Like a Nursing Mother: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results. Paul remembered those weeks in Thessalonica. The synagogue. The marketplace. The homes that opened. The faces that believed. Not without results. Despite the brevity. Despite the opposition. Despite the forced departure. Results had come. We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.…