Today's QT

Was flipping thru the Bible waiting for some divine inspiration to hit me so that i can start on my very first sermon... Haha... Project of the week. Chanced upon a verse that Pastor Chua had us memorise while in Akha. Decided to read on further...

1 Timothy 4: 12-15

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. Until i come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. Do not neglect your gift which was given to you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. Be diligent in these matters, give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Perservere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

不可教人小看你年轻，总要在言语，行为，爱心，信心，清洁上，都作信徒的榜样。
你要以宣读，劝勉，教导为念，直等到我来。
你不要轻忽所得的恩赐，就是从前借着预言，在众长老按手的时候赐给你的。这些事你要殷勤去做，并要在此专心，使众人看出你的长进来。
你要在这些事上恒心；因为这样行，又能救自己，又能救听你的人。

This verse strikes me deeply... Yes, i should not waste the gift which was bestowed unto me. Yes i need to progress... Especially after backsliding so much for so long... Before i can do great things, i must improve in all the itsy bitsy areas and let everyone see the change in me. And yes... by doing so i can do much good to all around me!