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You received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord. As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Greece — throughout both Macedonia and Achaia.

And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Achaia, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. We don’t need to tell them about it, for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.
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(1 Thessalonians 1.6-9 NLT)

Self-centred Christians stop at their conversion: "I am now a child of God; I have salvation." And Christ-centred Christians continuously question themselves: "Am I imitating Christ in every way and all the time? Am I more Christlike today than yesterday?"

Self-centred Christians do not care to be a role model: "I am who I am." And Christ-centred Christians change their lives and their hearts: "Do others see Christ in me?"

Lord,
please help me to be Christ-centred
in every way and all the time.