 Praise the Lord. Welcome everyone to class this morning. It's a joy to see Abu Bakr, Linden, Aradna, Jafina, John Falls, Subashish joined class. Thank you. Also welcome to all our e-learning students who will be listening to these lectures later on. Last class we finished studying first Timothy. Today we'll begin studying Second Timothy. So before we look at Second Timothy, can one of you please lead us in prayer, please? Can I ask Aradna, can you lead us in prayer, please? Can Aradna or Subashish, Linden, anyone lead us in prayer? Heavenly Father, we thank you for this wonderful day that you've blessed us with Lord Jesus. Thank you for another learning that you've encouraged us to Lord Jesus. Thank you for teaching us the first Timothy, Lord Jesus. As we start with the epistle of Second Timothy, Lord Jesus, let the spirit intercede and let the spirit teach us how Apostle Paul wanted Timothy to understand things, Lord Jesus, and let your spirit lead us through in this class, Lord Jesus. Health pastor Selena be with her and Lord Jesus, you help us to meditate on your word, Lord Jesus, and everything that we learn about this chapter, Lord Jesus, about this book, Lord Jesus. Help those teachings be engraved in our hearts so that we could, Lord Jesus, we could work on this in our day-to-day life and as we start in our ministerial life, Lord Jesus, help that these words of wisdom, Lord Jesus, guide us through, Lord Jesus, help us and bless all the fellow students who are joining this class, Lord Jesus, be with us, all guide us, let your Holy Spirit lead us through in Jesus' name, we pray, Amen. Amen. Thank you, Linden. Okay, so there's not much of a major introduction to Second Timothy like we looked at in the first Timothy, but, you know, Second Timothy, what is a highlight of Second Timothy? Anyone knows what is the highlight of Second Timothy, or what is something striking about Second Timothy compared to Paul's other epistles? Compared to Paul's other epistles, what you think is what stands out about Second Timothy? I think Second Timothy is his last epistle. Yes, yes. Thank you, John Paul. Second Timothy is the last epistle that Paul is writing. Okay, so Paul is basically completed or done 24 years of ministry. He's traveled 15 major cities and for 18 years, Timothy has been with Paul, just receiving from him, learning from him. Okay, and we see that Paul, after his first Roman imprisonment, when he's free, you know, he travels to Crete, where he leaves, he does work there at Crete, he leaves young Titus there to oversee the churches at Crete, and then he goes on to epistles where he, you know, looks at the work that is done there, and he feels a need to leave a Timothy behind to oversee the churches and to continue the unfinished work at Ephesus, and then, you know, Paul goes down to Macedonia, where he writes to Timothy, the first letter of Timothy, and basically there he's talking about more about, you know, how to put things in place in the local community of believers at Ephesus, and how to lead the community or the church at Ephesus, but we see that when he's writing Second Timothy, you know, Paul goes on to Rome, and there he's imprisoned for the second time, and he knows that death is imminent, you know, he is going to die soon, and he's very well aware of that, so he writes this last epistle to his son in the faith who is Timothy, and he so desires Timothy to come and see him, but before Timothy does come to meet Paul, Paul is martyred, just shortly after he writes this epistle, about 8068, and traditions say that, you know, he was beheaded, he couldn't die in any other way, he couldn't be martyred in any other way other than being beheaded because he was a Roman citizen, okay, so in the first letter of Timothy where we studied, we see that Paul is basically giving Timothy instructions on how to lead the local congregation of believers at Ephesus, what are the things that he needs to do, but Second Timothy is more a personal letter where Paul is basically sharing specific instructions to Timothy on how to live his life as a minister of God, so it's more a personal letter, personal specific instructions that he is giving to young Timothy, okay, so we'll begin looking at chapter one, so can all of you please turn in your bibles with me to Second Timothy chapter one, again we can follow through and also some of us can read from Second Timothy chapter one, so can one of you read Second Timothy chapter one versus one and two please? Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dear son, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen, thank you, Lyndon, so Paul is acknowledging here that he is an apostle, you know, of Christ Jesus, we're not going to look at the meaning of the term apostle because we, I have explained this quite a bit when I taught you Romans last semester and also when we studied First Timothy, okay, so we all know who is an apostle, what is the meaning of an apostle, so he's saying here that he's an apostle of Christ Jesus and usually he introduces his epistles when he's writing, he's making known to the readers who he is because he's basically trying to communicate to them with what authority he's writing or telling them what they need to do or how they need to conduct themselves in the body of Christ, so he's saying that he's an apostle by the will of God, okay, so he's not saying that he's an apostle because he wants to be an apostle, like some of us you know can call ourselves apostle so-and-so, prophet so-and-so, pastor so-and-so, you know, because we like to have the name apostle or prophet against our names, but Paul is saying hey, I've not chosen to be an apostle by my own self, but it is a call of God, it is the will of God and it is God who determines, so remember when we are studying children's ministry, we looked at Ephesians