Day: August 13, 2018

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Prayer Thot for the Day on 1Ths1

God Honours Your Faith

Paul has many pleasant memories
of the days he spent with the infant
Thessalonian church. Their Faith,
hope, love and perseverance
in the face of persecution are
exemplary and Paul’s labours
as a spiritual parent to the fledging
church have been richly rewarded.
He encourages the Thessalonians
to excel in their Faith, increase in
their love, and rejoice always as
they await the Return of the Lord.

Lord, we will Place Faith In You:
We always thank God for all of
you and Pray for you constantly.
We remember before our God
and Father your work produced
By Faith, your labour prompted
by love, and your endurance
inspired by hope in our Lord
Jesus Christ (1Thess 1:2-3).
You received the message with
joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of
the severe suffering… In this way,
you Imitated the Lord. As a result,
you have become an example to
all believers in Greece (v6-7) Amen
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Preview on Hebrews (Aug 11)

We have been Chronologically
covering the Bible phase by phase.
We start the Gospels, with Jesus
presented as the Perfect Servant, Savior of the world, Messianic King
and the Son of God, before Acts
chronicles Growth of the Church.
Then Paul urges the Galatians to
live by Faith alone, Thessalonians
to Serve ahead of Second Coming,
to Corinthians to Live Rightly,
to Romans Justification by Faith,
Ephesians living as Body of Christ
to Colossians Doctrinal Purity and
to Philippians Unity of the Spirit;
before Paul’s pastoral letters.

Next, we continue into Hebrews:
Jewish believers were tempted
to renounce their newfound faith
and return to Judaism to escape
persecution. The writer of Hebrews
appeals to them to pursue maturity
based on Christ’s superiority
to the Jewish religious system.
Christ is better than Moses
for Moses was created by Him;
He is better than Aaron for His
sacrifice never need be repeated;
He is better than the Law, for
He mediates a better covenant.
More is to be gained by suffering
for Christ than by reverting
to a system He came to fulfill.

We’ll cover the letter to Hebrews
over two weekends in 4 divisions:-
H1-4: Christ > Angels & Moses
H5-7: Christ Better than Priesthood
H8-10: Christ Better than Old Cov
H11-13: Superiority of Faith
Lookout for it to better understand
the sufficiency & superiority of
Christ; and be strengthened in
your faith esp in difficult situations.