Study Desk

Hone your skills in riding for the Lord and you will be like a special horse used for the honorable duties. Your life will be without blemish and you'll be ready for the Boss to call on you for the best jobs.

They'll stab their friends in the back for a buck and puff their chests out in pride for what they've done. Their pleasure will be other's pain and they will not know God.

But they won't get away with their falsehoods for long. Every fool will one day get what's coming to them and others will see them for who they really are.

You've seen all the troubles I've gone through in my ride for Christ. You know all about my persecution in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. But remember, God got me through all of it.

Every cowboy who rides for the brand will suffer at the hands of the unbelievers.

It's God's voice in the darkness that prepares his cowboys for the gathering and doctoring of the herd.

They'll trade the truth for lies.

Keep yourself under control at all times. Don't be afraid of taking a hit for the Lord. Spread the good news and ride in the way God has called each of us to.

Waiting for me at the end is the trophy buckle of righteousness. The Most Righteous, Christ Jesus, will present it to me on that day. But there's not just one. One is waiting for all who've longed to meet him face to face and receive the reward for their ride.

Crescens had pressing matters in Galatia. I had to send Titus to Dalmatia. But Demas just quit me flat-out. He started longing for the world's ways and rode off to Thessalonica in search of worldly pleasure.

Howdy boys, it's Paul again. I've given my life to God and I ride for the brand of Jesus Christ. I've been tasked with taking the outside and gathering those who want to ride for the truth and want to learn how to live for God.

The truth I have is a guarantee of eternal life. God don't lie and that's what he's promised to those who ride for his outfit.

This letter is for my pard, Titus. He's like a son to me through the trails we ride and the faith we share.I ask God now to send you grace that you don't deserve and peace that you ain't got.

I left you in Crete to finish the gathering we had started. I asked you to find some cowboys who could lead other men in riding for the brand.

Instead, he should enjoy having cowboys over for dinner and have a great love for doing the right thing. He needs to be very self-controlled and live like God has commanded us to live.

They are like cows on loco weed. They've developed a taste for Jewish myths and old wives' tales of other people and it's killing them.

Good hay comes from good pastures and bad hay can only come from bad pastures. Same goes for the heart of a man.

There'll be many a cowboy and cowgirl who wear the cross and claim to know God, but the way they ride says something completely different. They deny God with their actions while claiming him with their words. These are charlatans, rustlers, and liars. I'd call them coyotes, but that would be too good for them.

Titus, you focus on teaching people how to ride for the brand, not just talk about the brand.

They should teach them how to be wise and live without a cause for blame. Other things they should teach them are to keep busy in their homes, do good things, and to trust their husbands and take care of them as the husbands are taking care of them. This is the way God wants it and it will keep them from any shame.