SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 10-19-02
My
Worship Time Focus: Healthy doctrine for
older men
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Titus 2:1
Message of the verse: “2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified,
sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.” (NAS95)
“Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect,
and to live wisely. They must have
strong faith and be filled with love and patience.” (NLT)
In this
verse Paul is not writing of men who serve as an official capacity in the
Church, but just older men who are members in the church. These men are to exercise self-control in
their walk with the Lord. I am sure that
this was something that was and is not evident in the older men of the world,
but should be a character of those who claim Christ as Savior and Lord. They were to be worthy of respect, in other
words the younger men in the Church should look up to them and want to be like
them. They should live wisely, and I am
sure that he is speaking of the way they use their money and not given over to
drinking too much. The last thing that
he mentions is to have a strong faith to be filled with love and patience. These are all good spiritual qualities for an
older or any believer.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Seeing how I am close to being qualified as
and “older man” (for that was someone over sixty in Paul’s view), I need to pay
closer attention to these qualities that are mentioned in this verse. To have a strong faith seems most important
to me in this list, although as said before all are important.
The Word of God was challenging to me today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To
continue to trust the Lord about not having fear in my life. To trust the Lord to continue to honor are
covenant with Him. To trust the Lord to
get us home safely to our house.
Memory verse for the week: Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the
Lord requires of you but to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with your
God?
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