Love Like No Other

Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-12 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you. You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and...

Spiritual Parents

Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:6-8 “Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. So, affectionately longing for you,...

Motives

Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:3-5 For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests...

Dare to Live

Verse: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-2 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results. 2 We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of...

Changed Life

Verse: 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. Devotion I am struck by the four ways that Paul...