Category: Book of 1 Thessalonians
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Joy That Never Fades
Scripture Focus “For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God.” — 1 Thessalonians 3:8–9 (ESV) Devotional Thought There are moments in ministry when…
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Speaking to Please God
Scripture Focus “but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is…
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Not Without Hope
Scripture Focus“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope…” — 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 (ESV) Devotional ThoughtFew passages in Scripture are as comforting—and as powerful—as this one. Paul is not trying to…
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False Prophet or Truly Called?
Scripture Focus “…we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts… For we never came with words of flattery… nor with a pretext for greed… Nor did we seek glory from people… But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of…
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When the Gospel Comes with Power
Scripture Focus “Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction…” – 1 Thessalonians 1:5a (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul points to something unmistakable as evidence of genuine conversion in Thessalonica: the gospel did not come to…
