Midweek Meditation

December 9th, 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 for as believers. This past Sunday, we covered verses 12-15, which are all about pleasing God in how we act toward other believers in the church. Church is not just an event you go to on Sunday, or a dispensary of religious goods and services; it’s the people, the family of God, called to be brothers and sisters in relationship with Jesus and each other. The Bible – in this text and many others – is very clear that we need to be walking together and loving and serving each other.

 
 

Questions for reflection:

1) As a general rule, why is it important to be in community with other believers – walking together, loving and serving each other?

 

2) What would it look like for you to respect and highly esteem your church leaders this week?

 

3) Are you aware of people in your church family who are idle (stalling), fainthearted (struggling), or spiritually weak (not an insult!)? Is there anything you can do about this?

 

 

We all have a role to play!