Day 4

Scripture to Read: 2 Timothy 2:19

From yesterday’s devotion, God made it clear how we are to avoid worthless, empty, and/or foolish conversations of any kind. We are to know God’s Word so we live His Truth and share His Truth with everyone we know. The devotion today is focused on 2 Timothy 2:19. Through Paul, God reminds Timothy and us that His Truth still stands. The only solid rock we have to stand on is our Lord Jesus Christ and His Word. Since Hymenaeus and Philetus had been teaching that the resurrection of the church had already happened, God uses Paul to reassure Timothy and us that “The Lord knows those who are His.” In other words, through Paul, God was letting all believers know that none of us will be left behind when Christ comes in the clouds to take His church home (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18). God also uses Paul to remind Timothy and us that our lives need to be lived so that we are constantly turning away from the garbage of this world. To abstain from all evil, wickedness, deceit, wrongdoing, and anything else that dishonors our Lord is what all believers must choose to do each day. Our lives need to shine for our Lord, and everyone needs to see and hear the love of Christ through us. Living a life that imitates our Lord is what God expects from us as His children (Matthew 5:48, Luke 6:36, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:1-2). God’s foundation is firm; let's stand on it daily.

Challenge & Application

1. What did God teach you today about standing firm in Him and abstaining from the junk of this world? 2. How are you standing in God’s Truth daily and how are you turning away from everything that dishonors our Lord?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

As God continues to write through Paul to Timothy and us, we find today in 2 Timothy 2:14 that we are to remind all believers of the things God has taught us so far in 2 Timothy 1 & 2. We know that as we ended yesterday’s devotion, God laid out for us that since we have died with Christ, we will most definitely live with Him. God also told us...

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Day 2

Through Paul, God challenges Timothy (and of course, this always applies to us too) to make sure to be attentive to studying God’s Word. Studying God’s Word is not just for preachers and teachers, but this is something every believer ought to be doing daily. God does not want us only relying on what we hear from preachers and teachers, but Go...

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Day 3

We saw in the devotion on Day 1 that we are not to get involved in arguments over things that just don’t matter. God comes back today in 2 Timothy 2:16-18 and deals again with avoiding “all irreverent babble and godless chatter” (AMP). God wants all of us to stay away from worthless conversations and foolish talk that lead to godless actions....

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Day 4

From yesterday’s devotion, God made it clear how we are to avoid worthless, empty, and/or foolish conversations of any kind. We are to know God’s Word so we live His Truth and share His Truth with everyone we know. The devotion today is focused on 2 Timothy 2:19. Through Paul, God reminds Timothy and us that His Truth still stands. The only s...

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Day 5

Today, God furthers His truth from 2 Timothy 2:19 and gives us an illustration in 2 Timothy 2:20-21. God has Paul use the home of someone who is wealthy and the items within the wealthy person’s home for comparison to our lives. God tells us that some houses have objects, utensils, plates, cups, and other things that are made of gold and silv...

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Day 6

In yesterday’s devotion, God taught us that we must get rid of the things in our lives that dishonor Him. Today, in 2 Timothy 2:22, through Paul, God tells us what to run from and what to run toward. God first tells us to run away from anything that stimulates our youthful lusts, our fleshly desires. We all know our greatest weaknesses, so it...

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Day 7

God has already told us twice in 2 Timothy 2:14-26 not to get involved in worthless conversations. Today, God brings it up one more time. God gives the warning not to get involved in stupid, ignorant arguments because they only lead to fights and bickering. As God’s children, we are not to get involved in quarrels; therefore, we must act diff...

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