对今日诗句的想法
配得尊重(端庄)——这对所有人是何等的目标啊！难道你不愿自己的生命展现神的品格吗？我们的信心在自制和虔敬中显现。圣灵在我们生命中的这项工作，存在于我们将自己全然献上，成为圣灵努力要在我们生命中成就的工作。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
"Worthy of respect": What a goal for our lives, whether we are a man or a woman!
Don't you want your life to reflect the character of God because your faith expresses itself in a life that is temperate (reverent), self-controlled, faithful, loving, and steadfast? Paul wants Timothy to urge the older men to genuinely display these character qualities as they live in the presence of and have influence over others in the family of God. Such character is the work of the Spirit in our lives (Galatians 5:22-23) and manifests only as we dedicate ourselves to pursuing Christ-likeness and offering ourselves to the Holy Spirit for God's transforming work in us (2 Corinthians 3:18). As we grow older, we often worry about securing our financial investments so we can live comfortably in our older years. The apostle Paul's concern as we age is that we are yielded to Jesus, so that God's transformative work in us makes us more valuable for his service and for those around us!
我的祷告
天父啊，愿你的圣灵坚固我，使我能够更好地控制情绪、话语、行为和习惯。愿你帮助我，将那些剥夺我属灵热情、剥夺我对那些不认识主耶稣之人的正面影响的事物治死。我努力以爱对待他人，在困难中持守信心，愿你使我的信心更强。奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Father, please strengthen my faith in Jesus as the Holy Spirit does your transforming work in me. Please help me gain better control of my passions, speech, example, temper, kindness, and habits. Help me put to death the things that would rob me of my spiritual passion and poison my influence for good for those around me. Please strengthen my faith as I seek to treat others lovingly and persevere in faith through difficult times. In Jesus' name, and for my transformation to be more like him, I pray. Amen.
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