* Nate Diaz was tapped to fight Connor McGregor 9 days before McGregor was set to fight Jose Aldo.
* He never stopped training, so he was ready when tapped - he pulled off an upset victory.
* If you’re always ready you rarely have to “get” ready.
* I speak a lot, so I know what this feels like - it’s called “speaking out of the overflow.”
* If it’s in you, then all you have to do is get out of the way (remove self consciousness).
* Paul is encouraging Timothy to always be ready to give a word from the Lord to everyone.
* ** God’s word is a weapon to fight with and a tool to build with.
* A soldier has to train with his weapon. A builder has to train with his tools.
* ** Being ready means studying with the thought you’re going to share what you’re learning in God’s Word to others.
* This is why it’s so valuable to have an upstream and a downstream.
* Being prepared is valuable because:
* 1) Proper preparation prevents poor performance.
* 2) It conquers fear - you have confidence when you’re prepared.
* 3) Others get the benefit.
* Paul gives four ways for Timothy to use God’s Word:
* 1) Reprove - to expose sin.
* 2) Rebuke - to forbid sin.
* 3) Teach & Train - instruct in righteousness.
* 4) Encourage (exhort) - to make courageous.
2 Timothy 4:2 (10/26/17)
Be Prepared
October 26, 2017 • Benham Brothers
2 Timothy 1:1-18 (10/22/15)
October 22, 2015 • Benham Brothers
• Paul was set for execution and almost all his friends had deserted him. • So what did Paul do in his last days? He didn’t sulk - he didn’t play bridge and golf in Florida. • He poured into Timothy. • In this chapter he encourages Timothy with three essentials for success: • 1) Courageous enthusiasm (vs 1-7) - Christianity was not the for the faint of heart. • He was to fan into flame the gift that was in him (vs 6-7) - this means being where Satan would try to blow your light out. • 2) Shameless suffering (vs 8-12) - he needed to be ready to embrace suffering. • 3) Spiritual loyalty (vs 13-18) - he needed to maintain reverence to God’s Word and not concern himself with relevance to culture.
2 Timothy 1:4-5 (10/22/20)
October 22, 2020 • Benham Brothers
* The best job of all is raising up kids who love Jesus. * Nobody can do that job for your kids better than you. * Anyone can replace you at a meeting, but nobody can at the ballgame. * Paul was Timothy’s mentor, but the spark of Tim’s faith came from his mom and grandma. * Vs 4-5 - they didn’t have a book or blog or on the speaking circuit, but they were faithful to raise a young boy who would turn the world upside down for Christ. * A river touches places its source knows nothing of. * Tim’s mom was faithful when nobody was watching. * Much like the mom who packed the lunch for the kid who’s lunch Jesus used to feed the 5,000. * My mom did the same thing. * Anyone could’ve spoken at a conference or written a book I read, but only one person could’ve walked my lunch up to me at school - and she was faithful to do just that. * As a parent, what do you do? * Run at the pace of your people. * Whatever the pace is in your kids’ lives, wrap your life around that.
2 Timothy 1:7 (10/18/18)
October 18, 2018 • Benham Brothers
* Darkness isn’t a thing. It’s simply the absence of light. * We have flash lights, not flash darks. * Fear is not a thing. It’s simply the absence of power, love, and a sound mind. * When we’re not living by the power of the Holy Spirit with a love for people and a sound mind bent on truth then fear will fill the void. * God made our spirits fully capable of power and love, but we have to walk in it by having a sound mind. * So what do we do to keep fear out? * We renew our minds in God’s truth, fueled by our love for Him and others, so that we can walk in power against the threats of the enemy. * Power, love, sound mind.