Devotions from 1 Thessalonians

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 1-2 Meditation Verses: 1:4-5 Paul doesn't say in what way the power showed, but he does mention their full assurance in the midst of suffering persecution. Likely he also was able to do miracles, but the fact that they would believe…

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 3-4 Meditation Verse: 4:1 Paul calls the Thessalonians to keep working on doing better in Christ. They know the commands he gave when he was with them, and he reminds them to keep doing them and to do them even better.

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 5 - 2 Thessalonians 1 Meditation Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14 Paul tells the Thessalonians to know and understand and appreciate those who labor in their midst, who lead them in Christ and who warn them. These are their leaders and they're…

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 1-2 Meditation Verse: 2:9 While in Thessalonica, Paul and his team labored night and day while also preaching the gospel to them. He did it so as not to be a burden to them. How were they not exhausted? Was the…

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:3-8 When we believed the gospel, we were called to live a holy life, not to continue to walk in impurity. The immediate context has to do with sexual immorality, but holiness is not just about that, but…

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 5 - 2 Thessalonians 1 Meditation Verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:1 The day of the Lord will come like a thief; it will surprise everyone who does not know that it is coming. But we are not to be surprised by it,…

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:4-6 The Gospel is a hard thing to accept. It can provoke a hostile reaction almost as often as it draws some to believe it. It is so offensive to many that those who preach it can be…

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:9-12 It sounds like Paul is saying that a next step up in their love for the brethren is to lead a quiet life, minding their own business and working with their hands, so that they would behave…

Passage Read: 1 Thessalonians 5 - 2 Thessalonians 1 Meditation Verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:14 This is important enough that Paul didn't just encourage the Thessalonians to do these things, but urged them to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak and be patient…