1 Timothy 6:12-16 TLB
12 Fight on for God. Hold tightly to the eternal life that God has given
you and that you have confessed with such a ringing confession before many
witnesses. 13 I command
you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a
fearless testimony before Pontius Pilate, 14 that
you fulfill all he has told you to do so that no one can find fault with you
from now until our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 15 For
in due season Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only
Almighty God, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who
alone can never die, who lives in light so terrible that no human being can
approach him. No mere man has ever seen him nor ever will. Unto him be honour
and everlasting power and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1. God is calling all singles to do the work of soldiers – to fight for
a good cause in order to win everything here on earth and also in heaven. They
are called to go to battle in order to lay hold on heaven's proposal for them –
CROWN OF LIFE.
2. They are charged to follow the footsteps of Jesus in bearing the
TRUTH of the gospel, so as to live blameless and rooted in their heavenly
calling.
3. God is charging all the singles to live up to what God has done
through Christ in their lives, and to desire to be helped by the Holy Spirit at
all times.
4. God wants all the singles to know that He is not a burden, but a
burden-bearer Who is capable of helping them to achieve the standard of heaven
for their lives. He is charging all the Singles to live with a great focus on
the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER
- Lord, please open the eyes of our singles to everything that lies
in their faith in Jesus Christ. Help them to see their place in You, so
they can maintain themselves in You through the power of the Holy
Spirit.
- Lord let not the TRUTH You are presenting to our singles be in
vain. Help them to hold on to it dearly and faithfully until they become
what You want them to become in Christ Jesus.
- Lord, grant them the revelation of Your calling upon their lives,
so they can walk accordingly through Your strength and the Grace that is
embedded in their calling.
- Lord, help them to follow the footsteps of Jesus always in fighting
for the gospel and in the courage to bear the TRUTH as witnesses to God's
divine plan.
- Lord, please take away the love of the world from them. Help them to give no place to the devil in their lives. Keep them strong in Christ at all times.
- Lord, help them to lean on Your mercy as they keep their faith in
You, grant them the special grace to live up to heaven's expectation -
their focus on the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
