We always thank God for all of you… your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
When we read Paul’s first letter to the believers in Thessalonica we encounter amazing warmth, thankfulness and admiration towards this Christian community that has turned from idols worship the true and living God and to wait for his Son from heaven. With these Thessalonican brothers and sisters, we too can be encouraged to live lives that are fuelled by hope.