When Paul wrote his letter to the church in Thessalonica, he commended them for their faith, which had become a model for other churches. But this was no accident. The Thessalonians had gone through difficult times, and their faith had been put to the test. They persevered, and their faith grew stronger than ever.<\/p>\n
The other churches looked up to them because they knew that if the Thessalonians could get through those difficult times, so could they. When you\u2019re going through difficult times, remember that you\u2019re not alone. And like the Thessalonians, your faith can be a source of inspiration to others.<\/p>\n
\u00abWe constantly remember before God our Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and the steadfastness of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.\u00bb (1 Thessalonians 1:3).<\/strong><\/p>\nThere is an explanation for this: \u2013 Next, it is said that they received the Word with the help and power of the Holy Spirit. Yet today, we tend to neglect involving the Holy Spirit in our missionary activities. Everything is done based on our intellectual abilities, on which we rely heavily.<\/p>\n It is generally accepted that without a role model and in the absence of the Holy Spirit, one cannot develop a faith that serves as a standard or live out that faith. It is certainly difficult these days to find a role model to look up to, even though we used to rely on them for future generations.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In difficult times, keep the faith.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-etudes-biblique"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\u2013 First, they identified with their apostles in order to attain such faith. You can only go so far without strong support. And if we feel like we\u2019re stagnating, one of the reasons is this lack of role models.\n