Today's passage: 2 Timothy 1:8-14
Helpful thoughts:
- Go ahead and read verse 7 as well to step back into the context. It will help you understand these verses better.
- Paul is simultaneously suffering and claiming victory. Suffering for Jesus is not defeat.
- The reason Paul is not ashamed in prison, in chains, awaiting execution…is because his confidence was not rooted in his own self. Paul's self-esteem did not help him persevere. Paul's esteem of Jesus Christ made him confident both to proclaim the gospel to the lost and to die for it.
Questions to consider:
- As our culture continues to move away from the Lord, what does it need to hear and believe?
- Who has God commanded to live as light in a dark world and to tell them about Jesus?
- Where are we to find the strength and confidence we need to obey King Jesus in the face of opposition?