I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Devotion based on 2 Timothy 1:5,6

What kinds of things did you learn from your parents? Maybe Mom taught you how to bake the PERFECT chocolate chip cookie, or Dad taught you how to change a flat tire. When you were growing up, there were life lessons and skills you learned from your parents. Perhaps you have even passed those on to your children as well.

As Timothy was growing up, his mother and grandmother had given him something wonderful, something amazing—they had shared their faith in Jesus with Timothy. And, by the grace of God, that faith had grown strong. But that gift of faith needed to be nurtured. That’s why Paul encouraged him to “fan into flame” this gift from God.

Did your parents teach you about Jesus when you were young? Have you continued to feed your faith as you’ve gotten older? Sometimes we find ourselves so busy with life—marriage, job, hobbies, etc., that going to church and hearing God’s Word, well, ‘there’s just not enough time for that!’ we reason. ‘We’ll get to it later!’ we say. But, my friend, the time to feed your faith is NOW! I’m so thankful to God that you’re reading this. Because we can never hear too much about how all our sins have been paid for by Jesus and that he defeated death by rising from the grave. No matter how old I get, I can never grow out of needing to be reminded that God loves me and made me, not just the child of my mom and dad, but made me a child of my heavenly Father. Continue to fan that flame of faith!

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