where we saw that you know the fivefold ministry office, office gifts is particularly determined by Jesus Christ and when we are called to the office of an apostle or a prophet or a pastor, a teacher is specifically ordained by Jesus Christ himself and he calls people to the specific ministry offices, so Paul is again here reiterating the fact that he is an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and interesting here he says according to the promise of life, okay, now if you notice this is a very, the statement is a very, or this phrase is a very unique phrase or a statement compared to the other greetings in Paul's other letters and it's very appropriate here that Paul is writing this because Paul who is imprisoned you know is aware that death is impending on him and he mentions about this later on in his episode but here he's basically locking into this truth or he's getting into this core truth that hey, you know even though this is our situation, even though this is my environment, this is where I am, this is my, now my future is this but you know in the midst of the uncertainty, in the midst of impending death, in the midst of you know the pain and the suffering, you know there is this hope that I can hold on to and what is this hope is there is the promised life and the word life here in Greek is zoe which means it's the eternal life which is the God kind of life okay and so he's very appropriately using this phrase here according to the promise of life and then he goes on to say grace mercy and peace okay now if you look at this very these three words which very familiar you know words that Paul uses in his greetings in any of his episodes that he's writing the letters that he's writing but in most of his other episodes generally Paul only uses the words grace and peace in his greetings so if you look at Romans chapter 1 verse 7 first Corinthians chapter 1 verse 3 second Corinthians 1 2 Galatians 1 3 Ephesians 1 2 Philippians 1 2 Colossians 1 2 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians all chapter 1 verse 2 everywhere you will see in his greetings he mentions only grace and peace but when he writes to these pastors Timothy and Titus he's compelled to greet them with the words grace mercy and peace so he's basically using mercy because he's basically trying to say or to show that as ministers of God hey we need more mercy you know yes we need grace and peace but actually as ministers of God we do need more mercy than anyone else and that is why he mentions this word in his greetings to Timothy and to Titus compared to his other letters okay and we know that he says here grace mercy and peace from God the Father in Christ Jesus our Lord so who is the source of grace mercy and peace who's the source of grace mercy and peace Jesus okay God is the source of grace mercy and peace okay he's the one who is the giver of grace mercy and peace he's the one who blesses us with this and when he blesses us you know his blessing is unlimited okay so grace mercy and peace comes from God and not from humans so something that we can learn is even when we pray for ourselves or when we pray for others we can also pray for God's grace mercy and peace in their lives or in our lives when we are praying and when we pray I just believe that you know his grace mercy and peace will flow in an unlimited and an abounding supply in our lives okay we'll move on to verses three to verse seven so can somebody please read verses three to seven before you can read verses three to seven anyone has any questions and verses one and two okay then can somebody read verses three to six seven please sorry Abu Baker sorry to interrupt we can't hear you can the others hear him I'm not able to hear you well not here can you increase your volume of your mic please and read it'll help thank you but it's slowly can others hear them I was hearing the jeffina reading but I wasn't hearing Abu Baker reading okay jeffina go ahead second in the chapter one verses three to seven I thank God whom I serve with a few conscience as my father stood as without seizing I remember you in my prayers night and day greatly desiring to see you being mindful of your tears that I may be filled with joy when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you which dwelt first in your grandmother's and in your mother's unit and I am persuaded is in you also therefore and it reminds you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the lame of my hands for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of the soul amen thank you jeffina so here Paul in verse three is saying you know I serve God with a pure conscience now if you remember in in his other episode 2 Timothy in 1st Timothy you know Paul emphasizes about pure and good conscience at least thrice in that letter so he talks about the pure and a good conscience at least thrice in 1st Timothy and now he states the same here but here he's talking in relation to how he has been serving God okay so he says he's serving God with a pure conscience so something that we all can learn is that when you know all of us who desire to serve God you know we need to serve God with a pure good and a pure conscience okay we can only have a pure and a pure conscience when we live right before God and man so God is not interested in how much we do for him God is interested that we serve him in holiness and in purity and uprightness and so Paul is saying that he is serving God with a clear good and a pure conscience so it's so important for us to learn ourselves that when we are serving God that we serve him with a clear good and a pure conscience and Paul is talking about the forefathers here he is basically talking about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and you know the generations to follow and he's saying that they too serve God with a pure