Thrive Week Seven - Discussion Questions
Continuing to Thrive • 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
Pray Together
Pray that the Lord would lead your time of discussion and bond hearts with the other members of your group.
Pray that the joy of the Lord would fill your time together.
Read Together
Read 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28.
We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. Brothers, pray for us. Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Discuss Together
Discuss the importance of Christian community.
If you grew up in church, what was your earliest memory about the leadership of the church?
Contrast church leadership and cultural leadership.
Paul talks a lot about Christian’s responsibility to one another. Take some time to discuss:
a. The idle (laziness or rebellion)
b. The fainthearted (discouraged)
c. The weak (doubting)
d. PatienceWhat does it mean to “quench the Spirit”?
Pray Together
Ask God to make the Bible come alive to you.
Pray for your other group members and any need they may have.
