"This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life, and to mind (do) your own business and to work with your own hands, as we command you." ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:11 ​​ Certain members of the church at Thessalonica became distracted from their marketplace calling, troubled by life's issues and sidetracked by wrong relationships. Paul has a four-fold prescription for these people: Live a life of peace Focus on your own business Work with what you currently have Stay in