Right Living & Teaching

This morning's group devotion time we focused on Titus 1:5-14.The theme on right living and right teaching.

As Paul left Titus to be on guard in Crete,he had to make sure teach the leaders to have right living and right teaching.

It's true our goals in training ministries are two fold:

Healthy workers and Healthy church.

Healthy Church surely based on right teachings,only right living leads to right teachings.

• Right teachings mean workers have to put enough time on studies.

• Right living means workers need to focus more on right relationships with God.

Both deep devotions and detailed studies are characteristics of an effective Christian worker.

Also I received this morning a sent sermon by John Stott on becoming more like Christ. It's his recent talk on the July UK Keswick Convention(Roman 8:29,II Corin 3:18,I John 3:2),covering all the past,present and future perspectives.

We are advised to be more like Christ in five aspects :

• in His incarnation,
• His service,
• His love,
• His endurance and
  
• in His mission.

If more like Christ would lead to three consequences:

• Knowing more the mystery of His suffering,
  
• Enthusiastic in facing the challenge of evangelism and
  
• Have the full indwelling of the Holy Spirit.