The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Several times within this letter, Paul makes reference to praying. He prays and thanks God for the Thessalonians’ growth in the faith and for their love for each other (1:3). He prays, asking God to count them worthy of their acceptance to the call of Christianity (1:11). He prays again, thanking God for the grace of saving the Thessalonians through the acceptance of the gospel (2:13-14). Paul asked the Thessalonians to pray for him in preaching the gospel (3:1) and for his deliverance from the hands of the wicked (3:2). Today we should apply the practice of prayer in our lives, both praying for others and asking others to pray for us.