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Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at BibleStudyHeadquarters.com. You're listening

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Speaker 1: to Daily Devotions with Pastor John. I'm John Stonge, and

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Speaker 1: today's devotion is inspired by 2 Timothy 1, verse 13,

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Speaker 1: which says, Follow the pattern of the sound words you

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Speaker 1: have heard from me in the faith and love that

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Speaker 1: are in Christ Jesus. Hopefully, in your life, you've been

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Speaker 1: blessed with a few good examples of how a believer

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Speaker 1: should use their words. In this scripture... The Apostle Paul

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Speaker 1: reminded Timothy of the example he had been to him

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Speaker 1: of how a believer should speak. If the Lord has

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Speaker 1: blessed you with the privilege to spend time with people

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Speaker 1: who have been followers of Christ for a longer period

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Speaker 1: of time than you have, take note of how they speak.

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Speaker 1: How do they use their words? Can you see evidence

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Speaker 1: of spiritual maturity and the fruit of the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 1: in their conversations? As Paul mentions in this scripture, The

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Speaker 1: way we speak should testify to the faith Christ has

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Speaker 1: prompted in our hearts and the love he has poured

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Speaker 1: out into our lives. Every day we're given a brand

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Speaker 1: new opportunity to build others up in the faith and

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Speaker 1: love of Jesus Christ as we intentionally use our words

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Speaker 1: to reflect his heart. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you

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Speaker 1: for your word. And we thank you for the privilege

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Speaker 1: that it is to be able to look at this

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Speaker 1: portion of Scripture from the book of 2 Timothy today.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, we realize that you intentionally place certain people

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Speaker 1: in our lives so that they can be an example

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Speaker 1: to us, so that they could show us things and

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Speaker 1: kind of give us a shortcut towards spiritual maturity. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for their example. We're grateful for the wisdom

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Speaker 1: that they convey. We're grateful when they model your heart

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Speaker 1: to us. and show us what it looks like to

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Speaker 1: follow you with sincerity. Lord, we're grateful that you helped

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Speaker 1: Timothy come to know you in a deeper way through

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Speaker 1: the example of the Apostle Paul. As Paul was showing

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Speaker 1: Timothy what it meant to follow you, and as he

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Speaker 1: was demonstrating what it looked like to speak as someone

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Speaker 1: who had their heart and their mind changed by you,

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Speaker 1: we know that Timothy profited from that example, and that

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Speaker 1: enabled him to understand better how he should use his words.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, as we think about how we're using our words,

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Speaker 1: we pray that we would build others up and encourage

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Speaker 1: others as we convey your heart and your wisdom in

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Speaker 1: the words that we choose to speak. Lord, we can

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Speaker 1: all point to times in our lives where we have

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Speaker 1: been very loose with what we've said, and we've all

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Speaker 1: probably hurt people from time to time, and maybe we

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Speaker 1: didn't even realize we were doing it. But as our

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Speaker 1: faith grows, as we mature in our walk with you,

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Speaker 1: we pray that we would be very intentional about how

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Speaker 1: we use our words and that our words would reflect

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Speaker 1: your heart as we speak them. So Lord, we're grateful

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Speaker 1: for this reminder today and we're grateful for those that

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Speaker 1: you've placed in our lives who have spoken to us

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Speaker 1: in such a way that they pointed us toward you.

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Speaker 1: And we pray that we would do the same for others.

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Speaker 1: We commit this day to you. We commit our words

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Speaker 1: to you. And we thank you for all of these

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Speaker 1: things in Jesus' name. Amen.