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Daily Readings: Hebrews 3-4 and Psalm 11 Hebrews 3-4 mainly focuses on the issue of Christians remaining steadfastly faithful and holding on to our faith in Jesus all the way to the end, so that we may ultimately enter the eternal rest that God has prepared for us. With that in mind, and writing about
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Daily Readings: Hebrews 1-2 and Psalm 10 The author of Hebrews is unknown, although it is clear that he was not an eyewitness of Jesus but had received the Gospel through hearing it preached (see 2:1 & 3). Early manuscripts are entitled: “To the Hebrews,” which shows that it was written to Jewish Christians and
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Daily Readings: Titus 3, Philemon 1 and Psalm 9 The letter to Philemon was a deeply personal letter, written by Paul to his dear Christian friend named Philemon who lived in Colossae. Philemon had been discipled by Paul during his ministry in Ephesus (a neighbouring city to Colossae) and had subsequently opened his home as
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Daily Readings: Titus 1-2 and Psalm 8 The Letter to Titus is another product of Paul’s imprisonment in Rome. Titus had been assigned by Paul to pastor and teach the fledgling Church on the island of Crete, and to appoint elders who would provide long-term oversight and leadership to the Church there. It seems that
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Daily Readings: 2 Timothy 3-4 and Psalm 7 The exhortations Paul gave Timothy in this letter are made all the more forceful and poignant by the fact that Paul wrote them on the verge of his own martyrdom. Paul knew that his own physical ministry was about to be ended by a Roman executioner, so
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The letter we call 2 Timothy was written not long before Paul’s execution. At the time of writing it, Paul knew that the time of his death was drawing near (4:6-8), and he wanted to send final words of love, encouragement and instruction to his younger disciple, Timothy. Daily Readings: 2 Timothy 1-2 and Psalm
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 5-6 and Psalm 5 5 … (They) have been robbed of the truth and (they) think that godliness is a means to financial gain.6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it … 10 For the love of money is a
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 3-4 and Psalm 4 14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing to you with these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 1-2 and Psalm 3 Paul wrote his first letter to Timothy, who was ministering to the Church in Ephesus, to encourage him to stand firm in the face of false teaching. This false teaching was harmful to the Christians because it distracted them with “myths and endless genealogies … controversial speculations
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Daily Readings: 2 Thessalonians 3 and Psalm 2 It seems that some Thessalonian Christians had decided to stop working and live off the charity of the Church. Sadly, idle hands once again proved to be “the devil’s workshop” (as the old saying goes), and their idleness provided opportunities for them to disrupt the Church’s unity.
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