conscience which means that the forefathers serve God and they walked righteously before God and man now you can question or you can debate and say you know how can we really say that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob you know walked righteously before God there were so many things they they didn't may not have done right or you know we can question it but you know yes Bible scripture itself says that they walked righteously before God okay but they walked according to the revelation that they had received at in their time okay so in that in their time their age the revelation they received was very limited according to the revelation that received at in their time you know they did what was right in the sight of God according to the revelation that they had at that time but in the age time and age that we are living today the revelation that we have received is much greater than what you know the forefathers in the Old Testament received and the revelation that we have received today is the revelation that should guide us and how to live right in the eyes of God okay so Paul is saying that you know even our forefathers they serve God with a clear good and a pure conscience so he's basically telling Timothy Timothy that even as you are serving God you need to serve him with a pure clean and a good conscience okay and then he Paul says that you know that he really you know loves Timothy so much because Timothy is a son in the faith he has so much of deep affection for Timothy that he's continuing to pray for Timothy so he's just telling Timothy I know that you are in a in a difficult challenging place I know things are not easy for you but be assured of my prayers I'm appalling you I'm supporting you in my prayer okay so this is something very encouraging about Paul's life that you know people who co-work along with him his co-workers co-laborers people who he is mentor in the faith he just does not you know mentor them and leave them in a place to fulfill their assignment and role but he continues to strengthen them continues to teach them continue to help them and also pray for them so it's important that we also learn this from Paul's life that you know as ministers of God it's important that we not only just preach and teach but also to continuously uphold people in our prayer verse four he says greatly desiring to see you being mindful of your tears that I may be filled with joy okay so Paul says he's desiring to see Timothy because he knows that he's drawing to the end of his life and so he desires to see him and he's saying mindful of your tears so perhaps you know the tears Paul remembered where the tears Timothy would have shed during their last parting when the last time they saw each other and then he's also talking in verse five you know he goes on to talk about Timothy's genuine faith okay and he's telling him that his genuine faith was passed on as a heritage through the generations okay so this is what God desires you know God desires that the faith that a generation has received that that faith is passed on to the succeeding generations and we read this in Isaiah chapter 59 verse 21 God desires to see the spiritual truths God desires to see the anointing God desires to see the teaching being passed on from one generation to the next generation and of course we know that the anointing the teaching the impartation does not just happen automatically you know each generation has to work towards imparting work towards teaching ensuring that you know the anointing the the teaching is passed on from one generation to the other generation and how do you think you know people we who are people of this generation how do you think we need to pass on the truths the revelations the anointing the the impartation how do we need to pass it on to the next generation any thoughts through teaching through teaching them the word of God okay thank you Lubega firstly yes it's important that we teach them the word of God what else through practice through yes go ahead Lubega and then we'll ask us to let John Paul speak I was like saying that it should be through through observation through practice when you do practice what is right in front of others they will learn through their eyes not their ears only thank you yes thank you so it's important that we first are careful to model things ourselves before we preach and teach okay so first modeling or living out you know lives that are righteous holy pleasing acceptable in God's sight in front of our children before our children our grandchildren okay so that they're able to look at what genuine faith is they're able to see what holiness and righteousness really looks at like in everyday life and then of course important the second thing is that we need to teach them okay yes John Paul he was saying something I'll say the same thing being an example okay thank you setting an example in in speech in life in contact like Paul tells Timothy okay so it's important you know you I don't know if you've heard the saying in the classroom things are thought but at home things are caught more than thought okay it's like a tongue twister in the classroom things are thought but at home more things are caught than thought okay so children are watching more our lifestyles what how we do how we live and they catch it more than what we are speaking or teaching or telling them to do okay so that is versus four and five for us we move on to versus six and seven says therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you to the laying on of my hands so Paul is actually telling Timothy hey Timothy you know you're very gifted you're a valuable man in the kingdom of God okay but Paul is noticing that in Timothy there is you know there seems to be a very timid streak in him and for this reason we see that Paul is always encouraging him