"We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring"- 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4 (NIV).
Paul could have been writing to us. We are God's church and our love for each other continues to grow. We are persevering, our faith steadfast and maturing, during trying times Christians endure. Sometimes our strongest testimony is being joyful while enduring hardship, praising God while storms encircle us, being thankful with less and with loss. We know the source of our glad tidings and joyful countenance: "Jesus saves! Jesus saves!" We'll "bear the news to every land, climb the steeps and cross the waves; Onward!--'tis our Lord's command; Jesus saves! Jesus saves!" (Borrowed from the hymn Jesus Saves.) I thank God for you...and rightly so!
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