“So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.”

 

Paul wrote those words at the end of his first letter to the church at Thessalonica in the hopes they'd faithfully love, honor, and serve God through the way they loved, honored and served one another. We're excited to begin our Summer series reading and studying 1 & 2 Thessalonians together.

 

Paul's desire in these letters was to let them know how grateful he is for their consistent faith, to tell them of the ways they encourage him in his, and to encourage them to love and serve God through loving and serving one another. As God's people, this is God's desire for us as well. On Sunday, we'll be introduced to the church at Thessalonica, how she was founded, and the story behind the letters. Our hope from this series is that you will be overwhelmed with the wisdom and knowledge of God's blessings, and that from this overflow you will be an encourager to others.