1 & 2 THESSALONIANS

This second letter to the Thessalonians ends using the same words Paul used to start it: Peace and Grace. Words used to encourage these believers enduring both persecution and tribulation. And what beautiful words to finish our study today! Peace and Grace to you,...

At the beginning of this letter, Paul praises the Thessalonians for their faith and reminds them their emboldened example is raised high. “For we know, brothers loved by God, that He has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with...

Every night I hear a spunky little girl pray her guts out, and every night without fail she ends her conversation with God with the same passionate request. "God, and please let everyone in the whole world love and worship You." You guys, that line gets me every time....

God chose you... Let that truth sink deep into your heart. I don't know what this past week has held for you. Maybe you've been passed over for a promotion...yet again. Maybe you were served divorce papers you didn't see coming. Maybe you keep seeing pictures of...

Our beloved Thessalonians were facing such hard trials and persecution they thought they were living the day of the Lord, the time of the tribulation. Paul sends them this second letter to calm their hearts and remind them that the day of the Lord wouldn´t come until...

People love to make predictions, from the outcome of a sports game to the weather for the next week, to investment opportunities. Predictions are made every day. Even in religion, you can find predictions, especially when it involves Jesus’ return. There are...

My husband and I cuddled on the couch one night to watch a movie we felt we could both enjoy. With popcorn ready to go, we pressed play on a story that had Sandra Bullock (my favorite actress) and football (a manly theme for my husband). We both got lost in the true...

The Thessalonian church was growing in faith and increasing in love for one another (2 Thess. 1:3). If I asked you, you probably would say faith and love are two areas in which you want to grow. But growing has a price not many of us are willing to pay. The...

"Paul, Silas and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your...

Paul concludes this letter to the church of Thessalonica with a prayer of hope. This young established church of new Christians had faced great opposition and persecution in the one year it had been in existence. Yet through all the severe trials they endured, the...

We know the words that break us down and leave scars behind. Whether someone has said them to you or you have said them to yourself, you know which ones are the worst for you to hear. But have you heard the words that build you up? The ones meant to remind you that...

As I sat down to gather information for today’s blog post on the return of Christ, I noticed that the date, April 23, 2018, was the most recently forecasted date for the end of the world.  As I sipped on my coffee and watched the birds play in the gentle rain, I could...

Everywhere we look we see death. It is a part of every life cycle, from plants, to animals, to humans. The beautiful flowers that sit on your counter, the blooming trees in your garden, the fish in the fishbowl, or the cheetah flying across the planes of the Savanna,...

"For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God..."  1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 They...

I'm a mother of three girls. My oldest is 12, my middle daughter is 10 and my youngest is 6 and like any mother these days, I struggle with figuring out how much to tell my girls about the world in which they live. While I don't want them to be naive to the dangers of...

Our reading in 1 Thessalonians 2:17 opens with Paul writing to the Thessalonians that he had been "torn away..." from them even though he made every effort to stay in Thessalonica and be there with his church family. When I read these words, I picture a war like scene...

We all love and crave friendship. Even, if you are a serious introvert, like me, friendship is important. It is fun to talk and laugh with others, to enjoy food together and to have someone with whom you can discuss various parts of life with, like parenting,...

"Up from the grave He arose!" I closed my eyes as I sung the words from the depths of my soul, and I could hear my momma's off-key voice so clearly that she might as well have been sitting right next to me. All of those Easter Sundays growing up, she'd belt out that...

If you’ve been around Love God Greatly for long, you know that we’re really passionate about a couple of things: inspiring women get into God’s Word, and encouraging them that they don’t have to do it alone!  In today’s fast-paced technology-driven world, it is easy...