2:4 - This is an important verse for teachers and preachers to remember - it's NOT about pleasing men...it's not about making people happy or making them feel good. We are called to speak the truth that God expects us to speak. He is the judge, not our fellow citizens of earth...His opinion is what we should be worried about.
2:11 - This is a great verse for youth ministry, because this is basically my job! Exhort, encourage and charge students to step into the glorious kingdom of God. That's what I'm supposed to do! In fact, that's what we are all supposed to be speaking into the lives of the people we come in contact with.
2:14 - Through the power of the Spirit of God and through the hard work and love of Paul and other ministers pouring their lives into the Thessalonians, they became imitators of Christ. The Thessalonians went from non-believers to suffering servants. This is a picture of the ultimate reward of ministering to people. To see them go from death to life. To see them leave the path of the world and walk in the footsteps of Jesus. That is awesome!
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if you're a freeloader.. people won't like you :)
The first few versus really make me ask myself how often am I intentionally being a biblical example to other christians?
Vs13. Sometimes I wonder if people in the church really believe in the authoritative word of God. I guess the reason I ask this is the lack of faith I have in my own life at times. It takes real faith to accept Gods word as the only one that matters.
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