1 Thessalonians 4:9–12 | Resources
Discussion/Reflection Questions
1. What are some practical ways we can grow in showing love to others within our church and community?
2. What does it mean to lead a “quiet life,” and how can this bring peace and focus to our daily walk with Christ?
3. How can our work and lifestyle serve as a testimony to others about our faith?
4. How can cultivating contentment and responsibility help us reflect God’s character in our relationships and work?
5. How can we balance caring for others while also fulfilling our own responsibilities and calling?
Memory Verse: 1 Thessalonians 4:9
“About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.” (CSB)
Supplemental Scripture Reading: 1 John 3:11–19
“For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. Everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him—how does God’s love reside in him? Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.
This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him.”