Building Bridges Instead of Walls
This is a lesson on “caring contacts”.  This week you will study the importance of “keeping in touch” with people in need.  Very few people come to Christ without a significant number of “caring contacts”.  Even those who come to Christ fall away afterward, unless someone develops “caring contacts” with them
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Read: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
Paul describes the manner in which he ministered to others.  He spoke the Gospel of God with boldness.  He was careful not to speak error or minister with impurity or deceit.  Paul sensed the responsibility of being entrusted with the Gospel.  Therefore, he sought to please God, use sincere speech, and avoid giving anyone the impression that he desired their money (vv. 1-6).
1.  How did Paul conduct himself?
a) Just as a nursing mother   (vs. 7).
b) Having a fond    (vs. 8a)
c) Imparting not the Gospel of God only but    (vs. 8c)
d) Without being a    (vs. 9d)
e) He behaved    (vs. 10)
f) He exhorted, comforted, charged each one as   (vs. 11)

2.  What was Paul’s goal for this caring ministry?  (vs. 12a)

Whether witnessing to the lost or ministering to the saved, we are encouraged by Paul’s example to …

a) Recognize our responsibility for the Gospel (vs. 4a).
b) Please God at all times (vs. 4b).
c) Speak with sincerity (vs. 5).
d) Be gentle like a nursing mother (vs. 7).
e) Care about people (vs. 8a)
f) Share our lives with others (vs. 8b).
g) Not sponge off others (vs. 9).
h) Behave like Christians (vs. 10).
i) Exhort, encourage, and implore like a father (vs. 11).
j) Help others walk in a manner worthy of God (vs. 12).

Are you accepting responsibility for sharing the Gospel? 
Caring Contacts: Day 1  |  Caring Contacts: Day 2  |  Caring Contacts: Day 3
Caring Contacts: Day 4  |  Caring Contacts: Day 5
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