Journal

Here are some tools to help you with the devotionals:

• A Guide to Journaling & Prayer
• A Guide to Self-Reflection
• A Chart to help articulate feelings

Bible Text: 

2 Timothy 1:8-12

⁸ Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, ⁹ who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, ¹⁰ and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, ¹¹ for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, ¹² which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. 

Reflection & Application

2 Timothy 1:1, 8

• How can Apostle Paul so confidently ask Timothy to “share in suffering for the gospel”?  In what ways am I “ashamed of the testimony about our LORD” or ashamed to “share in suffering for the gospel”?

2 Timothy 1:9

• How does the fact that I have been saved “not because of [my] works but because of his own purpose and grace” affect my attitude toward my life?

2 Timothy 1:10-12

• How confidently can I say, “I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me”? What implication does this confidence have on the kind of life I will live, especially in terms of suffering?

Prayer