2 Timothy 1 Those who are instructed in the church are more able/willing to help others be instructed so they know Jesus. Being instructed should be most important in our life. Eg we will water the plant, the one with the most promise. If you use what God entrusts to you, you will receive more. The world teaches us we are owed. This causes us to miss out with God. God puts you in church to learn from each other about God. We need to have knowledge of God; not information. Information is just information unless we have knowledge of God in our lives. Paul - understands the deeper mercy of God in our lives. If our striving is on ourselves we burn out. Then we fall away because of trying in our own strength. Put on God's grace towards others. Don't be looking for others to extend grace to you. God has extended grace. God wants you to be a vessel to extend grace to others. Be like Jesus and let the grace of God flow through you. Paul is instructing Timothy to be tha

2 Timothy 1 The standing or dignity or good name of Preacher is extremely important. We pick this up from God's Word. We all have the opportunity to be heralders of the Word. Two things you can do on earth: 1. sin and 2. tell others about Jesus. Seek the glory of God in everything you do. Jesus took back the glory lost by Adam in the Garden of Eden when he went to the cross, died and rose again. In nature the head is protected (eg by the hand). So too we in Church we should protect the leadership of the church. Psalm 105:15 In 1798 a child was born. At school he showed potential and his father, a mechanic, consented to his education. God used him greatly. His name: Albert Barnes. If we try to live our life outside of God's plan we will never truly achieve. We need to tell people about God's plan for their life. Paul, a Pharisee of pharisees. He went from being a murderer to a preacher. Function of gospel is to be preached to the world. We have a life to live by God&

Names are associated with important events in our lives. Either positive or negative. Paul Bible reference Colossians chapter 4. People had come into the church and tried to deceive people with rules that were not of Christ. What does Christ think of you? That's why names are important. Paul - the value of Christian friendship; love God and others. God is our friend. True friendship shows care about their welfare. Paul cared about the Colossians and they cared about Paul. Mutal interest will lead to relationship of mutal dependence of caring and dependence. God wants to see you depend on Him and he is interested in you. - Paul wanted to go to the very heart of Christ's teachings. - Love our brothers and sisters in the Lord - Unity and oneness; not uniformity. - What God cleanses; is clean. - In Christ Jesus you are no longer a sinner but washed in the blood. - In Christ there are no steps up a ladder - No one is higher or greater than the other - We are all equal in

 I will exalt you, my God the King;I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise youand extol your name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;his greatness no one can fathom. One generation commends your works to another;they tell of your mighty acts. They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—and I will meditate on your wonderful works. They tell of the power of your awesome works—and I will proclaim your great deeds. They celebrate your abundant goodnessand joyfully sing of your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and compassionate,slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all;he has compassion on all he has made. All your works praise you, Lord;your faithful people extol you. They tell of the glory of your kingdomand speak of your might, so that all people may know of your mighty actsand the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,and your dominion endures through all generations.The L

 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. A large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat and sat down. All the people stayed on the shore. Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He told them this story:“A farmer went out to sow seed. While he was scattering the seed, some of it fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where there was not enough dirt. It grew very fast there, because the soil was not deep. But when the sun rose, it burned the plants. The plants died because they did not have deep roots. Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and stopped the good plants from growing. But some of the seed fell on good ground. There it grew and made grain. Some plants made 100 times more grain, some 60 times more, and some 30 times more. You people who hear me, listen!” The followers came to Jesus and asked, “Why do you use these stories to teach the people?” Jesus answered, “Only y