Today's Passage - 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12

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River of Life Christian Church ︳www.rolcc.net/english 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.  And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.  Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. Paul encouraged us to love one another. The best testimony the church can show during the time of persecution is to love one another. Suffering is not scary if there's love during the time of suffering - everyone suffers together and will endure it together! If there's no love while suffering, people will lose their sense of security, which is truly scary thing. Therefore, we must learn to help each other in the church. God actually knows who actually needs help, and who can fulfill those needs; therefore, the Spirit of God will often prompt us to give to those in need. If we follow the prompting of the Spirit, love will naturally flow among us; if we don't, love will cease to flow.    Youth With A Mission a university ministry. Each time the school starts, students will gather with professors to wait for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in order to satisfy their tuition needs. One time a sister needed a hundred dollars to pay tuition, but she only had thirty. She prayed and God's Spirit prompted her to give her thirty to a brother. She followed God and gave out the thirty dollars, and that's exactly how much the brother needed, so he had money to pay his tuition. The sister though, "Lord, now I have nothing and I need one hundred dollars." Then God prompted a professor to give one hundred dollars to this sister, but the professor said "Lord, I want to do this, but I don't have a hundred dollars, so please provide it to me!" At that time, another professor was prompted and gave a hundred dollars to this professor, who said: "praise the Lord, I do need a hundred dollars, because God prompted me earlier to give a hundred dollars to this sister!" They went to the sister together and gave her a hundred dollars; the sister was overjoyed and thanked for God's abundant supply.    When I heard this testimony, my heart was really touched, because that is the kind of testimony that the church needs! God's Spirit will prompt the brothers and sisters in the church to supply for each other's needs. May God help us to learn such a lesson! Pray with Pastor Tong Lord, I thank you because you knows all things and you are everywhere. May God help us to have a sensitive and obedient heart; when your Spirit prompts me, let us know how to work with you in love. May the Lord bless us and let the church live out the testimony of providing for one another's need, especially in the time of scarcity like now. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen! River of Life Christian Church | office@rolcc.net | ROLCC Website

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