Over the past few months I have been drawn back to the Message Solo//Remix Devotional. Today I read in day 306 from 1 Thessalonians 2:3-8. I want to share this entire devo with you. If you don't have a copy of this, it is worth picking up. READ: Read the passage noting the word approval 3-5God tested us thoroughly to make sure we were qualified to be trusted with this Message. Be assured that when we speak to you we're not after crowd approval—only God approval. Since we've been put through that battery of tests, you're guaranteed that both we and the Message are free of error, mixed motives, or hidden agendas. We never used words to butter you up. No one knows that better than you. And God knows we never used words as a smoke screen to take advantage of you. 6-8Even though we had some standing as Christ's apostles, we never threw our weight around or tried to come across as important, with you or anyone else. We weren't aloof with you. We took you just as you were. We … [Read more...]