Text: 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Truth: The leader’s greatest joy is to see God’s people grow in their faith.
Thrust: He must see to it that they are growing.
Thesis: Since the leader’s greatest joy is to see God’s people grow in their faith, he must see to it that they are growing.
Turning Point: The growth of every believer is the joy of every true leader.
Theme: The Growth of Believers
Topic: Why we must see to it that believers are growing in their faith
Title: Reason to Rejoice
Tagline: Always check their growth.
Thoughts:
- Parents of young children love to watch and measure the growth of their children.
- If children are not growing in a healthy way, parents are understandably concerned.
- We all expect growth as a normal development in all living things.
- This is also true even in spiritual things.
- The leader’s greatest joy is to see God’s people grow in their faith.
- As leaders, we need to constantly monitor the growth of the people God has entrusted to us.
- If God’s people are not growing, we need to be concerned.
- The growth of every believer is the joy of every true leader.
- We must always check for growth or non-growth signs among those we are overseeing.
- When believers are growing, we have a reason enough to rejoice.