As believers in Christ who serve God in our spirit, we need to not seek glory from man, not assume any authority in the church or in the Lord’s work, and be like a nursing mother toward others, cherishing them and nourishing them. This is how the apostle Paul was when he was with […]
Do not Seek Glory from Men when Serving the Lord but Cherish and Nourish the Saints
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Let us pray for the saints to foster the new believers as a nursing mother and as an exhorting father
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would follow the apostle’s pattern to foster the new believers as a nursing mother cherishes her own children and as a father exhorts, consoles, and testifies to his own children (1 Thes. 2:6-8, 11). In verse 8 Paul continues, “Thus, yearning over you, we were well pleased […]
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