Author Archives: L. Lyden

He shares We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For He called you to share in His Kingdom and glory.  1 Thessalonians 2:12 Live your life in a way that God would consider worthy.  Let’s talk about that for a minute. Continue reading “January 11, 2021”

Work while you minister Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Have you ever known anyone whoContinue reading “January 10, 2021”

No matter what You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition.1 Thessalonians 2:2 What are your “No matter whats?”  Maybe itContinue reading “January 9, 2021”

What are they saying about you? They speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Wow!  Can you imagine if people talked this wayContinue reading “January 8, 2021”

Fresh air The word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Achaia, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. We don’t need to tell them about it. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 I realized something from this passage in Thessalonians that IContinue reading “January 7, 2021”

Send God’s grace and peace This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy.  We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  May God give you grace and peace.  1 Thessalonians 1:1 As I began reading the book of Thessalonians (which is theContinue reading “January 6, 2021”

Like vision Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.  Colossians 4:16 Paul wrote many letters to the churches of His day.  In today’s text it is clear that he wanted the Colossian peopleContinue reading “January 5, 2021”

Labor fervently Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, and is always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.  Colossians 4:12 Have you ever labored fervently in prayer?  It means you spent time before God bringing a concernContinue reading “January 4, 2021”

 Words Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.  Colossians 4: 6 Words!  The world is full of them.  Words are everywhere we go.  Some are good, some are not so good.  Some are inspiring and some are draining.  Some encourage usContinue reading “January 3, 2021”

Give yourself to prayer Give yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.  Colossians 4:2 Do you pray?  If someone were to ask you about prayer, would you know how to give some pointers?  Most people would say “yes, I know how to pray”.  Certainly, it isn’t difficult, and anyone can prayContinue reading “January 2, 2021”