30 June 2016

READING: 1 THESSALONIANS 4:9-12Now about your love for one another 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 of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: you should mind your own business and 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.REFLECTIONLove. The Thessalonians weren’t bad at it. Paul says this himself. He encourages them and says you’re showing love to people but keep going, keep doing it more. This is similar to yesterday’s reading. You’re doing great but keep going, keep pushing forward. Yesterday we talked about sex and today we see Paul talking about money towards the end of this passage. Sex and money are two of the biggest pulls in our world. How we approach