OUR DAILY BREAD : WHAT ARE WE HOLDING ON TO?

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March 3
Tuesday


WHAT ARE
WE HOLDING
ON TO?

READ:
1 Timothy 6:11-16
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Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings trilogy came to life in recent years on film. In the second epic story, the hero, Frodo, reached a point of despair and wearily confided to his friend, "I can't do this, Sam." As a good friend, Sam gave a rousing speech: "It's like in the great stories .... Full of darkness and danger they were.... Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something." Which prompted Frodo to ask: "What are we holding on to, Sam?"

It's a significant question, one that we all need to ask ourselves. Living in a fallen, broken world, it's no wonder that sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the powers of darkness. When we are at the point of despair, ready to throw in the towel, we do well to follow Paul's advice to Timothy: "Fight the good fight of aith, lay hold on eternal life" (1 Tim. 6:12).

In life's battles, let's hold on to the fact that good will triumph over evil in the end, that one day we will see our Master and Leader face-to-face, and we will reign with Him forever. you can be part of this great story, knowing that if victorious ending! __Joe Stowell
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````````````````Though weak and helpless in life's fray,````````````
`````````````````God's mighty power shall be my stay;`````````````
````````````````````Without, within, He gives to me```````````````
``````````````The strength to gain the victory. __D. De Haan````````
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The trials of earth are small
compared with the triumphs of heaven.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Timothy 6:11-16**********

11 But you, O man of God,
flee these things and pursue
righteousness, godliness,
faith, love, patience,
gentleness. 12 Fight the
good fight of faith, lay hold
on eternal life, to which you
were also called and have
confessed the good
confession in the presence
of many witnesses. 13 I urge
you in the sight of God who
gives life to all things, and
before Christ Jesus who
witnessed the good
confession before Pontius
Pilate, 14 that you keep this
commandment without
spot, blameless until our
Lord Jesus Christ's
appearing, 15 which He will
manifest in His own time,
he who is the blessed and
only Potentate, the King of
kings and Lord of lords,

16 who alone has
immortality, dwelling in
unapproachable light,
whom no man has seen or
can see, to whom be honor
and everlasting power.
Amen.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In Paul's first letter to Timothy, he writes to his young son in the
faith and attempts to help him understand the challenges and
blessings of serving the Master. In this great text, Paul not only
reminds his protege of the nature of the spiritual battle in which he
is engaged but also brings before him the example of christ Himself.
It is specifically the confession Christ made in Pilate's court, that He
bore witness to the truth (John 18:37). This led to His crucifixion but
not to His end. That same Christ is coming again (vv.14-15).
__Bill Crowder