God Bless America 1 Timothy 2 1 6
God Bless America! 1 Timothy 2: 1 -6
Only in America 1. Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in America 1. Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. 2. Only in America are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
Only in America 3. Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America 4. Only in America do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.
Only in America 4. Only in America do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke. 5. Only in America do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our junk in the garage.
Only in America 6. Only in America do we use answering machines to screen calls and have call waiting so we won’t miss a call from someone we didn’t want to talk to in the first place.
"Paradox of Our Time. " • We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
"Paradox of Our Time. " • We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. • We spend more, but have less. We buy more, but enjoy less.
"Paradox of Our Time. " • We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
"Paradox of Our Time. " • We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
"Paradox of Our Time. " • We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
"Paradox of Our Time. " • We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. • We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
"Paradox of Our Time. " • We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. • We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. • We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years!
1 Timothy 2: 1 -2 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
1 Timothy 2: 3 -4 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2: 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time.
How We can bless America. 1. We must pray unceasingly (1 -2) 2. We must live righteously (2) 3. We must evangelize fervently (3 -4)
How We can bless America. 1. We must pray unceasingly (1 -2)
1 Timothy 2: 1 -2 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
Samuel Chadwick "The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray. "
Andrew Murray "The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history. "
Charles Spurgeon "I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach. "
E. M. Bounds "What the church needs today is not machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men and women whom the Holy Spirit can use -
E. M. Bounds Men and women mighty in prayer. The Holy Spirit does not flow through methods, but through men and women of prayer. "
"The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. " How powerful is prayer? How effective is prayer? James 5: 16
D. L. Moody "What a fool I was to consent to preach. I came here to listen and here I am preaching. "
D. L. Moody "The powers of an unseen world seemed to have fallen on the audience. "
How We can bless America. 1. We must pray unceasingly (1 -2) 2. We must live righteously (2)
1 Timothy 2: 2 …that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
"Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds (and your good life) and glorify God. . . " I Peter 2: 12
How We can bless America. 1. We must pray unceasingly (1 -2) 2. We must live righteously (2)
How We can bless America. 1. We must pray unceasingly (1 -2) 2. We must live righteously (2) 3. We must evangelize fervently (3 -4)
1 Timothy 2: 3 -4 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Leighton Ford
Leighton Ford Billy Graham
…evangelism is the task of the ‘Big Guns, ’ not Billy the Graham ‘little shots. ’ Leighton Ford
The truth is…. Leading people to Christ is the job of every Christian! It matters not whether we are considered to be a "big gun" or a "little shot. "
D. L. Moody "I like my way of doing it better than your way of not doing it. "
And if all we’re doing is saying "Amen" to the sermon inside the church and doing nothing outside the church to witness then we’re not accomplishing much as far as evangelism is concerned. Steve Shepherd
I Pet. 3: 15 "In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. . . "
“If God is bigger than us and He lives in us, wouldn’t He show through? "
We Bless America! 1 Timothy 2: 1 -6
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