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2 Timothy 2

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

A Loyal Soldier of Christ Jesus

2 Timothy, you are a son to me. Be strong in the grace that we have because we belong to Christ Jesus. 2 What you have heard me teach publicly you should teach to others. Share these teachings with people you can trust. Then they will be able to teach others these same things. 3 As a good soldier of Christ Jesus, accept your share of the troubles we have. 4 A soldier wants to please his commanding officer, so he does not spend any time on activities that are not a part of his duty. 5 Athletes in a race must obey all the rules to win. 6 The farmer who works hard deserves the first part of the harvest. 7 Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand it all.

That's grace that we were saved. We have to live in grace and trust in him and his ability. we accept and use the power of Christ and he will give us strength to do his work. God speak to us through the bible and we need to accept it with open minded. When you read the bible, may God reveal his eternal truths to you, and help you to use it in your life and think about the verse you read. God will give you wisdom and let you understand more of bible verse and get the advice and lead from the holy spirit and life for it.

8 Remember Jesus Christ. He is from the family of David. After Jesus died, he was raised from death. This is the Good News that I tell people. 9 And because I tell that message, I am suffering. I am even bound with chains like someone who has really done wrong. But God’s message is not bound. 10 So I patiently accept all these troubles. I do this to help the people God has chosen so that they can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With this salvation comes glory that never ends.

11 Here is a true statement:

If we died with him,

we will also live with him.

12 If we remain faithful even in suffering,

we will also rule with him.

If we refuse to say we know him,

he will refuse to say he knows us.

13 If we are not faithful,

he will still be faithful,

because he cannot be false to himself.

God is faithful and when we think we are lack of faith can walk through that, God still with us. We will always break the promise, but God won't, he will live with us forever, and never forsaken us.

A Worker Who Pleases God

14 Keep on telling everyone these truths. And warn them before God not to argue about words. Such arguments don’t help anyone, and they ruin those who listen to them. 15 Do your best to be the kind of person God will accept, and give yourself to him. Be a worker who has no reason to be ashamed of his work, one who applies the true teaching in the right way.

Arguments don't help anyone, it just will bring hurt and confuse. We must strong in truth and read more God's words and understand his will in us.

16 Stay away from people who talk about useless things that are not from God. That kind of talk will lead a person more and more against God. 17 Their evil teaching will spread like a sickness inside the body. Hymenaeus and Philetus are men like that. 18 They have left the true teaching. They say that the day when people will be raised from death has already come and gone. And they are destroying the faith of some people.

We must stay away from those people will make us away from God's word. They are destroying the faith of us.

19 But God’s strong foundation never moves, and these words are written on it: “The Lord knows those who belong to him.” [a] Also, these words are written there: “Everyone who says they believe in the Lord must stop doing wrong.”

20 In a large house there are things made of gold and silver. But there are also things made of wood and clay. Some of these are used for special purposes, others for ordinary jobs. 21 The Lord wants to use you for special purposes, so make yourself clean from all evil. Then you will be holy, and the Master can use you. You will be ready for any good work.

God will use us when we ready to use by God. How do we prepare ourselves? make yourself away from all evil things, be holy and he will use us.

22 Stay away from the evil things a young person like you typically wants to do. Do your best to live right and to have faith, love, and peace, together with others who trust in the Lord with pure hearts. 23 Stay away from foolish and stupid arguments. You know that these arguments grow into bigger arguments. 24 As a servant of the Lord, you must not argue. You must be kind to everyone. You must be a good teacher, and you must be patient. 25 You must gently teach those who don’t agree with you. Maybe God will let them change their hearts so that they can accept the truth. 26 The devil has trapped them and now makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up to see what is happening and free themselves from the devil’s trap.

I will try do my best to live right and to have faith, love and peace together with others who trust in the Lord with pure hearts. No matter what you do must learn to respect other and listen what's others problem. That's will make the person that against you will be more willing to listen to your teaching, perhaps they will correct the fault of their own. Thanks God.

Yesterday night we have a review meeting for the camp. I love the meeting. Each of us voice out what we feel good and bad of the camp. Some of them din really voice out their feeling as I know. But when some of them back as late, few of us stay and still discuss about that. I had voice out what I feel in this camp and youth church. When I tell out, I learn some is my mistake and some they know that that's the problem occur and we need to face with. Chester really is a good leader, But I pray that God will build and raise more youth leader like him to take care this ANGEL. Revival is happen in our church, but I feel some of us are not ready for that. I'm one of them. God, please help me and lead me. I want to learn, I want to serve and I wanna get the strength from You. I wanna stick to you so that I could learn to be humble and know what I suppose to do. With your guidance I just know what I'm doing for, if not I could miss out the purpose that I'm doing. God, Please lead me. I wanna be Galilee and not dead sea, I wanna get anointing from the source, and not through other people. Thanks God for leading me.
After I pray, I feel relieved. I feel that God had taken my burden. He has taken me out of misery. When I worship, I'm singing the song "taken".

Hands that write the story of my life

I trust in You alone

Spirit be my Guide

Dreams that die, they come to life again

My future stands secure

In my Father's hands

I can't deny, a love so true

Breaks me down till I've got nothing to hide

I can't deny, the hope I feel

Forever undivided, You and i

Because you gave I'm taken out of misery

Because you died I'm rescued from my sin and shame

Because you love I found my heart to love again

You've taken me

And set me free

God I know that you have taken me and set me free. I love you Lord. All my burden is on you and I walk with you and stick to you always. Thanks God.