by Haley Reed | Jul 22, 2022 | Daily Grace
“Having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people” (2 Timothy 3:5). Paul puts this statement at the end of a list of those whose lives don’t reflect the godliness Jesus brings to our lives. “Lovers of themselves, lovers of money,...
by Haley Reed | Jul 21, 2022 | Daily Grace
“Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained” (2 Timothy 2:8-9). Paul faced every imaginable obstacle to his...
by Haley Reed | Jul 20, 2022 | Daily Grace
“You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:1). Every Christian agrees that our salvation begins with grace. Paul wrote, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith” (Ephesians 2:8). The truth that has sometimes been...
by Haley Reed | Jul 19, 2022 | Daily Grace
“He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time” (2 Timothy 1:9). Salvation is so certain that Paul refers to it in the...
by Haley Reed | Jul 18, 2022 | Daily Grace
“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline” (2 Timothy 1:7). We know that many different people have a variety of different personalities. Everything we know about Timothy indicates that he was timid. We know that...
by Grace Grenade | Jul 17, 2022 | Daily Grace
“I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism” (1 Timothy 5:21). God hates both partiality and favoritism. Another translation of this verse is, “be...