God's Glory Church

“I bring to my memory your unfeigned faith, which first settled in your grandmother Loida and your mother Eunice.” — 2 Timothy 1:5

“I feel completely useless,” Harold complained. “The wife is dead, the children are busy with their families. After dinner I sit and look at the shadows on the wall.” He often said to his daughter: “I am old, life is behind me. I no longer have a purpose. May the Lord take me away.”

But one day a simple conversation changed the usual course of thoughts of a lonely old man. “The neighbor had problems with his children, so I began to pray for him,” said Harold, “and then somehow I talked with him about the Gospel. And I felt that I had a purpose in life! As long as there are people who do not know Christ, I have to tell them about the Savior.”

It was an ordinary meeting, but Harold decided to talk about his faith, and his neighbor’s life changed forever. In the Second Epistle to Timothy, the apostle Paul mentions two women whom God also used to change someone’s life, namely Timothy, a young colleague of Paul. Loida, Timothy’s grandmother, and Eunice, his mother, had “faith without hypocrisy”, which was passed on to the young man (1 Tim. 1:5). Among the daily chores in an ordinary home, young Timothy learned the faith that made him a dedicated disciple of Jesus, and later the leader of the church in Ephesus.

No matter how old we are and no matter what conditions we find ourselves in, let us make it our goal to testify about Christ.

Who can you tell about your faith in Jesus? What evangelistic opportunities might you need to pray about?

Lord Jesus, open my eyes and heart to see people around me who need to hear about your love. Give me opportunities to share the Gospel with them.

Author: Karen Huang