2 Timothy 3:16-17

16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

. Vision is that elusive thing that dares to dream big dreams about the future. Vision has been called hope with a blueprint. Vision is what an inventor has when he or she thinks outside the box to create something new. Vision is what a mother has as she looks at her newborn baby and imagines all that child could grow up to become.

“He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity…” - 1 Timothy 3:4
Where are men the biggest wimps?
It often amazes me that men who are good athletes, or who pride themselves on hard work and self-reliance, are absolute wimps when it comes to fulfilling God’s calling [...]

I Timothy 4:9-16
Throughout history, God has often worked through young people. Examples would include: Josiah, who became king at the tender age of eight (2 Kings 22:1), Jeremiah the teenage prophet (Jeremiah 1:6), and Mary the teenage mother of Jesus (Luke 1:26-27). Timothy too was a younger man who Paul had sent into the church [...]

1 Timothy 3:8-16
The Bible has two positions of senior leadership in the church. In the first half of this chapter, Paul explains the qualifications for the elders/pastors. In this section, he does the same for deacons. A deacon is literally a servant who leads the church by doing the innumerable things that need to be [...]

Scripture to Read
I Timothy 3:1-7
God appoints leaders in His Church, and in this section gives the criteria someone must meet to be called a pastor/elder (see also Titus 1:5-9). The terms elder, pastor, overseer, bishop, and shepherd are synonymous, and are used together in such places as Acts 20:28, and I Peter 5:1-4; so, when [...]

 
1 Timothy 2:11-15, 3:2
 
God made us male and female, and this does not mean that one is good and the other is bad. But, it does mean that men and women are different, though equal, and that God has created them each for some purposes, which are different.  In the Church, women are to learn [...]

I Timothy 2:1-10
 
In this section of verses, Paul lists some important things that churches should be doing.
1.    They should be regularly praying to God (who rules over all governments) for political leaders, so that the laws would not encumber the freedom of God’s people to worship and live freely.
 2.     Christian men are to lift [...]