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1 Thessalonians 1:2-9
2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 7 And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 9 for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
Lesson:
In Paul’s letter to the Thessalonian church, we see his love for the people, and that he has built a relationship with them. The love shown by Paul for the people has spread across their congregations and beyond. We find that in Macedonia and Achaia the related love has changed them as well. The network of love has literally worked on the net that pulls people out of idolatry and into a loving committed relationship with “the living and true God”.(verse 9)
In our recent services, God has related to us that we are the net which is cast out into the world and brought back in bearing fishes. Our bond between brothers and sisters catches the eye of this world and they come in and join us in a relationship with the Savior. How do we link up in such a way that we catch fish?
I want to suggest one way in today’s prayer blog. Paul gave us the way to work our net. “We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers”.(verse 2)
Fusion is powered by prayer. This means we need to pray for the struggling friend, to pray for our services, to pray for growth, to pray for our ministers, to pray for new souls, to pray for our youth fund, to pray for creativity, and to pray for so many other things in our student ministry. This is true Social “Net-Working”.
Memorize:
1Thessalonians 1:3
We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Prayer:
Today I will be praying for every student in Fusion. Please Join me in this.
Use It:
· Pray over these lessons in your own life
· Pray a minimum of 15 minutes daily
· Read a minimum of a chapter a day
· Fast a meal a week
· Memorize the weekly scripture
· Please comment below to show that you have read our blog and are with us in prayer.
