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Introduction
A- Vision/Mission Statement of Church
B- The need for the city and nation as illustrated by crime and drug overdose statistics.
C- This city and our nation needs to turn to “The God of this City” and nation.
D- One church can make a difference.
The Thessalonican church did.
TS: What are some key characteristics of a church that can help to bring transformation to this city and nation?
1.
It is a church that is unified in Honest, purposeful Prayer (vs.
2).
“ We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly.”
A- Prayer for one another.
1- Paul’s prayer for the Colossians ().
“9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you.We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.
10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit.
All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.
May you be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.
10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit.
All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.
May you be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
spiritual wisdom and understanding.
10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit.
All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.
May you be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit.
All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.
May you be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
fruit.
All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.
May you be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
better.
11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.
May you be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need.
May you be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
be filled with joy,* 12 always thanking the Father.”
B- Prayer for the lost.
1- Paul set the example:
() “Dear brothers and sisters,* the longing of my heart andmy prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.”
my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.”
C- Prayer for leaders.
1- The Early Church was unified in prayer ().
“23 As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said.
24 When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God:…”
other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders
had said.
24 When they heard the report, all the believers lifted
their voices together in prayer to God:…”
2. It is a church that is are a fully functioning body of believers in Jesus Christ (vs. 1, 3).
A- They understand who they belong to (vs. 1).
“This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy.
We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and theLord Jesus Christ.
May God give you grace and peace”.
church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
May God give you grace and peace”.
1- Jesus has bought us with his own blood—a tremendous cost.
The believer no longer belongs to himself.
no longer belongs to himself.
() “19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?
You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price.
So you must honor God with your body.”
temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by
God?
You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high
price.
So you must honor God with your body.”
Their reception of the word of the gospel was not an easy experience.
It was accompanied by “suffering” (thlipsei).
The church suffered “persecution” (another translation of thlipsei) at the hands of “their own countrymen,” who were opposed to the spread of the gospel (see 2:14 and 3:3–4).
The intensity of the opposition is reflected in Acts by the persecutors’ persistence.[1]
B- They work together as a unified organism (a church) in carrying out the work of Christ (vs.
3).
of Christ (vs.
3).
“As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our
Lord Jesus Christ.”
3. It is a church that seeks to be obedient to God’s Word and the leadership of the Holy Spirit (vs.
5-6).
Holy Spirit (vs.
5-6).
5 For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true.
And you know of our concern for you from the way we lived when we were with you.
with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was
true.
And you know of our concern for you from the way we lived when we were
with you.
6 So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you.
In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.”
suffering it brought you.
In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.
A- We are to be a people who actively listens to and follows the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit.
1- He is the believer’s guide to truth and the source of the believer’s power.
() “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth.”
into all truth.”
() “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.
17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth.
The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him.
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