Thrive Week Six - Discussion Questions
Thriving in Hope, Part Two • 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Pray Together
Spend some time acknowledging God as your Heavenly Father. Express to the Lord the goodness he has provided for you as your Heavenly Father.
Ask the Lord to guide your discussion and direct your words during your group time.
Ask One Another
What is your occupation? Is that what you always wanted to do?
Read Together
Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11.
1 Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don’t really need to write you. 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. 3 When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.
4 But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief. 5 For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. 6 So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. 7 Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk. 8 But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
9 For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us. 10 Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever. 11 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
Discuss Together
What is the difference between true hope and false hope?
What are your thoughts and feeling concerning the return of Christ?
What does Paul mean when he told the Thessalonians that they were not in the dark? How does this make you feel that we are not in the dark concerning the return of Christ?
How will Christ be different in the second coming as compared to his first coming?
How can we comfort and build up each other? What are specific examples?
Pray Together
Pray for prayer requests of your group members.
Pray for Fellowship Memphis. Ask the Lord to provide discernment for the future direction of our church.
