Good Church

Good Church

Bible: 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

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May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for
                    everyone else, just as ours does for you (V.12).

What makes a good church? A big music band? Youth services? A lot of people on a Sunday morning? Short sermons . . . ? We all have different things that we enjoy about church. And there are things that bore us. But these are not the things God wants to draw our attention to when it comes to being part of a good church. His first concern isn’t what songs the music group play or how many young people turn up to the evening meeting. He’s more focused on our love for one another and our growth as His people. Paul started a church in Thessalonica, the capital city of Macedonia. He showed what was important when he wrote to them: “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else . . . so that you will be blameless and holy” (1 THESSALONIANS 3:12-13). Love and holiness: these are the things that make a church good! Churches come in different sizes (in terms of the buildings and the amount of people). What really makes the difference is when church families are committed to each other and to becoming more and more like Jesus. As we’re told by Micah, “What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (MICAH 6:8).

                      WHAT MAKES YOUR CHURCH GOOD?

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