Hayden King

I build things on the web by day and take notes in church on Sunday.

Mentoring


Fighting the Good Fight: Becoming a Disciple of Christ

2026-08-08 11 min read

Scripture References

  • 2 Timothy 1:1-5
  • 2 Timothy 1:7
  • 2 Timothy 2:9
  • 2 Timothy 4:6-8
  • Genesis 2-3
  • Acts 14-16
  • Revelation 12:17
  • Romans 6:23

Introduction

  • Pastor celebrated 4,000 first-time decisions for Christ during the recent “At the Movies” series and called new believers to their next step: water baptism–“the starting line, not the finish line.”
  • Launches “Fight the Good Fight,” a nine-week verse-by-verse walk through 2 Timothy, shifting the church from “reaching wide” to “growing deep”–the church is “not in the crowd business but in the disciple business,” and disciples love the Word of God.
  • Today’s text, 2 Timothy 1:1-5, opens Paul’s final letter, written from the Mamertine Prison in Rome to his “dear son” Timothy.
  • Big idea: to one day say “I have fought the good fight,” we must walk as disciples–taking concrete steps, rooted in mentoring relationships, family faith, and the secure love of our heavenly Father.
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