In what I hope to be a quick comeback to my absence here, I want to investigate a simplictic receipe to missional living, maybe just simply a reminder for one who follows Jesus (as to the ‘why’). I want to call it the triads of a missional life.
Paul often writes about these triads in his letters. They almost always appear to be the main ingredients (maybe the only ingredients) that make up of our following Jesus. Faith, Love, & Hope. These 3 themes resonnate with Jesus life, they ressonate with the birth of the church, they ressonate today with those who dare follow Jesus. I do not want to get into all of intricacies of them. But, I do want to get into a certain passage were Paul brings them up in a unique fashion. It is in this verse were one can find the ingredients to living a missional life.
“We continually remember before our God and Father your WORK produced by FAITH, your LABOR prompted by LOVE, and your ENDURANCE inspired by the HOPE in our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 1:3). Read the rest of this entry »
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