Fight for It, week 2: Spiritual Muscles
1 Timothy 4:7-12
Knowing what we’re fighting for changes
**Fighting the good fight requires a different set of
Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. —1 Timothy 4:7
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Train yourself - we don’t save ourselves, that is the work of Christ alone; but rather because we are saved, we live differently, we fight differently, we fight for the hearts and lives of others.
8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 9 This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. 10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe. 11 Command and teach these things. 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. —1 Timothy 4:8-12
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“It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with God.” —C.S. Lewis