The Father has designed His Church to love in all directions.
1. Say “Thank You” often, to everyone…
2. Respect the challenges of Church Leadership
3. Share the burden of the Leader
4. Fully engage the mission as a committed Follower
5. Grumble to God a long time before anyone else

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

In our study of Thessalonians, Scot tackles tough questions like: What are the timing and framework of prophetic events? What is the nature and timing of the Millennial Kingdom? What is the relationship of the Rapture to the Tribulation? Believer, live presently in the sure light of future history.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Believer, you are not the center of your future. The future waits only on Jesus. Only this focus can offer comfort.

For Christians, grief is the birthplace of hope.

Love for one another and reception of love can be good indicators of spiritual maturity. There is a Jesus way to live out love and live in love. The alternatives are really messy.

Sanctification is the lifelong process of embodied holiness. Popular change agents include fear, shame, and control. Biblical change agents are a change of heart (values), an understanding of consequences, and an examination of relationship. Lasting behavioral change always begins as a change of values. We must give attention to the health of the root because our enemy has a clear scheme to poison it.

The Jesus-centered community is invested, vulnerable, restorative, and sharpening.