1 Greetings from Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was sent to help God’s chosen people have faith and understand the truth that produces a life of devotion to God. 2 This faith and knowledge make us sure that we have eternal life. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie. 3 At the right time, God let the world know about that life. He did this through the telling of the Good News message, and he trusted me with that work. I told people that message because God our Savior commanded me to.
Paul said that he is the servant of God and he obey God's power and spread the news of Jesus Christ. So what's my purpose of living??? What I build in my career?
4 To Titus, a true son to me in the faith we share together.
Grace and peace to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Titus’ Work in Crete
5 I left you in Crete so that you could finish doing what still needed to be done. And I also left you there so that you could choose men to be elders in every town. 6 To be an elder, a man must not be guilty of living in a wrong way. He must be faithful to his wife, [a] and his children must be faithful to God. [b] They must not be known as children who are wild or don’t obey. 7 An elder [c] has the job of taking care of God’s work. So people should not be able to say that he lives in a wrong way. He must not be someone who is proud and selfish or who gets angry quickly. He must not drink too much, and he must not be someone who likes to fight. He must not be a man who will do almost anything for money. 8 An elder must be ready to help people by welcoming them into his home. He must love what is good. He must be wise. He must live right. He must be devoted to God and pleasing to him. And he must be able to control himself. 9 An elder must be faithful to the same true message we teach. Then he will be able to encourage others with teaching that is true and right. And he will be able to show those who are against this teaching that they are wrong.
A person living style and his relationship with people that show his character. We can use this to judge a person is it suit to become a leader, but that's important to know that he is living for God and can be a modal to the other.
10 This is important, because there are many people who refuse to obey—people who talk about worthless things and mislead others. I am talking especially about those who say that men who are not Jews must be circumcised to please God. 11 These people must be stopped, because they are destroying whole families by teaching what they should not teach. They teach only to cheat people and make money. 12 Even one of their own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars. They are evil animals and lazy people who do nothing but eat.” 13 The words that prophet said are true. So tell those people that they are wrong. You must be strict with them. Then they will become strong in the faith, 14 and they will stop paying attention to the stories told by those Jews. They will stop following the commands of those who have turned away from the truth.
15 To people who are pure, everything is pure. But to those who are full of sin and don’t believe, nothing is pure. Really, their thinking has become evil and their consciences have been ruined. 16 They say they know God, but the evil things they do show that they don’t accept him. They are disgusting. They refuse to obey God and are not capable of doing anything good.
Many people said that they know God and how we know that what they tell is real? We can know it through how they value and is it put the God's kingdom in the 1st place. Our action show what we believe. How did others think of us?
4 Before God and Jesus Christ, I give you a command. Christ Jesus is the one who will judge all people—those who are living and those who have died. He is coming again to rule in his kingdom. So I give you this command: 2 Tell everyone God’s message. Be ready at all times to do whatever is needed. Tell people what they need to do, tell them when they are doing wrong, and encourage them. Do this with great patience and careful teaching.
Paul ask Timothy to convince, rebuke and exhort others. Accept others suggestion and change himself is not easy, but no matter what, we are willing to follow and obey God fully.
3 The time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching. But people will find more and more teachers who please them. They will find teachers who say what they want to hear. 4 People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories. 5 But you should control yourself at all times. When troubles come, accept them. Do the work of telling the Good News. Do all the duties of a servant of God.
Keep calm when we at the worse situation or in trouble. In your respective area stay calm, resist the pressure and keeping a life.
6 My life is being given as an offering for God. The time has come for me to leave this life here. 7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have served the Lord faithfully. 8 Now, a prize is waiting for me—the crown that will show I am right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give it to me on that Day. Yes, he will give it to me and to everyone else who is eagerly looking forward to his coming.
Personal Notes
9 Do your best to come to me as soon as you can. 10 Demas loved this world too much. That is why he left me. He went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia. And Titus went to Dalmatia. 11 Luke is the only one still with me. Get Mark and bring him with you when you come. He can help me in my work here. 12 I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
13 When I was in Troas, I left my coat there with Carpus. So when you come, bring it to me. Also, bring my books. The books written on parchment are the ones I need.
We are not alone in this worlds. We have friend and Paul is the same. He has his partner when work for God. We should always have a companion with us in along we serving.
14 Alexander the metalworker caused me so much harm. The Lord will punish him for what he did. 15 He fought against everything we teach. You should be careful that he doesn’t hurt you too.
16 The first time I defended myself, no one helped me. Everyone left me. I pray that God will forgive them. 17 But the Lord stayed with me. The Lord gave me strength so that I could tell the Good News everywhere. He wanted all those who are not Jews to hear that Good News. So I was saved from the lion’s mouth. 18 The Lord will save me when anyone tries to hurt me. He will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory forever and ever be the Lord’s. Amen.
God is with us all the time. Paul is busy in his life but he still have some close relationship with his friend and family. How are we? We have to learn from Paul, spend some times with brothers and sisters in establishing a profound friendship, affect life to the life.
Final Greetings
19 Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila and to the family of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus stayed in Corinth. And I left Trophimus in Miletus—he was sick. 21 Try as hard as you can to come to me before winter.
Greetings to you from Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters here.
22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
Thanks God that his grace be with us all the time.
Today as I'm working night, Thanks God that my dad is preparing the dinner and supper for me. Is just nice and I love it. Thanks.
Thanks God after I had a short reading bible time, I could spend sometimes to pray as what my spiritual needs. I know that God is talking to me. I need to be humble and received the words of God that given to me. Praise Lord. I will be try up to spend more time for u, God. That's great.
3 Remember this: There are some terrible times coming in the last days. 2 People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud and boast about themselves. They will abuse others with insults. They will not obey their parents. They will be ungrateful and against all that is pleasing to God. 3 They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 People will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking and will be so proud of themselves. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure. 5 They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that “devotion” change the way they live. Stay away from these people!
God please give me strength to get away from all thing that you dislike. Don't surrender to the social pressure. Don't stop dedicated to serve in order to ease. Stay close to the will of God and work hard to resist evil.
6 Some of them go into homes and get control over weak women, whose lives are full of sin—women who are led into sin by all the things they want. 7 These women always want to learn something new, but they are never able to fully understand the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres [a] fought against Moses, these people fight against the truth. Their thinking has been confused. The faith they have and teach is worthless. 9 But they will not succeed in what they are trying to do. Everyone will see how foolish they are. That is what happened to Jannes and Jambres.
Last Instructions
10 But you know all about me. You know what I teach and the way I live. You know my goal in life. You know my faith, my patience, and my love. You know that I never stop trying. 11 You know about my persecutions and my sufferings. You know all the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecution I suffered in those places. But the Lord saved me from all of it. 12 Everyone who wants to live showing true devotion to God in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 13 People who are evil and cheat others will become worse and worse. They will fool others, but they will also be fooling themselves.
14 But you should continue following the teaching you learned. You know it is true, because you know you can trust those who taught you. 15 You have known the Holy Scriptures [b] since you were a child. These Scriptures are able to make you wise. And that wisdom leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is given by God. And all Scripture is useful for teaching and for showing people what is wrong in their lives. It is useful for correcting faults and teaching the right way to live. 17 Using the Scriptures, those who serve God will be prepared and will have everything they need to do every good work.
God thank for leading me and I shell continue following the teaching that I learn.
Today thanks God that everything run smooth, my patient all very active and cheerful. God please lead me and help me to share your good news and use my life to glorify your name. Thanks God.
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.