encouraging Timothy to be bold and strong okay so and we also get a clue here from what Paul is writing to Timothy that it appears that Timothy might have been reluctant you know to exercise all of his spiritual gifts basically maybe he's perhaps intimidated by people who are older than him and that is why you know Paul is encouraging him so if you look at first and second Timothy there is no less than 25 different places where Paul is encouraging Timothy to be bold not to shy away from you know his roles his responsibilities for what he needs to stand up for the truth how to stand up to be strong and bold and to teach the truth teach the doctrine to lift the truth you know to speak the truth and he's sensing or he maybe has noticed so he's heard that Timothy is not doing that because you know he must be thinking hey he's young and there are people older to him so maybe he's feeling a little intimidated about that and he's not being very strong and bold enough to stand up and confront people and confront ideas and ideologies and so you know Paul is telling Timothy hey Timothy you're in a place of responsibility okay and you need to recognize your roles and responsibility and you know you need to live up to that roles and responsibility that you have so you know Paul knows that you know well he's a well aware that you know even as Timothy had to bear up to all these responsibilities that Timothy needed to hear these things again and again that is why we see you know in first Timothy chapter four was twelve Paul tell encourages Timothy not to let people look down on his youth okay and he tells him not to hold back and he exhorts him to exercise in his gift remember we read in first Timothy chapter four was fourteen where Paul tells him do not neglect the gift that is in you which is given to you through prophecy to the laying on of hands of the elder so he keeps reminding Timothy and again here in verse six he's saying hey Timothy stir up the gift you know stir it up in in you okay so what does the word stir up mean or what is the picture that you get when you when you read this phrase or these words stir it up any thoughts any ideas it my I think it's a little it literally means work hard on them like revise hard read the books around pray to God first call upon God is anointing on you and that's what I think I'm sorry if it's not the right one no thank you Lupega it's basically yes you know stir up you know means to you know keep alive you know rekindle you know or you know kindle of flame you know keep the fire alive keep the fire burning you know keep the fire strong don't let it die down stir up you know stir up what is there in you so what are the simple ways that we can stir up the gifts of God in our lives what are the simple ways we can stir up the gift of God in our life so sorry Abu Bakr we can't hear you you can type it in the chat section so that we don't miss on what you're saying hello everyone how do we stir up the gifts of God in us continuously being in his presence yes thank you continuously being in his presence yes continuously be mindful that we live move and have a being in Christ okay how do you continuously uh you know be in God's presence okay Abu Bakr says by using our gifts that God has given us okay how do you stir up the gifts of God in you okay use the gifts of God okay continuously be in the presence of God how do you continuously be in the presence of God trying as much as possible to be with the right people around you who help you in the right direction of course reading the word of God first thing and prayer are part of the story to mention but a few yes you know the important thing yes is to read God's word to spend time you know praying you know praying in tongues praying time yes praying and studying God's word thank you Abu Bakr Subashi says when we use it by the part of the Holy Spirit yes you're spending more time in worship in prayer in in reading and studying God's word you know and like Lubega said also associating with those who are flowing in the similar gifts and like Abu Bakr said use the gifts of God because when you use the gifts of God you know it you know and like Subashi says when you use the gift of God you are you know mindful of the power of the Holy Spirit the anointing of the Holy Spirit and you know you'll become more stronger in those areas stronger in the in the gifts of God and you will flow mightily in it yes so these are the ways that we need to stir up the gifts so do all of you have the gifts of God in you anyone here who says I don't have any gift of God in me so all of you are 100% sure that you have the gift of God in you yes okay so when you don't see the gifts of God being used in your life you know the reason and you know what you need to do you basically have to stir it up and you know how to stir it up right okay so we'll move on he says you know stir up the gifts of God which is in you through the laying on of hands so what does he mean by this I've already explained to you when we studied first Timothy so can you just highlight what I said what does it mean when he says you know stir up the gifts of God which is in you through the laying on of hands what does it mean do we receive okay can I ask this question can do we receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit or do we receive the gifts of God only when people lay hands on us yes no can we have some answers not necessarily okay not necessarily no okay yes no because no we don't receive gifts from human beings who's the source or a giver of gifts the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is God himself who gives us the gifts okay but why is Paul telling Timothy here as well as in 1st Timothy you know he says you know which you receive by through prophecy to the laying on of hands like I read in 1st Timothy chapter 4 verse 14 