Online Worship Service, 2025-08-31

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We gave a great message to share: “How God Turns Failure into Favor.”

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Trivia Question

Last Week’s Question: Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 2:4 that he was trying to please _____________. Congratulations to out winner, the Schappachers

  1. The Romans.
  2. People. (2)
  3. God. (10)
  4. The Church.

 This Week’s Question: According to 1 Thessalonians 2:8, Paul wanted to share these two things:

  1. The Gospel and Jesus.
  2. The Gospel and his life.
  3. God and love.
  4. Support and encouragement.

Bible Passage

1 Thessalonians 2:1-5

You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure. 2 You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition. 3 So you can see we were not preaching with any deceit or impure motives or trickery.
4 For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts. 5 Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!

Sermon: “How God Turns Failure into Favor”

This week’s sermon comes from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-5. You can tune into our LIVE Facebook feed at 10:00 am to get the full message.

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Closing Prayer

“Oh God, as we click away from this ‘online service’ help us to remain connected tightly to You most of all. Help my Bible reading and prayer times continue to mold me into the person You want me to be. Use me to share Your amazing love as I engage with my friends, family, and neighbors this week. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

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