So why does your Sunday School teacher teach?
Why does your home Bible study leader lead?
Why does your preacher preach?
In fact, why does anybody teach within the life of the church?
To make disciples, that’s why.
To aid believers’ growth from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity.
To lovingly help people become the agents of ministry that God saved them and shapes them to be.
I want to become more effective with teaching, leading, preaching, growing, loving.
According to the Apostle Paul, my effectiveness will increase as I increasingly possess and display a pure heart, a clear conscience and a genuine faith.
Here is Paul’s recipe for godly instruction that produces the loving believers that God desires and the world needs:
“The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.” (I Timothy 1:5)
I pray that you know several Christians who appear to possess pure hearts, clear consciences and genuine faith
For you will surely be blessed with their love.
Want to be more loving to the people in your life? To the point of overflowing?
Fill your mind with scripture. Fill your heart with prayer and praise. Fill your day with acts of love toward others.
You’ll be filling God’s heart with joy and you’ll be filling your heart with the blessing of knowing you’re a vessel of love to others.
You’ll also be showing Satan that there’s no room in your life for his garbage.
And that’s a very good thing.
As always, I love you
Martin
