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Encouragement from 1 Thessalonians

Devotional Series by Mark Roberts

Do you need some encouragement today? It’s quite likely that you do, especially given all of the discouraging aspects of life in 2022. We yearn for encouragement based on what’s real, what’s true. This is exactly what we find in one of the shorter books of the Bible, Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians.

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Be Open to the Spirit and Discern Wisely, Part 1

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22.

 

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil.

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Encouragement Through Recognition and Affirmation

Devotion by Mark Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.

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Encouragement is Not a One-Way Street!

Devotion by Mark Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them…

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Steadfastness of Hope, Part 1

Devotion by Mark Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3.

“We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers..”

Encouragement to Share Your Thanks with Others

Devotion by Mark Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3.

“We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

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Encouragement to Be Thankful

Devotion by Mark Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3.

“We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Signs behind a chain-link fence that say "DON'T GIVE UP," "YOU ARE NOT ALONE," "YOU MATTER"

Do You Need Some Encouragement Today?

Devotion by Mark Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 4:18.

“Therefore encourage one another with these words.”

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Grace Be With You!

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:28

 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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Praying Faithfully for Others

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:25

 

Beloved, pray for us.

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Celebrating the Faithfulness of God

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

 

May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.

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Completely Dedicated to God

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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The God of Peace

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:23

 

May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Be Open to the Spirit and Discern Wisely, Part 5

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil.

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Be Open to the Spirit and Discern Wisely, Part 4

Devotion by Mark D. Roberts based on 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

 

Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil.