The Job Description - 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Father you are watching,

And we are tempted to shrink back.

Your son is the judge of heaven and earth, the coming king,

Your spoken Word.

May I remember his appearing,

May I long for his judgement,

May I remember his rule,

May I ever only preach your word.

Correcting, rebuking and exhorting with great patience.

Make me sober minded, able to endure suffering, ready to share Christ, a faithful minister.

What is the Bible? 2 Tim 3:15-17 & 2 Peter 1:19-21

Blessed Lord, you have breathed out your Word and caused all Holy Scripture to be written for our learning:

Grant that we may hear what you have spoken to us

• ·    listening carefully to what the scriptures say,
• ·    reading them with diligent and open minds,
• ·    marking them and learning them in order to know them better,
• ·    hiding them in our hearts,
• ·    And inwardly digesting them,

that we may embrace Christ, strive for obedient living,

And ever hold fast to the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ; 

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. 

Amen