How you doin? I'm still finding the attack remarkable, but eventually laughable. Stacey and I tried to have a planning meeting for the conference yesterday and it got tense and unproductive. This is usually the last ditch effort on Satan's part. After all external stuff fails to derail us, he comes at us with an inside job. He attacks our relationships within our home. Yesterday was a rough day for Stacey, me, and the kids. We're standing our ground and allowing the attack to remind us to praise God. It's reverse attackology. When Satan tries to steal worship and praise from God, we worship and praise Him more. When Satan tries to feed us lies, we ingest truth and then speak it. I once heard Bill Johnson say, "If you're having trouble seeing and hearing from God, look at what Satan's doing. God's doing the exact opposite". So that's our approach to spiritual warfare, fight with the exact opposite of the attack. I do this naturally by keeping my eyes, ears, and attention fixed on Jesus. That's a good word. 2 Timothy 3 today.
Verse 5, "holding to a form of [b]godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these." The footnote here is "Or religion". Here Paul is describing the men in "difficult times". Verses 1-4, give a description of a man I certainly don't want to be anything like. It hurts to read this and see myself fitting any part of this description. The thing I can't stomach the most is denying God's power. To me that's what the demonic spirit of religion does the most. It feeds us lies about our identity and destiny in Christ. Primarily so that "Christians" or religious folks deny receiving God's power and authority. Followers of Jesus can't deny the power and authority.
Verses 14-17, "You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is [h]inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for[i]training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." Click on the footnotes to see them. These verses describe a much more appealing man. This is a follower of Jesus. This letter is written to Timothy and all who read it. I love the concept of "training in righteousness". This is huge for me. I struggle with receiving Jesus' righteousness that's in me. I indeed need to train in this truth. "Train in righteousness" today.
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