and here again he's saying you know it's given to you by the laying on of hands why is he mentioning this through prophecy through laying of hands why no everyone I explain this when we study 1st Timothy chapter 4 verse 14 I hope it's all gone out of the window is there in your minds in your hearts okay remember I said that spiritual gifts can be imparted and activated from one believer another believer okay so you have the spiritual gifts in you it's given to you by God but it can be activated which means it can be initiated or it can get started you know you didn't know that gift is there in you and through impartation prophecy laying on of hands you know somebody says hey you have this gift you know of God in you you use it and so you're mindful of it and then you know it's initiated it started so spiritual gifts can be imparted and activated by one believer into another believer and the reason you know we can just we need to stir up and set out to use the gifts God has given us is because the Holy Spirit through whom God has given us fills us with his power okay so it's very important that you know Paul is telling Timothy that hey Timothy you have received these gifts you know you've received it through prophecy or you've received it through laying on of hands all that is very good but you need to stir it up you need to set out on you know using the gifts of God because these gifts have been given to you by the Holy Spirit you know who fills you with power okay and that is why he goes on to mention in in verse seven for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power love and a sound mind so what he's telling him is the reason Timothy why you need to stir up these gifts that you have received is because the Holy Spirit whom God has given to us fills us with his power fills us with his love that means he fills us with his power that is unanimous power he fills us with agape that is a God kind of love and he's also given us a sound mind so what do we mean by a sound mind a sound mind means a mind that is a mind which is self-controlled disciplined you know as moderation there's moderation there is also self-governing ability okay so a sound mind is a mind that has self-governing ability it is self-controlled and disciplined so Paul is telling Timothy that you know you need to stir up the gifts because of these reasons because Holy Spirit is filled you with dunamis which is the power of God is filled you with agape which is the love of God and is giving you a sound mind now if you look at the sound mind in the ancient greek the ancient greek word for sound mind has an idea of you know a calm self-controlled mind which is in contrast to a mind which is panicking which is confused which is you know filled with fear or anxiety when fearful situations arise so you know he's saying that you know you have been given the sound mind and hence you need to stir up this gift so even as you play for yourself you know ask God you know to help you not to neglect the gifts that he has given you you know and do your part to stir up the gifts and you know how you need to do what you need to do to stir up the gifts and even as you stir up the gifts you know you you just can't sit down and keep stirring up the gifts it's of no point if you don't step out and use the gifts so when you step out and use the gifts you thank God and be assured and say God even as I step out to use the gifts that you have given to me for your glory of course you know you have already filled me with dunamis which is God kind of power you're filled with agape love so when you exercise those gifts you exercise it with the love of God you know you don't exercise it to receive glory for yourself you don't exercise those gifts in condemnation and also that you have a sound mind so it's important that for some of us who are trying to live with a renewed mind we don't have a sound mind our mind is totally confused battering us oppressed depressed most of the time in panic mode you know we continue to declare that you know you have a sound mind that God has given you a sound mind declare that you have the mind of Christ because God's word says that declare that you have a sound mind sound concentration sound understanding sound memory power for some of you who are growing a little older and you're trying to you're saying that hey I'm forgetting things I'm telling myself nowadays you know I have sound memory sound concentration keep telling yourself that because God has given us a sound mind amen all of us okay so interesting that Paul mentions these three here he mentions power love and self-control in the context of the gifts of God and why is he using these three things in the context of the gift of God is basically because he's saying that the gifts of God must be exercised how the gifts of God should be exercised not with hey hello everyone you know I have these gifts I'm super powerful super man super woman you know he man she woman whatever you know I'm super spiritual no it is you exercise gifts in the power of God with the love of God and in a self-controlled manner which means you know it's important that when you exercise gifts you exercise in a self-controlled manner which is why Paul is writing to the church at Corinth and he's saying he's telling them in that context he's not talking about that they should not be using or exercising the gifts but in the context he's writing he's saying hey all of you are flowing in the gifts but when you come to church there's total chaos there's total disorder so I want you to follow some order some format you know when you're exercising a gift because everyone when they come to church they're so eager one has a word of wisdom one has a word of knowledge some people have prophecies some people want to speak in tongues I want to interpret that tongue and they're so might