Getting Fit and Quiet Times For Students

Virtual Meeting Sundays at 9 am

On Sunday mornings at 9:00 am we meet over Zoom. All 7th-12th graders are welcome to join. For connection information contact amy@crclife.org or susan@crclife.org.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy:

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing. ⁴ Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God’s churches—about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring. ⁵ It is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering, ⁶ since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you ⁷ and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels, ⁸ when he takes vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from his glorious strength ¹⁰ on that day when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed. ¹¹ In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling, and by his power fulfill your every desire to do good and your work produced by faith, ¹² so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Warm-up Questions

• When was the last time your body was sore? Why was it sore?
• Who’s your favorite athlete? Why?
• How do you usually respond to opposition in your life?

OBSERVE

• Why does Paul thank God for the Thessalonians?
• Read 2 Thessalonians 1:4. What does Paul boast about?
• According to verse 5, why were the believers suffering?
• Why does Paul pray for the believers in verse 11?

THINK

• What is perseverance (verse 4)?
• From verse 5, what’s the evidence for God’s judgment?
• According to verse 6, why is God just?
• Read verses 11 and 12. What’s the purpose of believers’ suffering, according to these verses?

APPLY

• Are you currently suffering any sort of persecution for your faith? If so, how?
• How do you respond to God during difficult times?
• Do you welcome challenges or avoid them?
• How does perseverance during hard times glorify God?

Daily Quiet Times

Monday – July 20

2 Thessalonians 1:1-3

1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
2. Why would Paul thank God for the love the believers have for each other?
3. How do you show love to other believers?

Tuesday – July 21

2 Thessalonians 1:4

1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
2. How would you define perseverance?
3. What do you think perseverance takes?

Wednesday- July 22

2 Thessalonians 1:5-7

1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
2. Do you believe God is just? Why or why not?
3. How does the idea of Jesus’ return make you feel?

Thursday- July 23

2 Thessalonians 1:8-10

1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
2. Do you think it’s fair that those who don’t believe will be punished? Why or why not?
3. Why does God allow bad things to happen in this world? How do you respond when asked about this?

Friday – july 24

2 Thessalonians 1:11

1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
2. What does it mean to be worthy of God’s calling?
3. Do you feel worthy of God’s calling? Why or why not?

Saturday – July 25

2 Thessalonians 1:12

1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
2. How do we glorify the name of Jesus through our lives?
3. Pray that the name of Jesus will be glorified in you and you in him.