Saturday, March 19 Go on waging the fine warfare.​—1 Tim. 1:18.

[Áine]

Saturday, March 19

Go on waging the fine warfare.—1 Tim. 1:18.

 

A good soldier is loyal. He will fight hard to protect someone he loves or something he values. Paul encouraged Timothy to develop godly devotion—that is, a loyal attachment to God. (1 Tim. 4:7) The deeper our love and devotion for God, the greater our desire to hold on to the truth. (1 Tim. 4:8-10;6:6) A good soldier must also discipline himself if he is to remain fit for duty. Timothy remained spiritually fit because he followed Paul’s inspired advice to flee from wrong desires, to pursue godly qualities, and to associate with fellow believers. (2 Tim. 2:22) That required self-discipline. We need self-discipline to win the war against our fleshly desires. (Rom. 7:21-25) In addition, we need self-discipline to keep working at stripping off the old personality and putting on the new. (Eph. 4:22, 24) And when we are tired at the end of a long day, we may need to push ourselves to attend a meeting.—Heb. 10:24, 25. w20.09 28 ¶9-11

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, Anniebea said:

we may need to push ourselves to attend a meeting

... unless we are sick...😁

[hatcheckgirl]

5 hours ago, Tortuga said:

... unless we are sick...😁

When I read this text, I had a little internal groan....We've just spent the better part of a week saying stay home and watch on ZOOM 😁 .....