Scripture to Read: 1 Thessalonians 2:11-13
God reminds us today how we are to live as believers. As God led Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to share the Gospel through their lives and actions in Thessalonica, God wants us to do the same right where we live today. As we live for Christ and lead others to live for Christ, we also are to exhort, encourage, and implore one another, just like a loving dad would do with his own children. We are to exhort, encourage, and implore so that each of us lives our lives in a manner that honors our God and Savior Christ Jesus. The reason we must continually be exhorting and encouraging one another is because the circumstances of this life can weigh us down at times and if we’re not careful we can lose heart by not staying focused on Christ and His Word. We must also, at times, implore (ask, request, even beg) one another to stay the course in this Christian life. God has called us to Himself, and as His children we must represent Him well to each other as believers and to this lost world. The way we exhort, encourage, and implore each other is through God’s Truth, His Word. We have to be willing to receive God’s Word by reading, studying, and memorizing God’s Word on our own. But we must also be willing to be taught God’s Word by pastors, preachers, teachers, evangelists, and other equippers of the saints. God uses them to exhort, encourage, and implore us too, and through them, we grow in Him together.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about exhortation, encouragement and being implored?
2. Who will you exhort, encourage and implore this week?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!