WORK HARD

BE READY:

In the ministry of evangelism, you have three positions;

1.) Start: This is all the great prepping that goes on to begin any hard work. You will get every opposition to your even wanting to care. You will have every one around you telling you why it will be hard. You will convince yourself even that you are not quailified for the position. The ones that you are preparing all this for will look to you as "hopeless ones."

2.) Asking For God's Help: Sometimes just as a human, you do hard things just for His sake. Because you know it is a "Better Way." It's hard to position yourself with just one goal in mind, and that is; that Jesus is Lord and you are dead in Him...

3.) Doer: "Do all things as unto Christ Jesus, do not deny the Lord, you have not because you ask not, ask and ye shall receive, if any man...open the door, I will come in to him, but as many as received Him...He will give...power to become sons, be ye doers of the Word."

ROPE Ministries; 07/28/2008

Our Minister Timothy

2TIMOTHY 1:1-18:

OUTLINE INTRODUCTION TO 2 TIMOTHY:

A. Salution is in verses 1:1-5
B. Thanksgiving is in verses 1:3-5
c. Fidelity in face of hardships 1:6-14
a) because of the nature of Christian experience
b) because of the greatness of the gospel
c) because of the example of Paul
D. Fidelity in the face of desertions 1:15-2:13
a) the example of Onesiphorus

We are reading now about instructions of how to evangelize under extreme circumstances. We thank the Lord for giving us all opportunities to speak, share our faith, and the williness to not deny Christ.