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The Last – Day 23

2 Timothy 3:1

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

The Thought

This is a warning from Paul to Timothy that being a believer in the end times will not be easy. It seems as though all churches since that time in the first century have needed this warning, so many have rebelled in some way against the generation of their parents.

In the following verses, Paul could be speaking of many people alive today, those with the “if it feels good just do it” attitude to life, or those with the “follow the crowd” mentality:- lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power (2 Timothy 3:2-5).

Paul continues with a warning to have nothing to do with such people (2 Timothy 3:5). Most of us would have the same thoughts as Paul, but sadly many of us also have family members or close friends with children who fall into those categories and we try hard to influence them for good, as well as praying for them in our times spent with Jesus.

Action

Read 2 Timothy 3 today and apply it to your own family, extended family, friends and neighbourhood. Thank the Lord for those family members who are following Jesus, and pray for those who are not.

Pray for the church worldwide to increase its influence on the next generations growing up today.

Pray especially for your own church to increase the youth work and pray for all youth leaders across the world to be bold in their teaching and leadership.

Ask God to send the end-time revival that many are expecting.

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