1Thessalonians 2:1-8 NLT What a blessing to read a passage like this and know that there are people who love you in this way. There are those who shared the Good News with me expecting nothing in return and to this day I remember them and thank God for them. My desire is to car efor you all the same way. That you would know me as someone who loves you with the very love God has poured out on me.
Paul mentions God five times ( at least in the New Living Translation. He says they have the courage given by God to preach the Good News of God. That they are approved and entrusted by God. Their purpose comes from God. That God is their witness and that they shared not only God's Good News but also their lives. Just today, I read about a man who was going to preach his first sermon and in his mind he was going to God's lawyer defending the truth of His word. He ended up getting so scared that he couldn't finish his sermon. As he stepped away from the platform Gos told him- "Just be my witness." He went back up and id just that. Afterwards a young man came up to him and wanted to know how he could have what he did. He shared the Good News with him and the young man asked Jesus to save him that same day. After that he realized he didn't have to be God's lawyer but simply share what God had done for him through Jesus on the cross. This is true us Paul and his companions as well as it is true of you and me. God simply wants us to be His witnesses. We don't have to know it all, we just need to know what He has done for us. Whether you are like the young man who wants what God has given through Jesus or the scared young man who realized that he only needed to be God's witness, we are here for you and expect nothing in returm. We love you very much! Have great day, Loved Ones, and God bless you real good!
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