Family Matters

1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:10 Because my Jesus family matters, matters of my Jesus family grip my heart. This truth comes to surface greatly in our text. Paul is a pastor but also an ordinary Christian. He is a fellow brother and sister in the household of God with the Thessalonians. His is a heart of deep love for his Thessalonian Jesus family and this deep love gives us a model for how we can approach family life in our Jesus family. Like Paul to the Thessalonians, we can see our local church family with glory and joy, longing to see them stand firm in the Lord, seeing their faith in Jesus as fuel for our faith in Jesus.