The Letter of St.Paul to Titus Chapter 3

 

 

The Letter of St. Paul to Titus

 Chapter  3

 

 

¹ Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, ² to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show courtesy to everyone.

(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verses 1 to 2)

Oh God my beloved Father what sound instruction. This is what I am trying to live right now, however, the being gentle part is not easy for me especially at home. I am becoming tense and estranged from my family. I have become estranged from my feelings. I wish that You heal me from myself, for I feel unwell. You are the only one who can help me. Amen. Thank You, Jesus. I can only rely and depend on You! 



³ For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verse 3)



Oh God my Father as a human if I look back and even on my present in my cupboard I still find skeletons of my past sinful life, such as slavery to passions such as anger and pleasures and desires. I am a person who is still in need of inner healing. Only You can heal me, my God and Father Amen.



⁴ But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.



(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verses 4 to 5) 



Oh Holy Spirit of God my Father, I pray that You renew my soul, my Spirit and my mind so that I can be reborn and behave and think like You and not like my sinful self Amen.



⁶ This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, ⁷ so that having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.



(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verses 6 to 7)



Oh God, my Father, I thank You for anointing me with Your Spirit amen and made me worthy to be one of Your many sons Amen. 


⁸ The saying is true. I desire those who have come to believe in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works; these things are excellent and profitable to everyone.



(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verse 8)


Amen, I also pray for all who have in some way or other dedicated their lives, to You my God in the service of others to remain firm and disciplined so that we may bear good fruit and in doing so reflect Your goodness, for we are only instruments in Your hands Amen.


⁹ But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.


(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verse 9)



Oh God my blessed Father, many divisions are caused in relation to the interpretation of the Bible, because everyone wants to interpret it in some way or another, or according to this spirituality or to another, instead of leaving the Bible in its purity as it is. You are the only one who can interpret scripture because it has its origin and roots in You my God and Father, and only You can give this gift to whoever You desire Amen.


¹⁰ After a first and second admonition have nothing more to do with anyone who causes divisions, ¹¹ since you know that such a person is perverted and sinful, being self-condemned.


(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verses 10 to 11)


Oh God my beloved Father help me not to eliminate people from my life after a conflict, but to be ready to give the person a second time. However, in my situation, I allowed many chances and again and again, the same situation repeated itself. Therefore, in the end, I had to break the relationship altogether. Amen.


¹² When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.


(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verse 12)


Oh God, my beloved Father, this is one of the few times that the Apostle Paul has decided to do something on his own free will and not in Your name. I pray that I place You in the centre of my decision-making process Amen.


¹³ Make every effort to send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way and see that they lack nothing.


(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verse 13)


For some reason St. Paul is requesting special treatment for these two people in the sense that he is requesting that they travel as first-class passengers. Oh God my Father, those of us who consider themselves as being leaders are to humble themselves by serving their subjects as You Yourselves told us Amen.


¹⁴ And let people learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.


(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verse 14)


Oh God, my beloved Father, these are the contrasts of life. Two chosen people were to have all their needs catered for and sen to St. Paul while the other people were urged to remain productive in order to meet the needs of others. There seems to have been a higher class and a middle or lower class that catered to the needs of others.

I pray for such classes to be abolished my God and Father, that we may live in a state where the have's share with the have not's and a state of equality and stability exists. Amen


¹⁵ All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.


(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 3 verse 15)


Oh God, my blessed Father, and all my brothers and sisters on G+ across the world I also wish you graces and blessings Amen. May God be always with You Amen.


I would like to end this third and final chapter of St. Paul's letter to Titus with the following prayer:


Thank You oh God my Father for the manual of life that You have given us. Thank You for the Bible, this is the means on which we are to base our lives. I pray for the blessing of the Holy Spirit of God to fall on everyone of us, so that he can open our minds to understand the messages found in this holy book and also for a humble heart in order to control our natural self so that it will be ready to obey to all the calls that You make to us by means of the Bible and other forms of communication such as our friends and even relatives and the Church Amen.

God anoints us with Your Holy Spirit Amen in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Amen.


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The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2

The Letter of St. Paul to Titus

 Chapter 2

¹ But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine.

(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2 verse 1)

Oh God my Father since I am not versed in doctrine or in theology, I pray that nobody ever stumbles as a consequence of what they might reflect on in this blog. As You know what I share I do so in a spirit of prayer in Your presence. You guide my mind and inspire me on what to include and even not to include Amen. Thank You, Jesus.





² Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, prudent, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.




 (The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2 Verse 2)




Oh God my Father that we all may be of self-controlled, prudent convinced of whom we believe in and full of Your love both for ourselves and for others Amen. Our lives would be truly healthy and balanced if we were to have and share such positive qualities Amen. 





 ³ Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good, ⁴ so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵ to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, being submissive to their husbands, so that the word of god may not be discredited.








(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2 verses 3 to 5)
 




Oh God my Father, many times youths are accused unjustly in relation to issues such as drug and alcohol abuse and have also been labelled by us adults as being not self-controlled. However, if we had an inside look at ourselves, we would be aware that we are the ones who are setting bad examples for the younger generations, and that if these persons are behaving in this way, it is our responsibility to help them and not judge them. For in truth we created such people and therefore due to the examples that we gave them we are also responsible for their behaviour.





⁶ Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. ⁷ Show yourself in all respects a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity, ⁸and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.






