2 Timothy 2:3-15, October 10, 2019, Thursday Night Worship

And here we have last Thursday night's (Oct 10th) sermon video.  I'm going to get caught up with posting the sermons and will have this past Sunday's sermon up in the morning.

During this sermon, I mention all the hardships that have fallen upon so very, very, very many midwestern farmers this crop year.  They have suffered blow after blow from the weather.  Too much rainfall and now for so many in the Dakotas an early snowfall which may mean some crops will have to be harvested (if there's anything left to harvest) in the spring, which will delay next year's planting as well.  Please do pray for these affected souls, their livelihoods are literally on the line.

I mentioned the plight of the Dakota farmers to illustrate the setbacks that we have in life.  Often we feel that we are hit with one thing after another.  Illness, deaths, financial problems, the list goes on and on... of the things we confront in this lifetime.  But the beauty is that God remains there with us and if we lean on Him, we can soldier on through it all... praising God all the way.

Be a blessing to someone today!

In His Grace,
Roy

2 Timothy 2:3-15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 Share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving in the army gets entangled in everyday affairs; the soldier’s aim is to please the enlisting officer. 5 And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules. 6 It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops. 7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.

8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel, 9 for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 11 The saying is sure:

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;
13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
for he cannot deny himself.

A Worker Approved by God
14 Remind them of this, and warn them before God[a] that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.

Footnotes:
a) 2 Timothy 2:14 Other ancient authorities read the Lord

photo by Christian Begeman