Lesson Summary: Paul encourages the Thessalonians in their suffering with the assurance of God’s justice and the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Focus Passage: II Thessalonians 1 Outline and Lesson Goal Principles and Applications I. Encouragement by Words of Thanksgiving and Commendation (1:1-5) Principle: Words of Thanksgiving and Commendation can Lift Up Believers in a Day … Continue reading "Encouragement for the Day of Distress"