Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

QT 12 May 2020, 1 Tim 4:16, Teaching is serious responsibility


1 Timothy 4:16 (ESV) — 16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

NOTE: Being a teacher has tremendous responsibility, not only in what we teach for we are held accountable, but how we live, since our teaching can protect both our self and those whom we teach. Failure to follow our own teaching or following faulty teaching can cause great harm. How can good teaching harm a hearer? Because our life models and sets the example of our teaching. If we teach one thing and model another, then our hearers will get mixed messages and probably follow the wrong message. Teaching is a heavy responsibility that can hurt people as much as it can help people.

PRAYER: Father, I do need to apply what you teach to me, so that when I teach others, the message will be consistent. I don't want to hurt others, I want to help them be the beauty that God has designed for them to be.

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