Amen and amen. How are we doing, church? Am I good? You're looking good. I don't know by you, man.

That video gets me ready to preach. I hope you're ready to listen. If you got your Bible, go to 2nd

Timothy chapter 2. That's where Paul will talk about the soldier and the athlete and the farmer.

They are illustrations of what it means to be a disciple. And that's what we're going to dig in on. We're going to dig in on what it means to be a disciple. And that's what we're going to dig in on.

We're going to dig in on what it means to be a disciple.

Now, how many of you here were here last week?

We're here last week.

That was amazing.

Can we just be honest?

I don't know about you.

It sounds like you were...

This ain't a TPC, man.

What are you doing?

I didn't make a putt.

Last week was unbelievable.

In case you missed it, you got to go watch online.

We talked about, we hung out on 1st Timothy chapter 1, verses 6 and 7 where Paul remembers the tears of Timothy.

Timothy, this young man who's been called to be the lead pastor

of the church at Ephesus. He grows up without a dad, or at least an absentee father. He's kind of a

timid guy. We know he's got some stomach problems, so he's like a nervous kid. And yet, on the

seashore, Paul and some other elders lay their hands on Timothy, and God gives a word to Paul or through Paul to Timothy, for God did not give you a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

And we preached on that, and I preached on that, you participated by listening, listening and we said anybody that's ready to let

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