(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2 verses 6 to 8)





 Oh God, my beloved Father I urge all including myself, to be humble and self-controlled, for if we lose control, our humanity will take control and we will be worse than animals, whom we consider to be inferior to us in the chain of creation. I pray that You give me the grace to set a good example to others and ask Your forgiveness during moments where my behaviour was not exemplary Amen.





⁹ Tell slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to talk back, ¹⁰ not to pilfer but to show complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the doctrine of God our Savior. 







(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2 verses 9 to 10)





Oh God, my Father I pray that we be more like You than like our natural selves. I pray for self-control and humility so that during moments of trial and tribulations, with the help of Your Holy Spirit I learn how to overcome myself and be more like You Amen. 




¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, ¹² training us to renounce impiety and worldy passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright and godly, ¹³ while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 








(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2 verses 11 to 13)





Oh Holy Spirit of God my Father, anoint us with Your Spirit so that we may live a life, beyond what is of the material and sinful life, so that the power of the Holy Spirit may take full control and guide us in the management and control of ourselves Amen. Instead of saying "Let the music take control!" I pray that we sing "Let the Spirit of God take control!" Amen.




¹⁴ He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. ¹⁵ Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one look down on you.






(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 2 verses 14 to 15)

Oh God, my beloved Father, I am forever indebted to You, for I can never pay the price of my redemption, a price that was paid by Your precious blood. I thank You for counting me as one of Your people who wish to do good deeds, even though at times my sinful nature gets the best of me. Throughout the course of life we listen to many events as on the media, however, we rarely listen to those wonderful things that You have performed in our lives Amen. May I be Your witness my God and Father Amen.




Oh God my beloved Father, I would like to end this second chapter of St. Paul's Letter to Titus with the following prayer:-





Oh God, my Father if we had to obey ourselves the teachings that You gave us throughout this second chapter of St. Paul's letter to Titus, our lives would never be the same again. We would be self-controlled and a people who have love and care for the well being of others instead of an individualistic society who primarily considers its own needs before those of others Amen.
 








 

 

The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 1

 

 

The Letter of St. Paul to Titus

 Chapter 1

1. Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that is in accordance with godliness, 2. in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3. in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior, 4.To Titus, my loyal child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

(The Letter of Paul to Titus Chapter 1 verses 1 to 4)

Oh God my Father there is a great difference between truth as based on Your 'Word' to the concept of  truth that is based according to the ways of the world, which are not always reliable. Your truth is always the truth my God and Father and in it there are no traces of lies or deceit because You ate the way and the truth that if we believe in we will achieve the goal that You planned for us Amen



5. I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done, and should appoint elders in every town as I directed you; 6. someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.  7. For a bishop, as God's steward must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or addicted to wine or violent or greedy for gain; 8. but he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, prudent, upright, devout, and self-controlled. 9. He must have a firm grasp of the word that is trustworthy in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be able both to preach with sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it.



(The Letter of Paul to Titus Chapter 1 verses 5 to 9)



Oh God my Father how nice and holy it would be if we all shared in the qualities of the Bishop which are being humble and not arrogant, having self-control and not being proud and arrogant, being lovers of the Word of God and always in love being ready to discuss with those who attempt to contest the Word of God with false doctrine or assumptions. May we all share in these qualities Amen.



10. There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those if circumcision; 11. they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what is not right to teach.



(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 1 verses 10 to 11)



Oh God my Father we can silence such people not by threatening them with the loss of their lives, or by sending a suicide bomber to let off a bomb near their homes, but by the way we live which is a living testimony of what we believe and in whom we believe that is You, my God and Father.



12. It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, "Cretans are always liars, vicious brutes, lazy gluttons." 



(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 1 verse 12)



Oh God my Father, some statements are based on fact. In fact, the Maltese people have inherited the label of being called the 'Haqq People'. The word 'Haqq' is a curse word that is used to blaspheme against God saying foul language as in swearing. I pray oh God that You heal us from such a virus Amen. 


13. That testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may become sound in the faith, 14. not paying attention to Jewish myths or to commandments of those who reject the truth.


(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 1 verses 13 to 14)



Oh God, I pray that You drive spiritual sense into our heads, so that we may become more aware of You in our lives and start living according to the teachings of the Good News as found in the New Testament. Many people have chosen to believe in You as the God of the Exodus, a God who was firm and disciplined. Many people are still living myths and false beliefs about You. I therefore, pray for enlightenment my God and Father Amen.



15. To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure. Their very minds and consciences are corrupted. 16. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.



(The Letter of St. Paul to Titus Chapter 1 verses 15 to 16)



Oh God my Father, I pray that as humans we strike the balance between what is good from what is evil, for at times, what is evil is presented to us in a wrapping that gives us the impression that it is good and by doing so we can easily be distracted and given a false impression of reality which can also have a negative impact on our faith. I pray that such people realise the harm that they are doing and put it to an end. I also pray my God and Father, that important issues such as that of homosexuality are also settled, for in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah You showed Your feelings in relation to people with such traits and tendencies and did not discriminate between the homosexual and the homosexual acts, however, people in the Roman Catholic Church are creating compromises in relation to such issues and are spreading a philosophy that makes a distinction between the homosexual, and one's acts.. I have therefore chosen to obey You and Your gospel and stick to that Amen.


Oh God my Father, I would like to end the first chapter of st. Paul's letter to Titus, with the following prayer:


Oh God my Father I pray that we are people who are self-controlled, slow to anger, compassionate and understanding, tolerant to others and above all believers in the message of the Good News Amen.