What is God's plan for your life? Is that a question you struggle to find the answer to? In today's text, Paul reminded the Thessalonians of what God had done in their lives, and asked for their prayer. In this context, we find a reminder of what God is doing in the world, and what we should be doing with Him.

The state of the world, the persecution of Christians, and the fact that things seem to be getting worse rather than better can cause us to question if God really has control of it all. Today, Paul encourages the believers in Thessalonica that not only is God in control, His authority cannot even be challenged. He does this in the context of the persecution the church was facing in his own time, as well as looking forward to the greatest rebellion against God the world will ever see.

The world is a troubling place with so much injustice happening every day. On top of that, the church of Christ is being persecuted around the world at an alarming frequeincy. Do you ever look at all this and wonder when or if God will do anything about all the evil in the world? This is the central question of our text today as we continue the series on the words of hope that Paul wrote to a young, heavily persecuted church in Thessalonica. He reminded them to hope in God's justice because He has not been idle. God is already at work against the evil in the world and that work will be completed when Jesus returns.

What gives you hope and what is the evidence for that hope? Today we begin a series that explores the words of hope that Paul wrote to the young, persecuted church in Thessalonica. In this first part, Paul encourages the church by pointing out the evidence of God's favor that is clearly displayed among them. We will look at how the very same evidences can confirm our hope in God's unmerited favor toward us today.

Jesus said that you cannot see, much less enter, the Kingdom of God unless you are born again. John said that everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born again. The question is, do we have to believe blindly or is there a solid foundation for that belief? In tonight's scripture, we first explore the three witnesses that testify about Jesus. After that, we look at what else we know based on that testimony.

Synopsis: There are many groups who say they are Christian, but they don't all agree on what that means. How are we to know if we are walking in the light of the truth or stumbling in the darkness of false teaching? John says that God is light. What we will see is that only this light can reveal the truth.