WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 5 – 3:1–16 — Qualified

Day 5: 1 Timothy 3:1–16 — Qualifications for Church Leadership Reading: Requirements for overseers and deacons, plus the church’s purpose Study Questions: 1. Observation: What character qualities are emphasised for church leaders? Blameless, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, gentle, diligent, dignified, full of integrity. 2. Interpretation: Why does Paul focus more on character than on skills […]

WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 1 – Book Overview

Day 1: Book Overview — Setting the Foundation Focus: Introduction to 1 Timothy and its context Reading: Skim through the entire book (6 chapters) to get the big picture Study Questions: 1. Historical Context: What can you learn about Paul’s relationship with Timothy and the situation in Ephesus from scanning the letter? Paul has an […]

JJ25 #28 – Service: Comfort the Brokenhearted

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favour has […]

JJ25 #24 The Unifying Spirit

I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:1-3) God Sent His Spirit Unity. It’s an attractive word. There is a sense […]

JJ25 #23 – The Sent Spirit Empowers

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8) God Sent His Spirit Power. This is something that so many look for. The thinking is that with power, […]

JJ25 #22 – The Life-Giving Spirit

The Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. (Genesis 2:7) Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy […]

JJ25 #15 – Attentive

Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. (2 Chronicles 7:15-16) What an occasion for the people of […]

JJ25 #14 – House for the God who Cannot be Contained

The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even the highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him? (2 Chronicles 2:5-6) Solomon […]

JJ25 #08 – Gifted Contributors to the Place of Presence

See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, […]

JJ25 #02 – The Work and The Call

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man … (Genesis 2:15-16a ESVUK) At some point in my teenage years, I was asked the wonderful question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” A seemingly regular and conventional question to […]

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