The Purpose Of My Instruction

The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith. 1 Timothy 1:5

No matter what we do in life, purpose is very important.  It also helps for our purpose to be clear.  Sometimes I get very confused when I am aiming for a sort of hazy looking purpose.  For instance, I am involved in children’s ministry.  So what is my purpose.  I can think of a lot of goals that I might have.  I hope to have the best Bible lesson I can.  I hope to teach the children a new song.  But that is not my purpose. 

1Timothy 1:5 “The purpose of my instruction(children’s ministry) is that all believers(children attending my ministry) would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart(right motives), a clear conscience(repentant), and genuine faith(obedient living).

This verse struck me as the purpose of my ministry.  What do I want to teach these children?  What am I hoping that they will learn? I need to teach them about a pure heart, what are their motives?  They need to learn to examine themselves each day.  Then I need to teach them to have a clear conscience.  They need to learn to come to the Lord and repent- to take responsibility for their choices and actions and then ask the Lord for forgiveness.  I have to teach them that genuine faith is acting in obedience to Jesus.  They have to learn to live out what they believe in their everyday life.  If I believe that Jesus will be with me, I have to be obedient and live the way he tells me to in the Bible.

These are the things that I need to be teaching the children I minister to.  This is my purpose – to make disciples. Then they will be filled with the love of Jesus to reach out to everyone around them.