Bible Reference:  1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 Fearless preachers; they were out there.  They were stoned, imprisoned, yet they considered themselves blessed. The message cuts, if the world likes us then we need to consider what message we are preaching. In book of Galatians the people got the message but then people came along to say they had to follow the Law (Judaism).  But that's not the gospel message given to them. Thessalonians models how the church should operate. They took the beatings; they faced persecution and they praised God and loved the people around them. V 7 - the apostles put into people wholeheartedly.   The gospel is not a commodity we give to people.  It's not a duty.  The gospel penetrates and transforms us. Nursing mother - who cared, fed and brought up children.   They gave; they didn't take. The nursing mother took care of child as if the child was their own.  The church in Thessalonica was like a newborn who needed a nursing mother.   It require