Here are my thoughts and highlights from I Thessalonians as I continue my journey through the Bible:

  • Paul, Silas and Timothy modeled doing ministry in teams.
  • "Your lives are echoing the Master’s Word." Sometimes our actions really do speak louder than our words.
  • "Not content to just pass on the Message, we wanted to give you our hearts." Evangelism is more than preaching God’s Word.
  • Some people hear encouragement louder when it’s whispered. I may be one of those people.
  • "We ask you–urge is more like it–that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance."
  • "God hasn’t invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life…" I’ll bet God doesn’t have a junk drawer in his kitchen.
  • "So let’s not sleepwalk through life like those others. Let’s keep our eyes open and be smart." I love it that my faith is a thinking-person’s faith.
  • Yes, we’re supposed to point people in the right direction, but we’re also supposed to bring encouragement and hope. "Speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind."
  • I’m supposed to honor my leaders. "Overwhelm them with appreciation and love!"
  • "Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring it out." I’ll be honest. It takes more work and intentionality for me to do this than to point out someone’s shortcomings.
  • "Greet all the Christians there with a holy embrace." Where exactly is there? I’d like to avoid going there. They hug each other there.

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