Daily Devotional--5/17/10

2 Timothy 3:1-5

¹But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. ²People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, ⁴treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— ⁵having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

• What are some of the most encouraging things you see taking place in the church? What in your opinion, are some of the more troubling trends within the church?
• How does your list compare with Paul's list of how people will act in the end of times?
• How can people have a form of godliness but deny its power?