Devotion 11/16, Encourage our brothers and sisters in Christ
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
It is a glorious thing when someone who has mentored us spiritually in life gives us words of encouragement and is thrilled with the progress we are making in our lives for Christ. Well that is just the situation we have in our verse today. The apostle Paul is rejoicing over the reports that he is receiving from others on the spiritual growth that is taking place in the church at Thessalonica.
C.H. Mackintosh says, “Faith puts us in contact with God Himself, and the necessary consequence is that our hearts are drawn out in love to all who belong to Him.”
Thank You Father for Your love for me, thank You for sending Jesus to redeem me to You. I pray that You help me to show Your love to all I come into contact with each day Father, for Your glory, Amen!
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