May 6, 2008
May 4, 2008
2 Timothy 2:14-19 Rev. Mark Dooley, 5.4.08
2 Tim 2:14-19 (NIV) 14 Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”
VERSE 14-15: Approved workmen dispense scritural TRUTH. Ashamed workmen debate semantical trivia.
VERSE 16: Approved workmen avoid godless chatter, ashamed workmen advance gossip cheerfully.
Luke 6:45 (NIV) 45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
James 3:10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be
1 Thess 5:11 (NIV) 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Eph 4:29 (NIV) 29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
VERSE 17-19 Approved workmen provide doctrinal encouragement. Ahamed workmen promote doctrinal error.
THINK before you speak:
T = is it True?
H = is it Helpful
I = is it Inspiring
N = is it Necessary
K = is it Kind
May 1, 2008
National Day of Prayer – 5.1.2008
2 Chron 7:13-14 (NIV) 13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Comments from Rev. Mark Dooley, http://www.leonardtownbaptist.org :
THE PROBLEM:
–Drought
–Devastation
–Destruction
THE PEOPLE:
–They aren’t “the extreme”
–They aren’t “the expected”
–They are you and me, “the enabled”
THE PROCESS:
–Humility
–Prayer
–Repentance
FURTHER READING:
Psalms 33:12-22 (NIV)
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.
13 From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind;
14 from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth–
15 he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
16 No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
22 May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.
1 Tim 2:1-5 (NIV)
1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-
2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior,
4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,