You Are The Message! and Quiet Times For Students

You Are The Message! 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.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace. We always thank God for all of you, making mention of you constantly in our prayers. We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you for your benefit, and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit. As a result, you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. For the word of the Lord rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place that your faith in God has gone out. Therefore, we don’t need to say anything, for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Warm-up Questions

  • What’s your favorite way to connect with people: Phone, text message, email, or a personal visit?
  • What are some of your favorite things to do with a friend?
  • In what areas do you seem to need the most encouragement?

Observe Questions

  • What’s Paul bragging about in 1 Thessalonians 1:1-3?
  • Read verses 4-6. What do you learn about the gospel of Jesus?
  • According to verses 7-8, what’s Paul’s message to the Thessalonians?
  • Look at verses 9-10. Based on this passage, what kind of change has occurred?

Think Questions

  • Why do you suppose Paul seems always to start his letters off by remembering and thanking the church (see verses 1-3)?
  • What do you think it means to be an “imitator of us and of the Lord” (verse 6)?
  • Some say they want to imitate Jesus—but why? It seems like a hard way to live. What do you think?
  • Paul mentions that some have turned from idols. What’s an idol today? Which idol have you turned from or are you working on turning from?

Apply Questions

  • Who has been one of the greatest influences on your life spiritually?
  • If someone at your school was interviewed about you, what would he say about your faith and the way you live?
  • Who’s someone you might want to imitate to improve some area of your walk with God?

Daily Quiet Times

Monday – June 8

1 Thessalonians 1:1-2
  1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
  2. Why does Paul place prayer and thanksgiving together?
  3. Think about how you can move from just making requests of God in your prayers to thanking him. What are some things you can thank God for?

Tuesday – June 9

1 Thessalonians 1:3-4
  1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
  2. What qualities does Paul mention here?
  3. Think about the word endurance. What does it mean, and how can you go after it (how can you gain endurance)?

Wednesday- june 10

1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
  1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
  2. Why is God’s power important for the Christian?
  3. Think about some of the abuses of power in the world today. As Christians, how can we stay away from them?

Thursday- june 11

1 Thessalonians 1:7
  1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
  2. What does it mean to model the faith?
  3. Think about some of the people who haven’t done a good job of modeling their faith. How has that impacted you?

Friday – june 12

1 Thessalonians 1:8
  1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
  2. Paul mentions that God’s message “rang out” from them. What kind of messages ring from you? What would others say you talk about most often?
  3. Think about one person you know whose faith has been obvious to many. How has that person’s faith made a difference to you and others?

Saturday – june 13

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
  1. What word or phrase jumps out to you? Why?
  2. What’s an idol? What idols do you struggle with?
  3. What are two ways to help people make changes in their lives?

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