Online Worship Service, 2025-09-07

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We gave a great message to share: “Church-Where God Puts People into a Family.”

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Trivia Question

Last Week’s Question: According to 1 Thessalonians 2:8, Paul wanted to share these two things: Winner: Joyce Gravely

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

 This Week’s Question: According to 1 Thessalonians 2:13, what was “at work” in the Thessalonian believers?

  1. Jesus.
  2. The Holy Spirit.
  3. Evil.
  4. The Word of God.

Bible Passage

1 Thessalonians 2:5-12

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! 6 As for human praise, we have never sought it from you or anyone else.
7 As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children. 8 We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.
9 Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you. 10 You yourselves are our witnesses—and so is God—that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers. 11 And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children. 12 We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.

Sermon: “How God Turns Failure into Favor”

This week’s sermon comes from 1 Thessalonians 2:5-12. 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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