Thursday 18 October 2007

Exhorting them to continue

“And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God." - Act 14v21-22

Paul and Barnabas had a multi-faceted ministry. Not only were they proclaiming the gospel to the lost and seeing churches established, they also had a ministry to encourage believers.

As they travelled about the Bible says that they encouraged the believers. They strengthened them with these words, “Continue in the faith. Tribulations are just part of our path to the kingdom of God

Wanting to quit has always been a problem. It’s a problem for me on a regular basis. I really need to pay more attention to these first examples of servers.

What do we do when the trails, tribulations, testings, hard times, and struggles come?

Continue in the faith.

Preaches easy. Lives hard.

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