Please read 1 Timothy 1.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/1ti/1/1/s_1120001
Meditate on verse 12.
I thank Christ Jesus our LORD, who has strengthened me
because He considered me faithful, putting me into service.
Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to teach the believers how to function as a church (vs. 3-4). Before giving guidelines for church administration, Paul thanked Jesus for strengthening him and putting him into service despite his past life as a blasphemer, persecutor, and violent aggressor—the foremost of sinners (vs. 12-15). If Jesus Christ saved Paul and let him serve the church, then no one in Ephesus was hopeless for eternal life and serving the LORD.
This letter is for you and those you love. Are you praying for someone who appears will never follow Christ? Be encouraged by blasphemous, violently aggressive Paul, who because of the LORD, became a faithful servant to eternal, immortal King Jesus. If God can save Paul, He can save anyone!
Pray 1 Timothy 1:12-17 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD Jesus Christ, strengthen _________ and me.
Please consider us faithful and put us into service.
Show us Your mercy, grace, faith, and love, which
are only found in You. Thank You for
coming into the world to save sinners.
Please demonstrate Your perfect patience
and let _________ believe in You for eternal life.
Now to You, Jesus, the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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