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Ready: To Endure

Ready: To Endure. I Thessalonians 3:1-13. I T hessalonians 3:1-13.

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Ready: To Endure

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  1. Ready: To Endure

  2. I Thessalonians 3:1-13

  3. I Thessalonians 3:1-13 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. 2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith

  4. I Thessalonians 3:1-13 3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them. 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.

  5. I Thessalonians 3:1-13 5 For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.

  6. I Thessalonians 3:1-13 6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you

  7. I Thessalonians 3:1-13 7 Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. 8 For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.

  8. I Thessalonians 3:1-13 9 How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? 10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.1 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.

  9. I Thessalonians 3:1-13 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

  10. I Thessalonians 3:3 3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.

  11. Don’t Be Surprised…

  12. I Thessalonians 3:4 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.

  13. II Timothy 3:12 “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”

  14. I Peter 4:12 “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;”

  15. I Peter 4:13-16 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

  16. Watch out for the Tempter in Tough Times...

  17. I Thessalonians 3:5 5 For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.

  18. Luke 4:13 “Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.”

  19. I Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour”.

  20. I Peter 5:8 “Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”

  21. Psalm 73 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.

  22. Psalm 73 5 They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

  23. Psalm 73 This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence. 14 All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.

  24. Psalm 73 15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children. 16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. 19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

  25. Prayer & encouragement

  26. I Thessalonians 3:1-2 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. 2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

  27. Ready: To endure

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