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September 6
Saturday


DO YOUR BEST
AND LEAVE
THE REST

READ:
1 Thess. 5:14-24
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He who calls you is
faithful, who also will
do it.
__1 Thessalonians 5:24
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Have you at some time found yourself under extreme pressure? Have there been episodes in your life when you were so burdened by tasks and responsibilities that there was simply no breathing space to prepare for your service to God?

That was the experience of a pastor by the name of A. J. Gossip. During one hectic week, he didn't have his customary amount of time to prepare his sermon. As he walked to his pulpit that Sunday morning, he felt guilty about the scanty sermon notes in his hand. It seemed that the Lord was asking him, "Is this the best you could do for Me this week?" And Gossip honestly replied, "Yes, Lord, it is my best." He told a friend later that Jesus took that ill-prepared piece of work and in His hands "it became a trumpet" to his congregation.

The apostle Paul encouraged the Thessalonians to give their all for God (1 Thess. 5:14-22). They were to exhort, warn, comfort, rejoice, pray, and express their gratitude to God__among other things. We too should always do our best in our Christian life and service. But when pressure-periods come and we just don't have the time we feel we need, we should do the best we can and then prayerfully trust God's faithfulness (v.24).
__ Vernon Grounds
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````````````````````Give of your best to the Master,```````````````
```````````````````Give Him first place in your heart;``````````````
``````````````````Give Him first place in your service,`````````````
````````````````````Consecrate every part. __Grose``````````````
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Be faithful__and leave the results to God.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Thessalonians 5:14-24******

14 Now we exhort you,
brethren, warn those who
are unruly, comfort the
fainthearted, uphold the
weak, be patient with all.

15 See that no one renders
evil for evil to anyone, but
always pursue what is good
both for yourselves and for
all.

16 Rejoice always, 17 pray
without ceasing, 18 in
everything give thanks; for
this is the will of God in
Christ Jesus for you.

19 Do not quench the
Spirit. 20 Do not despise
prophecies. 21 Test all
things; hold fast what is
good. 22 Abstain from every
form of evil.

23 Now may the God of
peace Himself sanctify you
completely; and may your
whole spirit, soul, and body
be preserved blameless at
the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ. 24 He who
calls you is fiathful, who
also will do it.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Paul's letters to the Thessalonians are rich with instruction to a
church for which Paul obviously had much affection. Many believe
this to be the first of his letters, written perhaps in the spring of
AD 50. In Acts 16, Paul and Silas had spent several months in the
church-planting enterprise in Philippi before making the journey
of about 100 miles to Thessalonica. There they found fertile ground
for the message of Christ. In 1 Thessalonians 1:9, we see the rich
rewards of the ministry there as the people "turned to God from
idols to serve the living and true God." __Bill Crowder