“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15 ESV). Paul wrote to his young protégé Timothy, urging him to be diligent in his study and handling of God’s Word. The phrase “do your best”
“Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days” (Psalm 90:14 ESV). In Psalm 90, Moses contrasts the eternal nature of God with the frailty and brevity of human life. In verse 14, he pleads for what our souls most desperately need—God’s steadfast love (Hebrew:
“They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share” (1 Timothy 6:18 ESV). Paul instructed Timothy to charge the wealthy believers in Ephesus not to set their hopes on riches but on God, “who richly provides us with everything to enjoy” (v.17). Instead of trusting in
“Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching” (1 Timothy 5:17 ESV). Paul’s instruction to Timothy affirms that elders—those who serve as spiritual leaders and shepherds in the local church—are to be honored for their faithful labor. The phrase “rule well” refers to
“If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed” (1 Timothy 4:6 ESV). Paul wrote to his young protégé Timothy, reminding him that his faithfulness as a pastor would be
“Jeremiah said, ‘The word of the LORD came to me: Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.”’” (Jeremiah 32:6–7 ESV). Jeremiah received this word from the Lord while imprisoned in the court
“Thus says the Lord: ‘A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.’” (Jeremiah 31:15 ESV). Jeremiah’s words paint a scene of deep national sorrow. Ramah, a town north of Jerusalem, was the place where
“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost” (1 Timothy 1:15 ESV). In this verse, the Apostle Paul captured the essence of the gospel in a single phrase: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” He
“As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good” (2 Thessalonians 3:13 ESV). Paul’s words come near the close of his second letter to the Thessalonian believers. Some among them had grown idle, refusing to work, meddling in others’ affairs, and living off the generosity of the faithful. Rather than laboring quietly and
“Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste” (Jeremiah 25:12 ESV). Jeremiah delivered this prophecy before Judah’s fall to Babylon. He foretold that God would use Babylon as His instrument