Each generation has a responsibility to tell the next one about the goodness of God and to warn them of the mess that we make of our lives when we turn away from God’s goodness.
Bill Hybels has said that every major strategic step or decision he has made was inspired and encouraged by someone three feet away from him and not when he was in a crowd of a thousand people. While preaching can make a big impact, preachers often overestimate the amount of truth that is assimilated between the pulpit and the pew. In his life, ‘Truth applied across a table’ has been a key to his own personal growth. This seems to have been the key for Timothy.
To the very end of his life, Paul’s priority was encouraging and releasing the next generation. Let’s make it ours too!
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