Good morning. May you be overflowing with energy and very productive today. I believe we looked at this before in second Timothy. Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. What is that quote? Preach the word every day; and if necessary use words. We do preach the word every day by our lives. People don't want to hear words that do not agree with what they want to do. But when we live our lives according to God's word, they come under condemnation. They don't want to hear our words – they want to see our actions. We have to live what we believe. The ones that are hardest to deal with are our friends and relatives. They don't want to hear from us that they are doing wrong. And just who do you think you are? I remember when you did or said so and so. We can't let that throw us. It is not up to us to make them do what God's Word says. Verse three is so true today. The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths. They would rather believe a lie that says they are just fine. And they get very angry if you tell them they are wrong. They think that if they come up with something even more outrageous than the last politically correct statement, then they are more righteous than others. We just have to remember that it is not up to us to make them believe the way they should. We just preach the word with our mouths and our lives, and leave the rest to God. Father thank You that the reader preaches the word in season and out of season with his/her words and life. People will see that and will want to come to know You. Help him/her to keep on the straight and narrow path. Thank You for answering his/her prayers.

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