Midweek Meditation

December 16th, 2025

Grab your coffee and spend some time reflecting on the parts of God’s Word that we covered together this past Sunday!

 
 

1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 (ESV)

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 15 See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

 

This entire text is about pleasing God, which is something we should have a hunger to do as believers. This past Sunday, we covered verses 19-21, which are all about operating in the realm of prophecy in a healthy way. Prophecy can be defined as “divinely inspired messages from God that reveal his will and provide us with moral guidance, warnings and spiritual encouragement”. In other words, the essence of prophecy is communication from God. These verses aren’t the only ones in the Bible about prophecy, but they encourage us to pursue a healthy use of prophecy by listening for the Holy Spirit, testing revelations that come, and living by words that prove to be true.

 
 

Questions for reflection:

1) Do you think prophecy is important for the Christian walk today? Why or why not?

 

2) What do you think is the main means by which God communicates with us?

 

3) What are some ways we can (wrongly) “quench the Spirit”? How does this pertain to prophecy?

 

4) How do you think we are supposed to “test” words of prophecy? (Hint – there is one main way and a few other ‘smaller’ ways)

 

5) Have you ever received a word of prophecy that proved to truly be from God? How did it impact your life?

 

Have a great week!