Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 1 Thessalonians 5:18

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 1 Thessalonians 5. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

16 Rejoice evermore.

17 Pray without ceasing.

18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

19 Quench not the Spirit.

20 Despise not prophesyings.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 10 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Ephesians 5:20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
  • Colossians 3:17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
  • Hebrews 13:15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
  • Job 1:21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
  • 1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
  • Psalms 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
  • 1 Peter 2:15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
  • 1 John 2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

More to meet God in 1 Thessalonians

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How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.