2 Timothy 3:10-17
You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, persecutions that I endured. Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me. In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for Christ's peace on engaged couples.
St. Paul points to two key elements in being a better Christian: live the "way of life" and know the "sacred scriptures." Knowledge by itself becomes useless.
We are all in a war at this time, and the prize to be won is souls. We have been given ammunition: prayer, the scriptures, and the sacraments. We must be willing to use these weapons, not only to save our own lives, but to save the lives of others. The enemy is standing by to attack, but we have no reason to fear, for we know that we are on the side of what is right, for Christ is The Truth, and only The Truth can be right. Let us not keep our weapons at our side; let us be aggressors in this war for souls. May God be with you.
Take care and God Bless.
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