How firm a foundation, he saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

It's hard not to cheer for successful athletes,

as well as business people and musicians, and others who publicly praise God for their success.

You know, but while you root for them, do you ever wonder if others are secretly confused that success is a sign of God's blessing and challenges are a sign of

failure? Welcome to Through the Bible I'm Steve Schwartz and in this study our teacher

Dr. J. Vernon McGee covers this topic and so much more. So grab your Bible, turn it to

1st Thessalonians chapter 3 and say hi to Greg who's here with a quick

update on our favorite way through the Bible is being listened to today. It's not only one of our

favorite ways it's also one of our favorite places you and I have been there and

seen the ministry in Bangladesh. Let's jump in we have some great

responses from home groups in Bangladesh.

Yeah let me do this first one. My name is Ron Jit. I am a leader of a home group.

This year we are listening from Book of Acts. Personally I have finished listening

the Book of Acts three times and convinced that the resurrection of Jesus Christ

is the most important event in my Christian life. I will teach about the resurrection to my group members and share to others.

And of course we love when the translation isn't perfect because it's really authentic.

And secondly, let's remember, this is a country that's over 98%

Muslim so for this man to say I know the resurrection is the most important event in my life

yes that's saying something.

And I just, I go back to that trip we took, and we went into that, literally that tin shed

that was about as big as two king-sized beds.

One of the king-sized beds was used as kind kind of the family couch and the and the small group

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