words or deeds

Tuesday October 18th, 1 Thessalonians 1: 7 You became an example for all the Lord's followers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 And because of you, the Lord's message has spread everywhere in those regions. Now the news of your faith in God is known all over the world, and we don't have to say a thing about it. I wonder if they became an example because of what they thought, what their theology was, what they said, or what they did? Given those choices, my money would be on what they did. After all we say and do it is what we do that is read by most people. Being a child of god is about changed lives, not changed thoughts or changed theologies. And changed lives are what others see. It is the deeds that people read. In reading your life, what would others say about your church? What would cause someone to say about your church, because of you, the Lord’s message has spread and God is known all over the world? What is stopping you from being that change?