be flowing in the gifts because they're so zealous in the gifts of the spirit that they're flowing in that but when it comes to how to you know flow in the gifts in a corporate setting Paul is giving them directions there so he's saying that even when you exercise gifts you need to exercise it in a self-controlled way and another thing he's reminding us here is that fear must not hold us back he's telling Timothy don't let fear hold you back from exercising your gifts don't be afraid you know in the same way you know some of us all of us you know God has given us gifts he wants us to use his gifts mightily for the extension of his kingdom that is how people are going to come into the kingdom of God like we see in the early church you know it's not only through the preaching and teaching but it was accompanied by science miracles and wonders and that is why whole towns or whole families you know where or even prisons you know people were accepting Jesus God accepting the gospel because they were able to see the power of God so powerfully manifested through the apostles through the early believers and the disciples so don't be afraid don't have the fear of failing you know or the fear of being wrong when you're exercising the gifts sometimes we can you know do things out of the flesh we can make mistakes but always go back to your secret place always ask God why didn't the healing happen you know what did I not do right what should I have I done you know please show me please guide me I remember you know a man of God minister who I love listening to his sermons very powerful great insights great truths and powerful revelations that he you know he makes it so simple for us he was you know mightily he flows mightily in the supernatural the whole church as well so he was saying that he was at one point of time he was praying continuously for people with that same sickness but he was not seeing healing of people being healed especially he was very heartbroken when a mother came with a child who had the same sickness and you know she came with so much of hope and she was so disappointed when the child wasn't healed so the pastor was saying that you know he did not give up he did not think okay God has called me to heal only such such such diseases or give me breakthroughs in such areas but in this area maybe God has called someone else it's not my area but he went into his the secret place and he spoke with God and he asked God God show me what I did not do right what I need to do you know to get a breakthrough to see healing to see people heal in this area so it's important for us to do the same okay so don't hold back in any way because God has not given us a spirit of timidity or fear but of power and a love and of love sorry when God has given us these things we don't accept what God has not given us he's not given us a spirit of fear so we don't accept that you know but what do we need to humbly receive and walk in in is what he has given us he's given us a spirit of power of love and a sound mind can we say any amen to that please amen okay then we'll move on to verse eight it says therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me his prisoner but share with me the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God therefore the word therefore Paul has is using here is because Paul has just told Timothy about the spirit of power love and a sound mind you know which he's saying is a birth right for every believer in Christ Jesus and now he's telling Timothy you know how to let what God gave him to guide his thinking okay so in the view of the spirit that God has given him you know he's telling him do not be ashamed of speaking about the Lord do not be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ he reminds him in 1 Timothy remember do not be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ here he's saying do not be ashamed of speaking about the Lord and also he says do not be ashamed with identifying with other fellow ministers genuine ministers of God because there were some were not genuine ministers of God so you know do not be ashamed of identifying with genuine ministers of God even if they're suffering for the sake of Christ and then he's saying share in the sufferings of the gospel okay so what he's telling Timothy is God's power is that it's God's dunamis miracle working supernatural power is what enables us to take our part in the suffering for the gospel okay so he's saying according to the power of God Paul actually you know is suffered according to the power of God but you know even though he was going through suffering the power of God is always there okay and Paul is reminded of that so he's telling Timothy hey Timothy yes the power of God the miracle supernatural work miracle working power of God a dunamis power of God yes it's available for us you know but it does not mean that you know God will remove away the difficulty sometimes you know God sees us through the difficulty but sometimes even if you know we succumb to the difficulty we know that we have the power of God in us in that situation give us the power and the grace to overcome it give us a strength to go through it and to sustain us through that difficulty and through that situation okay so this is another important very important dimension of God's miracle working power that you know God's miracle working power is not just there to perform great miracle signs and wonders through us but also his miracle working power is available to give us the ability and the strength to end your sufferings is to end your persecution hardships opposition for the gospel okay I'll stop here we look at verse nine in after the break anyone has any questions any questions okay if there are no questions we'll go for a break and then we'll come back and we'll begin with verse nine thank you everyone