1 Thessalonians 1 - Praying for People by Name with Full Conviction

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Send us Fan Mail1 Thessalonians 1 - Praying for people by name with full conviction1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.Paul means small or little = humility; however his Hebrew name Saul means “asked for” or “requested”Silvanus means wood, woods or forest or rooted and also “asked for”Timothy means “honoring God”In this opening verse we have a “A small humble request, that we might be rooted by the cross that we may honor God”2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; 3 constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, 4 knowing, brothers and sisters, beloved by God, His choice of you; 5 for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sakes. Always giving thanks to God for all of you making mention of you in our prayers! Do you pray for people by name? To make mention is to use their name. There is power in prayer for people by name. We should do t his always!Keeping in mind:- your work of faith and labor of love (do work by faith in love)Perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and FatherNotice that we need perseverance (we have to keep going in spite of difficulty)How do we do it? Our hope is in our Lord Jesus Christ who is in the presence of our God and Father (Because Jesus is Alive and is in Heaven working all things for our good) Just picture Jesus in Heaven alive and well and looking down ready to redeem his children!Knowing brothers and sisters (family) beloved of God (did you know you are beloved of God?) Did you know you are part of His family (adopted by Him)His choice of you! (He chose you, you did not choose Him – WOW)For our gospel did not come to you in word only (not just reading and talking)But also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction (power is dunamis where we get the word Dynamite – it is inherent power ready to explode. It only needs a spark of faith!The word spoken by faith ignites the Power of the Holy Spirit and unleashes signs, miracles and wonders only God can do. You must believe it with full conviction and you will see the results in the physical world!Just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sakes (what kind of men did they prove to be?) Full of God’s word, full of the Holy Spirit, demonstrating faith and power with full conviction – You can hear it, see it and experience it! This is how they knew what kind of men they proved to be!6 You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word during great affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. You also became imitators of us (great thing to imitate a man full of the word, faith and power of the Holy Spirit walking in love serving everyone he can!Notice that these people became believers during great affliction yet with the joy of the Holy Spirit! Do you have the joy of the Holy Spirit? Ask God for it and He will give it to you freely!This conversion was so radicle, they became examples to countless other people in Macedonia and Achaia (Greece)8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything. 9 For they themselves report about us as to the kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is, Jesus who rescues us from the wrath to come.For the word of the Lord sounded forth from you! Is the word of the Lord sounding forth from you? From us? We should be excited to tell everyone! Forgiveness of sins is available to everyone right now.Notice what happened. Reports came back about these new believers sharing their faith with full conviction and the Holy Spirit was working in their lives everywhere they went and had a major impact that others could see so much so that they we all talking about it and reporting it back! New flash – something awesome is happening here!Notice they were serving idols and turned from it to serve the living and true God! This is what we should all do – turn from everything else to serve the living and true God!!!… and to wait (for the His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus who rescues us from the wrath to come. Are you waiting in anticipation of Jesus?Intro to Outbless.com Outbless.com outro encourage others

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