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Lesson Summary:

Paul requests prayer from the Thessalonians and warns them against idleness.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. A Request to Energize the Advance of God’s Kingdom (3:1-5)

Principle: Until Christ Returns, God’s People Pray for His Kingdom to Advance.
Application: How is your service to the Lord supported by prayer? How are you supporting all of God’s kingdom work in prayer?
Scripture Reference

praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;
Colossians 4:3 (NASB 1995)

II. A Request to Engage in the Advance of God’s Kingdom (3:6-15)

Principle: Until Christ Returns, God’s People Bear Fruit for the Kingdom.
Application: How does your live show that you are being productive and fruitful for the Lord?
Scripture Reference

¹¹ and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
¹²so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.
I Thessalonians 4:11-12 (NASB 1995)

III. A Request to Endure Until the Arrival of God’s Kingdom (3:16-18)

Principle: Until Christ Returns, God’s People Are Filled with God’s Peace.
Application: How are you experiencing the grace and peace of the Lord in your life?
Scripture Reference

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 (NASB 1995)