Prayers based on First Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1

Lord God, we give thanks to You for the blessing of Your church. You have chosen us for Your glorious purposes. Move us forward in word and work in accord with the hope that is ours in Christ. Fill us with Your Spirit that we might truly serve You through whatever afflictions we may face in this life. We turn away from all idolatry with a confident expectation that Your Son has delivered us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 2

Our Father, we love our brothers and sisters in faith. Together we believe the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. With Your scattered children throughout the world we know the blessings of Your Holy Spirit. With warm affection we constantly lift them up to You in prayer. We love Your Son and we thank You sincerely for His people. You have called us into Your own kingdom and glory. Your Word is at work within Your church. We receive it with joy. Others may persecute Your children and blaspheme Your Name, but You will grant them help in the Day of Trouble. When we hear good news of Your church, our hearts rejoice out of sincere love for Your people. Surely this love comes from You. Please help all those who wait for Your deliverance even now.

1 Thessalonians 3

Sovereign Lord, we need to be established in the faith through the preaching of Your Word. Your people face afflictions everywhere. The lives and comforts of many are threatened even now. We long to be together with our suffering brothers and sisters, face to face, so that all of our hearts may be established in the truth. Lord, help us to live out our lives, not according to the evil devices of the Tempter, but according to the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We thank You, O God, for the blessings that You have granted to Your people, especially the faithful love and eternal hope that could only have come from You.

1 Thessalonians 4

O Lord, we hear of the way of true Christian life, the way of sanctification. We know that this is Your will for Your people. Keep us away from all sexual immorality. Help husbands and wives to enjoy a warm affection for each other, and to be careful not to cause trouble in the marriages of others. Move us in a holy love for all the church more and more. Help us to live quiet lives of reverent obedience. Grant that we would think rightly about our loved ones who sleep in the Lord even now. Grant us faith that we will be with them forever in Your holy presence, according to Your Word. We are encouraged again with the promise of the resurrection to come. We embrace this hope with the full assurance of Your Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5

Father, we know that the Day of Your Son’s return is coming, as it has been for these many years since His ascension into heaven. We do not know the exact hour, but we know that we need to wait for that day with the testimony of a holy life. How can we work fruitfully and wait patiently without strong help from You today? Your Son died for us so that we might live for Him. Thank You for those pastors and elders who feed us Your Word and watch over our souls. Help us to hear Your Word eagerly and to obey it diligently by Your powerful grace. We pray that You would give us great help from on high, that we might live in the fullness of joy before You, praying to You and thanking You continually for Your many blessings. May Your grace fill our hearts as we contemplate the truth of our coming deliverance from this evil age, and as we work in Your church and throughout the world for the furtherance all that is holy and good. Have mercy on us, and make us gentle and merciful to others, even in the midst of persecution.