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PHall | January 28, 2022
A Verbal Hug (A Prayer Commentary) TEXT: “Therefore encourage one another with these words.” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 4:18) DEVOTIONAL: When tragedy strikes, it can leave us speechless. Ironically we use words to say, “I have no words”. Advice give to me in such troubled times has been, “Sometimes the best thing you can do is […]
PHall | January 7, 2022
Praying 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – Do Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Praying God’s Way to Grow Healthy, Spiritual Communities) TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (CSB) We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. DEVOTIONAL: […]
PHall | January 7, 2022
Praying 1 Thessalonians – Paul’s Prayers (A Prayer Commentary) TEXT: See Devotional: DEVOTIONAL: When thinking of Paul’s prayers, my mind immediately goes to Ephesians which records, possibly, the most thought-provoking written prayers in the NT (e.g., 1:15-19; 3:14-21). 1 Thessalonians records a short, beautiful prayer in 3:11-13: (CSB) 11) Now may our God and Father […]
PHall | November 30, 2021
I Love and Hate Knowing Myself (A Prayer Commentary on 1st Thessalonians) TEXT: “About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers an d sisters in the entire region of Macedonia. But we […]
PHall | October 15, 2021
Facebook Religion (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5) Praying God’s Way to Healthy Growing Communities TEXT: “For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, that each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.” (CSB’17 1 […]
PHall | October 8, 2021
TEXT: “Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 4:8) DEVOTIONAL: Concerning the gospel, what is of “first importance” is Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Can we trust Paul on that? If so, concerning what is written, is there smething […]
PHall | October 1, 2021
God Will Do It! – 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (Praying God’s Way to Healthy Growing Communities) PRAYER: Oh Almighty, it is too easy to live in pain without reflection. Whether our suffering is due to genetics, accidental circumstances, or evil people, give us foresight to remember You are faithful. You will keep us whole in the […]
PHall | September 24, 2021
TEXT: “For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 4:2) DEVOTIONAL – Comedy can make the obvious even more obvious, even when the topic is obviously not funny. The funny thing about humor is knowing that even when the scene is outlandish to the extreme, what makes it […]
PHall | September 8, 2021
Is My Heart Blameless Enough For Jesus to Return? – Growing Healthy Communities TEXT: “May he make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 3:13) DEVOTIONAL – I’m a pessimist. I’m also motivated by guilt. Divine threats […]
PHall | July 9, 2021
Praying 1 Thessalonians for a Healthy, Growing, Community – How Can I Thank God for You? (3:9) PRAYER: Oh Savior of mine and others. Thank you for people that bring me joy, not because of what they do for me; but because of what you did for them through me – you saved them. In […]