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PHall | May 3, 2023
1 Timothy 2:8 (CSB) “Therefore, I want men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.” Why “without anger or argument”? Were the Ephesian men being corrected for some local problems within their spiritual family? Problem is though, Paul does not seem here to be correcting wannabe teachers (1:3,4,7) […]
PHall | July 24, 2022
TEXT: (CSB) 12) Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you, 13) and to regard them very highly in love because of their work…. DEVOTIONAL: Hey kids, when is the last time you thanked your mother for […]
PHall | June 10, 2022
TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (NASB 2020) constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, DEVOTIONAL: Examples of works of faith, labors of love, and endurances of hope (1 Thessalonians 1:3), fill 1 Thessalonians. […]
PHall | May 27, 2022
Praying 1 Thessalonians – “Brothers (and Sisters) TEXT: 1:4; 2:1,9,14,17; 3:2,7; 4:1,6,10,13; 5:1,4,12,14,25,26,27. DEVOTIONAL: Facts and figures can be cold and meaningless unless there is a lesson to be learned. I beg your forbearance in listing the following concerning 1 Thessalonians and how often the word for brothers (and sisters) is found: 19x the word […]
PHall | May 20, 2022
TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 1:1 (CSB) Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace. DEVOTIONAL: If I were to ask, “Who wrote 1 Thessalonians?” most would name Paul; and such is correct…but incomplete. The salutation includes Paul’s companions as Paul […]
PHall | April 11, 2022
A Prayer Commentary – I’m Not In Trouble with God (1 Thessalonians 5:9) TEXT: “For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 5:9) DEVOTIONAL: There’s something wrong with parents who enjoy punishing their children to make their life easier. More broadly, some […]
PHall | March 18, 2022
TEXT – “So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay awake and be self-controlled. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled….” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8) DEVOTIONAL – There’s a saying, […]
PHall | February 22, 2022
Is Jesus Coming Like A Thief? (A Prayer Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:2-5) TEXT – “For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant […]
PHall | February 11, 2022
This Bears Repeating (A Prayer Commentary – 1 Thessalonians 5:1) TEXT: “About the times and the seasons: Brothers and sisters, you do not need anything to be written to you.” (CSB’17 1 Thessalonians 5:1) DEVOTIONAL: “It goes without saying” usually does not go without saying. “I don’t need to remind you”, often is followed by […]
PHall | February 6, 2022
Is the Lord’s Prayer Praying the 10 Commandments? Why did Jesus say, ““Therefore, you should pray like this” and then recite what commonly is called, “The Lord’s Prayer” (Matthew 6:9-13)? I want to suggest the possibility Jesus is giving us, in prayer form, a variation of the 10 Commandments. If Jesus is rephrasing and reapplying […]