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Week 1
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What if the way you live today should be completely different because Jesus promised to come back? Find out why the earliest Christians treated every single day like it might be their last.
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2022 Sermon Series
Ready or Not
A nine-week walk through Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians, and how to live ready in light of Christ's return.
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Living in light of Christ’s return.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven.1 Thessalonians 4:16
Paul wrote to a young church under real pressure, and his words still steady us. First Thessalonians is a letter about hope, holiness, and the certain return of Jesus. At New Hope we read it together across nine Sundays in early 2022.
The series moves verse by verse through all five chapters, from Paul's thanksgiving for the church to his teaching on how to wait well. Ready or not, Christ is coming again. Paul shows us how to live awake, encouraged, and prepared.
February 6 to April 3, 2022 · 9 Messages
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Week 2
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
What does it actually look like when Jesus changes someone's life? Paul writes to a young church and shows us a faith so real it can't help but spill over into everything around it.
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Week 3
1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
What does it actually look like when someone's faith isn't just talk? Watch how a church plants itself in a hostile city and shows up for people with genuine love, not a sales pitch.
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Week 4
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What's the most powerful force shaping the world right now, and are you letting it shape you? Find out what actually moves people to change.
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Week 5
1 Thessalonians 3:1-13
What does it actually look like to strengthen someone's faith when they're scared about what's coming? Watch as Paul shows Timothy how real encouragement works.
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Week 6
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
What does it actually look like to live in a way that pleases God? It turns out the answer is messier and more practical than most of us think.
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Week 7
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
What happens to the people you love most when they die? Paul writes to people wrestling with real grief, and what he says might surprise you.
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Week 8
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
What if obsessing over when Jesus returns is actually keeping you from what matters most right now? Paul has something sharper to say about that.
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Week 9 · Series finale
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
What does it actually look like to love the people around you when their struggles are messy and inconvenient? Paul closes his letter with some raw, practical words about how we treat each other.
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