if you had one hour left with you children before you left to never return, what would you tell them. you would probably start with how much you love them and then move to explaining the important things. As that hour began to run out, you would try to cover a vast amount of information in a short amount of time using a bullet point approach. in much the same way paul at the end of 1 Thessalonians 5 gives some very needful instruction to cover different aspects of a Christians life. each area he covers can be divided into 3 simple steps or actions. listen as we explore the 3 steps to benefit the minsity, 3 types of troubled believers and 3 actions to help, 3 actions to worship, and 3 actions in receiving God's word.