Tag: faithful endurance
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The Promise Nobody Puts in the Promise Box — 2 Timothy 3:12
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. This is one promise you will not find printed on a greeting card. You will not open a little devotional box and pull out a slip of paper that says, “Today’s precious promise: persecution is coming.” But Paul says…
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A Life That Can Be Examined — 2 Timothy 3:10–11
2 Timothy 3:10, 11 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. After talking about counterfeits, Paul now points Timothy to something real.…
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Torn Between Two Shores – Philippians 1:22–26
Philippians 1:22–26 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.And…