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Thursday, August 01, 2019

In our study of 1st Thessalonians 1 we found the first Reality Check: ask this question: Am I walking in the footsteps of Jesus well enough to be a model for others to follow? 

Another question could be, are there leaders in my church modeling Christ-likeness to encourage others in the church to walk as Christ walked?  Paul didn’t do a reality check of the Thessalonian church because everywhere Paul went people reported what kind of reception they had given Paul and his team. 

Listen to the report that spread everywhere found in 1st Thessalonians 1:9-10, “They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead – Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.”  What a witness these Christians were.

Three points are mentioned in these verses: they turned from idols, they turned to God, and they waited for God’s Son from heaven.  This forms a good basis for preparing your own testimony.  On a third of a sheet of paper describe your life before you turned to God.   On the next third describe how you turned to God.  Be specific enough that someone reading or hearing what you did would know what they can do if they want to turn to God.  On the final third write what’s happened since you turned to God.  Memorize this to use it as opportunities come. 

I’d appreciate it if you would send me a copy of your testimony.                   

 

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