Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Preach when people are excited to hear the Word and preach when they aren't. Preach when everyone is feeling calm and collected and preach when they are anxious and distracted. Preach when the headlines are encouraging and preach when they aren't.
"Paul tells Timothy to preach the Word when people want to hear it, and when they don’t want to hear it. Preach the same message, rain or shine. Preach it in winter, and preach it in the springtime. Preach it in the halcyon days and preach it in the dystopian apocalypse. Preach the Word, and apply that Word to absolutely everything." — Douglas Wilson, Fever in the Bunkhouse Now
The Word applies to every situation. You have never met a scenario to which it does not apply. You have never felt an emotion over which it is has nothing to say. All of Christ for all of life and the Word of God in everything.
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