In the epistles Paul teaches,
rebukes, offers encouragement and gives praise to the churches. Paul wrote to
the Thessalonians, “We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our
prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father
your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance
inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ” (1Thess 1:2-3 NIV). It occurs to me
that in all the worship services I’ve attended, in my own church as well as
those I’ve visited as a reporter, I hear praise for the work of individuals and
their performances, but I’ve not heard leadership praise the Godly character of
their church. I’m now wondering why church leadership fails to give
praiseworthy sentiments about the body as a whole.
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