1 Thessalonians chapter 1
We had an awesome meeting Wed night. The guys/ladies had joint worship to begin the night and then studied chapter 1 of 1 Thessalonians in small groups. Key words from Paul's letter to the new church are:
Power, Holy Spirit, faith, example, imitators of Christ, and labor of love.
The church that Paul wrote to, lived their lives as witnesses to the Gospel to believers and non-believers alike. They repented from their former ways of worshipping idols and loved people, endured through painful suffering and remained faithful to Jesus.
We can take a lot away from this church's example. A question to challenge us: What would Paul report about our life? Would he say that we are faithful, laboring in love and imitating Christ?
