(Part 3) "Physical training is good, but..."

“If we were to put as much energy into our spiritual life as an athlete does into their training for a temporary competition, we will grow and accomplish much for God and His Kingdom.”

After our sermon a couple weeks ago about “going deeper”, there was an evident need for a series on 1 Timothy chapter 4 on how to practically “go deeper” and have a foundational Christ-like mindset through the Biblical Christian habits that Paul instructed to Timothy as he trained him up to have a Christ minded ministry. 

The goal in this series is to understand the “Godly Values” that Paul gives to Timothy as we try to continue to shape that same Christ-like mindset in our own lives as we chose to have a deep relationship with God today.

In todays sermon we look at the next Godly Value that Paul tells Timothy to be an example of in 1 Timothy 4:12, “an example of life/conduct/conversation. There are so many Biblical examples of how our lives need to be an example to this world that we truly have life and life abundantly, springs of living water inside of us, and new life that is unlike the life we once lived. We need to be walking in this “life” that Jesus paid for us to walk in so that the world we live in might get a taste of the overflowing joy, hope and peace we can experience in the chaos of this world because we truly do serve a risen Savior who is alive in us today. We are to do this by bringing the aroma of Christ everywhere we go by being the temple of the Holy Spirit. 

This week’s “WEEKLY EXERCISES”

-Don’t be a hypocrite: Titus 1:10-16

-Be a VISUAL example: “Get out and reach the people who are withered and help them get restored through a relationship with God, so that they too would understand where their source of life comes from.”