TURN:SERVE:WAIT

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TURN:SERVE:WAIT

The Power of the Jesus Story 1 Thessalonians

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1 Thess 1:3 FAITH constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love

1 Thess 1:9-10 turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

LOVE HOPE

and steadfastness of hope in our Lord and to wait for His Son from heaven, Jesus Christ in the whom He raised presence of our from the dead, that God and Father, is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.

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1 Thess 1:3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thess 3:6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love.

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the hinge prayer

1. An opportunity to go be with them [relates to their faith] 1 Thessalonians 2:18 For we wanted to come to youcertainly I, Paul, did, again and againbut Satan blocked our way. 2. That they would increase and overow with love for others [relates to their love] 3. That they would be strengthened in their hearts to be blameless and holy at Christs return [relates to their hope]

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Addressing their Faith (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8) Addressing their Love (1 Thessalonians 4:9-13 ) Addressing their Hope (1 Thessalonians 4:14-5:11 )

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their faith . . .
1 Thessalonians 4:1-3a 1 Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 It is Gods will that you should be sanctied:

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their faith . . .
we instructed you how to live . . .
James 1:21-25 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral lth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it

not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it they will be blessed in what they do.
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their faith . . .
in order to please God Colossians 2:6-7 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overowing with thankfulness. 1 John 2:5-6 By this we know that we are in Him: 6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

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their faith . . .
SOW WHAT? How much of your biblical, theological, doctrinal knowledge has translated into a Christlike life? Is your life more characterized by you getting into the Bible or the Bible getting into you? Are you regularly taking time to discern if you are living in a way that pleases God?

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their faith . . .
do this more and more SOW WHAT? If you think you have matured in an area of your life where you are consistently looking like Jesus, ask a few people closet to you (who can be honest!) how they would describe you in that area. If you have matured in a particular area, ask God to show you other ways you can live more pleasing to Him.

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their faith . . .
instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus Matthew 28:18-20 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

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their faith . . .
2 Timothy 2:1-2 1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualied to teach others. 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:

Monday, July 11, 2011