10.13.2015 New Testament: 1Th 1.2–4

To read the Bible in a year, read First Thessalonians 1 on October 13, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

When you think of your fellow Christians, think of their spiritual qualities, for that is what matters most, even as Paul noted about the converts in Thessalonica,

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God (1 Thessalonians 1.2–4). 

Paul did not note their earthly qualities, but what made them beloved in the Lord, namely, how their faith worked, how their love labored, and how their hope gave them patience. Once you remember spiritual qualities of the Christians you know, pray about them to the Father.