1 Thessalonians 4

I thank you, Father, that it is your will that I am sanctified and that I continue to be sanctified day by day. As you mature me in my faith, I know how to possess my own vessel in sanctification and honor, and not in the passion of lust

For you, Lord, did not call me to uncleaness, but to holiness. You have given me your Holy Spirit to work out this holiness, and I am joyfully surrendered to your will and work in me. My goal, Lord, is to serve and obey you.

I aspire to lead a quiet life and to mind my own business, and to work with joy with my hands. In this way, I walk properly with all who are around me, and I lack nothing in my life.

By your word, and through your spirit, Lord, I know that, at the Father’s appointed time, you, Lord Jesus, will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.

Then the dead in Christ will rise, and all who are alive and remain, will be caught up in the clouds, and we will all meet you in the air, Lord Jesus. And from then on, we will always be with you.