I AM NOT ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.

I AM FANNING IN TO FLAMES THE GIFT OF GOD , WHICH IS IN ME THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD:

FOR GOD DID NOT GIVE US (ME) A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY, BUT A SPIRIT OF POWER, OF LOVE AND OF SELF - DISCIPLINE.

SO DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD, OR ASHAMED OF ME CHRIST PRISONER. BUT JOIN WITH ME IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL, BY THE POWER OF GOD, WHO HAS SAVED US (ME) AND CALLED US (ME) TO A HOLY
LIFE - NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE BUT BECAUSE OF GOD'S OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE. THIS GRACE WAS GIVEN US (ME) IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT GRACE HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THROUGH THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH AND HAS BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL.
AND OF THIS GOSPEL I (PAUL) WAS APPOINTED A HERALD AND AN APOSTLE AND A TEACHER. THAT IS WHY I AM SUFFERING AS I AM. YET I AM NOT ASHAMED, BECAUSE I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, AND AM CONVINCED THAT
GOD IS ABLE TO GUARD WHAT I HAVE ENTRUSTED TO GOD FOR THAT DAY. WHAT YOU HEARD FROM ME, KEEP AS THE PATTERN OF SOUND TEACHING, WITH FAITH AND LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS. GAURD THE GOOD DEPOSIT THAT WAS ENTRUSTED TO YOU - GAURD IT WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN US (ME). (2Tim.1:7-14)

YOU THEN, MY SON, BE STRONG IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS. AND THE THINGS YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY IN THE PRESENCE OF MANY WITNESSES ENTRUST TO RELIABLE MEN WHO WILL ALSO BE QUALIFIED TO TEACH OTHERS. ENDURE HARDSHIP WITH US LIKE A GOOD SOLDIER OF CHRIST JESUS. NO ONE SERVING AS A SOLDIER GETS INVOLVED IN CIVILIAN AFFAIRS - HE WANTS TO PLEASE HIS COMMANDING OFFICERS. SIMILARLY IF ANYONE COMPETES AS AN ATHLETE, HE DOES NOT RECEIVE THE VICTOR'S CROWN UNLESS HE COMPETES ACCORDING TO THE RULES. THE HARDWORKING FARMER SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE CROPS. REFLECT ON WHAT I AM SAYINGS, FOR THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU INSIGHT INTO ALL THIS. REMMEMBER JESUS CHRIST, RAISED FROM THE DEAD, DESCENDED FROM DAVID. THIS IS MY GOSPEL, FOR WHICH I AM SUFFERING EVEN TO THE POINT OF BEING CHAINED LIKE A CRIMINAL. BUT GOD'S WORD IS NOT CHAINED. THEREFORE I ENDURE EVERYTHING FOR THE SAKE OF THE ELECT, THAT THEY TOO MAY OBTAIN THE SALVATION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS, WITH ETERNAL GLORY.
HERE IS A TRUSTWORTHY SAYING: "IF WE DIED WITH CHRIST, WE WILL ALSO LIVE WITH CHRIST; IF WE ENDURE, WE WILL ALSO REIGN WITH CHRIST. IF WE DISOWN CHRIST, CHRIST WILL ALSO DISOWN US; IF WE ARE FAITHLESS, CHRIST WILL REMAIN FAITHFUL, FOR CHRIST CANNOT DISOWN HIMSELF" (2Tim.2:1-13)

CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANK'S BE TO GOD. AMEN!