While We Wait for Jesus
When the Pressure Is on
1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13
- When the pressure is on:
- Desire Fellowship (2:17-20)
- Build-Up Believers (3:1-3a)
- Don’t Be Surprised (3:3b-5, 1 Peter 4:12)
- Be Thankful (3:6-10)
- What are the good things God is doing that we should be thankful for?
- a) God is proving the genuineness of our faith
- b) God is growing us spiritually
- c) God is perfecting His power in us
- d) God is suppling all our needs
- Pray Earnestly
- What do we pray for?
- a) Pray for wisdom
- b) Pray for a teachable spirit
- c) Pray for endurance
- d) Pray for witnessing opportunities