Monthly Archives: May 2019

David Sulcer Passage: 1 Timothy 5:1-8 Prayer: Father, often the church feels like a blended family more than a nuclear family. We struggle to get along and to mesh together. It is like a bunch of step-children who have been … Continue reading →

David Sulcer Passage: 1 Timothy 4:11-16 Prayer: Father, spiritual leadership is a high calling. It is not for the faint of heart, the explosive mind, or the just-getting-by types. It demands a high level of maturity and certain capacities and … Continue reading →

David Sulcer Passage: 1 Timothy 4:6-10 Prayer: Father, spiritual transformation is never an easy process of change and development. Like a person going into strict training for some athletic event, godliness demands an all-out mindset too. It calls us to … Continue reading →

Mike Ferrante Passage: 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Prayer: Lord, what you have made is good.  Forgive us if we have turned what you have created for the good of our lives into our god.   We, in many ways, have found more … Continue reading →

David Sulcer Passage: 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Prayer: Father, the mystery of our faith is no longer in it being kept a secret reserved only for those initiated into its ranks. Instead, it is a mystery revealed and publicized for all … Continue reading →

Chris Kaskel Passage: 1 Timothy 3:8-13 Point: Although this passage is directed at “deacons” in the church, I believe that there is an underlying principle at work here that we need to discuss. All of us in some way, shape, … Continue reading →

David Sulcer Passage: 1 Timothy 3:1-7 Prayer: Father, we need shepherds who will take their calling seriously and love your sheep deeply. Leaders who rise above the substandard lifestyles of the culture or even, God forbid, the congregation. Leaders who … Continue reading →

David Sulcer Passage: 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Prayer: Father, the woes of womanhood have been strong and long throughout the history of humanity. Since Eve’s fateful decision she has been beaten up pretty regularly as to her “place” in our world. … Continue reading →

Mike Ferrante Passage: 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Prayer: Lord, there is no greater hour to lift our voices to you.  The time of callous hearts is rising.  We are more prone in this day, to be drawn to the darkness and … Continue reading →

David Sulcer Passage: 1 Timothy 1:18-20 Prayer: Father, bind to our hands and heart the weapons of faith and conscience as indispensable weapons in the battle of life.  Teach us that they compliment one another and that without faith, conscience … Continue reading →