Posts with the tag “1-thessalonians”

“And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all men, just as we also do for you.“1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 Pastor Paul again finds himself praying for the church in Thessalonica even as he’s writing to them. And notice what he prays for: the factor of “abounding love“ for the believers in that church for one another and for all is the heart of the prayer this ...  Read More

“But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, because we wanted to come to you… but Satan hindered us.”  1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 As I mentioned when I began this weekly devo in 1 Thessalonians, you will find many insights into a pastors’s life with his people in this particula...  Read More

"…by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved….so as always to fillup the measure of their sins." 1 Thessalonians 2:13 – 16 This is a sobering text. Paul unquestionably loved the Jewish people passionately andsacrificially (just read Romans 9 – 11). But he says here that no matter what the ethnicity ofpeople who commit sin, God will deal with them in discipline. Of speci...  Read More