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(Midweek Devotion - 1 Timothy, 28 June 2023) 1 Timothy 3:1-7 1 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. 7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap. We are now in the first week of our school holiday break in Victoria. Sometimes, It is good to put a break and spend time with our loved on...

(Midweek Devotion - 1 Timothy, 07 June 2023) 1 Timothy 2:8-15 8  I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;  9  likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,  10  but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.  11  Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.  12  I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.  13  For Adam was formed first, then Eve;  14  and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.  15  Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control. Today, we are going to be in one of the most controversial p...