A Quiet Life of Love

Passage: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12

As Jesus entered Jerusalem on what has become known as Palm Sunday, he did so knowing that the week ahead held forth incredible suffering and ultimately a painful death by crucifixion. The power by which he was able to enter into and endure such trials was that of love. Love for his Father and love for those whom his death would redeem. He taught and demonstrated this love to his disciples on the night before his death, and he commanded them, "as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." (John 13:34-35) This love would be the defining mark of his followers. In Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, he commends them for having learned this love from God, and having lived it out among one another, and then he exhorts them to do so more and more. And the way he encourages them to demonstrate that love is by living a quiet life and working hard so as to be a good witness to outsiders. Join us Sunday as we consider what it means to live a quiet life of love that labors well.