerous and impulsive to place new Christians or new church members in a place of spiritual responsibility, before knowing their fruit. Some people sans are clearly seen; others are able to cover their sins, though their sins pursue them. To ordain elders with sand in their lives is to partake of those sins!

1 Timothy 4. Gods people need to be warned about faults doctrine and religious Apostasy. A minister must not major on the subject, because he is obligated to teach “all the counsel of God”, but neither should he ignore them.

1 Timothy 3. Sometimes church leaders must take a militant stand against sin and apostasy. This is not not make them popular but it does please the Lord. The main truth to which a church should bear witness is the person and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh, not only at his birth, but during his entire earthly ministry.

If you are open to Gods help, you will receive it, He has a great plan for you.

Skiing and theKingdom seem to be counterintuitive.

1 Timothy 2. Paul laid down a general principle that encouraged the believing women of that day. Their ministry was not to run the church, but to care for the home and bear children to the glory of God, 1Timothy 5:14. Their home congregation would give them abundant opportunities for teaching the word and ministering to the Saints, see Romans 16:1 – 6.

God called Timothy, equipped him, and put him into his place of ministry. Timothy‘s job was not to run all over emphasis, being involved in a multitude of task. His job was to care for the church by winning the lost, teaching the saved, and defending the faith. Any task that did not relate to these ministries would have to be abandoned. One reason some local churches are having problems is that the pastors and spiritual leaders are involved into many extracurricular activities and are not doing the task God has called them to do.