Amazing how much influence our example can set. I don't know that we always realize it -- we think about our words, but our actions matter as much, if not more. Paul talks about how they worked while they proclaimed the Gospel. There was service and there was exhortation.
In the modern church, we need to remember this. How do we serve and proclaim? We need both -- it's easy to lean towards one or the other. That's why the church has such a great diversity of gifts -- some are better at one than the other, but as long as we work together, we'll find a way to serve and proclaim as Paul did, and together we'll demonstrate the beauty of God's Kingdom.
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