#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion Fri. 21/7/2017

23/7/2017 LESSON 8

BLESSINGS FOR THOSE PERSECUTED FOR BEING RIGHTEOUS

Quarter’s Theme: CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE

Unit 2: Our Virtues (Lessons 5-9)

(RESPONSIBILITY MONTHS)

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 100, 217

Devotional Reading: MATT. 5:11-12

Topic For Adults

STAND FOR THE TRUTH IRRESPECTIVE OF CHALLENGES

Topic For Youths

DON’T BE INTIMIDATED

Topic For Intermediates

KNOW THE TRUTH

Scripture Lesson

2 TIM. 2:1-13; 1 PET. 4:12-19; 2 COR. 4:16-18; ACTS 7:54-60

JAM. 1: 2-4

MEMORY VERSE

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 2 Cor. 4:17 (NKJV)

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Fri. 21/7/2017

Endure Hardship As A Soldier Of Christ

2 Tim. 2:3-13

Paul suffered a lot as he went from one place to another preaching the gospel to Gentiles. He suffered beating, imprisonment, shipwreck, etc. Such experiences would have made many people to forsake their commitment to God. Instead, Paul took them as part of the hardship that a soldier must be prepared for when enlisting in the army. He endured all things for the sake of the elect. Many Christians have grown “soft”, expecting that life will go on smoothly without any suffering or challenges. Even in Jesus’ time, many of the disciples stopped following Jesus because His teaching was too tough for them. The Christian that will make heaven has to endure some hardship which the journey demands. Those who deny Christ because the going gets tough will have no part in His kingdom.

POINT OF EMPHASIS: If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.

PRAYER POINT: Father, give me the courage to endure every hardship in order to reign with You.