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I Timothy 1:1-7
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I Timothy 1:8-11
The law reveals sin but doesn’t take it away

I Timothy 1:12-14
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I Timothy 1:15-17
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I Timothy 1:18-20
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I Timothy 2:1-8
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I Timothy 2:9-15
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The qualifications for a pastor

I Timothy 3:8-13
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Who we are, what we believe and how we behave

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I Timothy 4:6-10
One of life’s greatest needs

I Timothy 4:11-16
The rewards of meditation

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What are your responsibilities toward others?

I Timothy 5:5-16
Who takes care of the widow?

I Timothy 5:17-25
What does it mean to be given “double honor?”

I Timothy 6:1-2
How do you show respect to those you work for?

I Timothy 6:3-10
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I Timothy 6:11-16
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I Timothy 6:17-21
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The rewards of meditation

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I Timothy 4:11–16
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My father would not have been particularly interested in a book about fathering, although he did like to read. One day when he was reading in the living room, my brother and I decided we could play basketball without breaking anything. When I took a shot that redesigned the glass … More

Meditation

Paul shares five things that a good Christian leader needs to be disciplined in:

  1. Being a good example (v. 12)
  2. Reading (v. 13)
  3. Exhorting (v . 13)
  4. Exercising your gift (v. 14)
  5. Meditating on the word of God (v. 15)

 

Some of the rewards of meditation are:

  1. Good success (Joshua 1:8)
  2. Wiser than our enemies (Psalm 119:97,98)
  3. More understanding than all your teachers (Psalm 119:99)
  4. Joy, health & personal fulfillment (Psalm 63:5,6)
  5. Prosperity in every venture that you undertake (Psalm 1:2,3)
  6. Success will be obvious for everyone to see (vv.4&5)

 

Application

How can I be a good example in what I’m involved in today? (I cannot be without God’s help.) Timothy was to give himself wholly to Paul’s instructions then progress would be seen by all observers. Meditation is centering my thoughts around scripture and prayerfully reviewing the Word of God over and over like a cow chewing her cud. The more I share from my Quiet Time the more I will be thinking on it. It is my desire to share something I learned today with someone else?

I Timothy 4:11-16 (English Standard Version)

Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

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