(C)onstantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, 1 Thessalonians 1:3
Three spiritual attitudes.
Three ministry duties.
Three core motivations.
Work of faith
Evidence of a profound change.
Testimony to genuine salvation.
Response of gratefulness.
Labor of love
Self-sacrificing hardship.
Frontline intensity.
Rooted in love of Christ.
Steadfastness of hope
Enduring persecution.
Relying on an eternal perspective.
Anchored in Jesus
Do you have them?
The Thessalonians did.
True believers do.