Read 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
From
Paul, Silas, and Timothy—
To the
people of the church in Thessalonica, who belong to God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ:
May grace
and peace be yours.
2 We
always thank God for you all and always mention you in our prayers. 3For
we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how
your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is
firm. 4Our brothers and sisters, we know that God loves you and has
chosen you to be his own. 5For we brought the Good News to you, not
with words only, but also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete
conviction of its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you; it was
for your own good. 6You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you
suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from the Holy
Spirit. 7So you became an example to all believers in Macedonia and
Achaia. 8For not only did the message about the Lord go out from you
throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your faith in God has gone
everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need to say. 9All those
people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned
away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God 10and to
wait for his Son to come from heaven—his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death
and who rescues us from God’s anger that is coming.
Think
"We always thank God for
you all and always mention you in our prayers." (Verse 2). As Paul writes to the Thessalonians he tells
them how he has prayed for them - giving thanks.
Pray
Pray for your church - focus
especially on giving thanks.
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