Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in images, song and lyrics from Steve Green singing … People Need the Lord … poignantly singing about how, as Christians, we need to pass the baton of our faith on to others who need God’s saving and sanctifying grace.
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Highlight Passage : … 2Timothy 1:13 [NLT] ... 13 Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me—a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus.
… Paul mentors and disciples Timothy to develop and pass on the baton of faith that he, Paul, had given to Timothy.
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Highlight Passage [context] : … 2Timothy 1:13-14 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts Timothy, whom he had discipled in the faith, to hold on to, develop, and share the grace that Paul had passed on to him.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK …
… We must avoid going it alone and lead others to follow God’s ways.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 29:19-20 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK …
… We are charged by Jesus, Himself, to go and make disciples of others, teaching them to obey and follow Christ.
Reference Passage : … Mark 16:15 [NLT] ... 15 And then He told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. …”
… Appearing to His disciples after the resurrection, Jesus charges them to go and share the Gospel with any/all.
Reference Passage : … Acts 1:8 [NLT] ... 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
… Jesus, just before ascending back to Heaven, charges us al to go, in the power of God’s Spirit and be His witnesses to all the world.
Reference Passage : … 2Timothy 1:8-11 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts Timothy to take God’s grace and share it with others as Paul had shared it with Timothy.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Amy Peterson, AT THIS LINK, illustrates how we need to pass down to others the faith and grace God has given to us as Christians. And I see it much like passing the baton in a relay race (see attached photo).
And that was what the Apostle Paul did for Timothy (see the passages in 2Timothy above) … to encourage his young protege to share the gospel forward as a Pastor in Ephesus. Paul had discipled Timothy in the faith; and just before he was to die in prison, Paul charged Timothy to carry the torch of the Gospel to others.
Years ago, when I was a “baby Christian,” … very new in the faith, … a retired physician mentored me and showed me how to grow as a disciple of Christ, especially in following God’s word. He took the time to do that so that I could learn to share my faith and disciple others. And now as an ordained Minister, I try to pass the baton of faith on to others.
That’s actually what Christ did for His disciples in the “great commission,” (see Matt. 28 and Mark 16 above), didn’t He? And it’s what we should all be doing to pass our baton of faith on to others in our world (see linked song).
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for passing along Your baton of faith to me and showing me the way to pass it forward to others.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, … to pass along the torch of the Gospel in the relay race of life. Amen
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