Jesus said, When You Lose Your Life You Will Find It...As we read our text, let us look at Paul's loving heart.
1 Thessalonians 3:6-13...Modern English Version (MEV)
6 But just now Timothy has come from you to us and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, as we also desire to see you. 7 Therefore, brothers, during all our afflictions and distress, we have been encouraged about you through your faith. 8 For now we live, if you stand strong in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God, 10 night and day praying earnestly that we might see your face and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all men, even as we do for you. 13 To this end may He establish your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
Paul had a pastors heart...His love for people in Christ was real Christ love..... Day and Night he interceded for the churches.DAY & NIGHT.
Day and night intercessory praying comes from a lot of spiritual love passion for people in ones heart. The dryer our spiritual love the less we pray for others...The greener the garden of Gods love in our heart the more we feed off of Gods presence and Word, and the more we pray for and help others.... And we love to be with them. Pauls heart long for and loved to be with other Christians and Churches.
Church gathering is a love of God congregating. If we are not increasing in THE LOVE OF CHRIST, THE LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR OTHERS, church can then eventually become dry and even boring to us, a duty instead of a spiritual hot passion for God and His church. We must remember, it is not all about me me me and what I can get out of God. The calling is not us using God, but being used by God and serving God and one another. If we are growing in Christ in serving fruits we are in the love of God zone..
Lets remember Jesus said, It is when you lose your life you find it. In others words, like Paul's heart, others you serve and pray for and are passionate about more than your own agenda. It is not all about me me me but ABOUT US, THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD. Feeding the poor, visiting the imprisoned, aiding the sick, clothing the naked. going to church, serving the Lord and others, fasting's and intercessions. DOING THOSE THINGS are you and I more and more denying ourselves daily, taking up our Cross, losing our life and laying it down AS A LIVING SACRIFICE for others GOOD and THEIR BLESSING.....(NOT FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION...In today's world, and what is going on by terrorist, that is a most important point that the Lord wants said.)
The more this serving God and others life and sacrifice becomes what we do, the more it becomes who we are and that is bearing real fruit unto God. It is then, in that serving God and laying down our life to save and bless others that we FIND the joy and blessed life and the presence of the Lord that all of us AS BELIEVERS deep down crave in our hearts.
Those of us for Christ sake and love that crave doing these things and do them, the more we find that inward satisfaction from God that our hearts yearn for...Remember, it is those that thirst for righteousness and to please God shall be satisfied. That is a promise to us from Jesus.....Amen.....deno......share freely.
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