In 2 Tim 1:5, Paul commends Timothy in his faith because of the influence of both his mother and grandmother. Timothy's mother was a Messianic Jew, and his dad a Greek. There was no church in his community, and so the only spiritual influence came from his mother. Today, though it is hard, we have churches on every block, but seem to be empty cold buildings, all but dead.....(not true in every church, but most..), both parents are working, or living in a single parent home, with the parent working....the children left to be raised by the television....It was a surprise to see the faces of those sons of the mothers and grandmothers of the church as they walked in sat down in the front, and listened to what God had for them, about the love of their mothers. I could tell if even just for a moment, they "got it." Hopefully its enough for God to start to work in their lives. Hopefully I will be able to talk with them and pray with them, as they walk their "road."
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