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October 30
Tuesday


BON VOYAGE

READ:
2 Timothy 4:1-8
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The time of my
departure is at hand.
__ 2 Timothy 4:6
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Paul's word departure in 2 Timothy 4:6 is freighted with significance It means "loosing" or "unmooring." It's a word he uses again when he sighs, "I am hard-prressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ" (Phil. 1:23).

Departure is a nautical term that suggests "shipping out" --weighing anchor, slipping the lines that tether us to this world and getting underway. It's a marvelous metaphor for dying.

For believers in Christ, death is not an end but a beginning. It means leaving this old world behind a getting to a better place, completing the purpose for which we were made. It's a time for joy and excitement and a hearty "Bon Voyage!"

All voyages, however, are fraught with uncertainty, especially those that pass through waters never sailed before. We don't fear death so much as we do the passage. Who knows what dangers lie ahead?

But the journey is not uncharted. One has taken it before us, and He has returned to bring us safely through. Although we pass through the valley of the shadow of death, God is with us all the way (Ps. 23:4). His hands are on the helm as He guides us to the heavenly haven He has prepared for us (John 14:1-3). __ David Roper
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~Say not it's a dreadful journey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~When the Savior leads the way;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~It's but passing through the shadows~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~To the land of endless day! __ Bosh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Those who fear God need not fear death.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ 2 Timothy 4:1-8*************

1 I charge you thererfore
before God and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who will judge
the living and the dead at
His appearing and His
kingdom: 2 Preach the
word! Be ready in season
and out of season.

Convince, rebuke, exhort,
with all longsuffering and
teaching. 3 For the time will
come when they will not
endure sound doctrine, but
according to their own
desires, because they have
itching ears, they will heap
up for themselves teachers;

4 and they will turn their
ears away from the truth,
and be turned aside to
fables. 5 But you be
watchful in all things,
endure afflictions, do the
work of an evangelist,
fulfill your ministry.

6 For I am already being
poured out as a drink
offering, and the time of my
departure is at hand. 7 I
have fought the good fight,
I have finished the race, I
have kept the faith.

8 Finally, there is laid up
for me the crown of
righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous Judge,
will give to me on that Day,
and not to me only but also
to all who have loved His
appearing.

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

Acts closed abruptly with Paul under house arrest in Rome (Acts
28:30-31). After he was released, he may have made a fourth
missionary journey to Crete (Titus 1:5), Asia Minor ( 2 Tim. 4:13),
Greece (Titus 3:12), and possibly Spain (Rom. 15:24). The epistles of
1 Timothy and Titus were written after his release from house arrest.
Paul was arrestd again and brought back to Rome. In this second
Roman imprisonment, Paul wrote 2 Timothy. This time Paul knew his
death was certain ( 2 Ti. 4:6). __ SKT

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thank you cimi, for taking the time to share God's word with us sis...God always speaks to someone thru what you post here my dear...