What Faithful Ministers and Elders Do

What actions showed the Thessalonians that Paul, Silas, and Timothy's ministry was authentic? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. 1Thessalonians 2:8–12 prepares us for the second serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that biblical ministers and elders love deeply, are never "off the clock," think about the good of the church in everything they do, and minister in every helpful way to each member personally in addition their public ministries.