Paul request that those at the church in Thessalonica, pray for him and those with him. Through this prayer request, we learn of some needs that every church should be praying for-

There is no such thing as an accidental Christian life. If you are going to live the Christian life, you must be determined to do so. Like David, in Psalm 138, we must be determined to worship the Lord-

Often times when the offering is prayed over, someone may ask the Lord to bless the gift and the giver. But when it comes to the Christian, we should always be thankful for the Giver, the Gift, and the Given.

Why is it important for a Christian to effectively pray for the lost- Because when they do, it will help to effectively reach the lost and to bring them to Christ-

The Psalmist call us to worship the Lord in Psalm 95. We see that worship is to be personal, we see the protection of worship, and we see the problem of missed worship. Are you going to answer the call-

Lazarus had a clear prognosis, he went from death to life. Lazarus had a clear place, at the table with the Lord. Lazarus had a clear pull, he pointed many to Christ. Lazarus had a clear testimony, but it was a testimony that the Pharisees wanted to kill.

As Christians, we know that the Lord Jesus Christ, paid for all of the sins of mankind, we He died on the cross at Calvary. Yet, we also know that sin in the life of Christian, is a daily struggle, a great battle between our flesh and the Spirit. We when fail, and give into our flesh and commit sin, how should we pray about our sin- The best example to follow is Christ, and how He prayed about our sin in the garden of Gethsemane.

We are instructed in 1 Chronicles 16, to worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. What does that look like and what does the even mean-

Who can come to the Lord- The short answer is, whosoever. Yet we see what some of those -whosoever- look like in Matthew 8-9. There were those who couldn't fix themselves, those who others couldn't fix, and those who realized they needed to be fixed. They all came to Jesus-

The prayer of Jabez. It is short, concise, and almost hidden in the midst of all the genealogies with the chapter. One great truth we can take away is that it was a prayer that God answered and granted-