TRUTH: Encouragement comes by being biblically informed about the future coming of Jesus

1. Death for the believer is like sleep
1 Thessalonians 4:13 :: But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

2. Your loved one who has died in Christ will be raised
1 Thessalonians 4:15 :: For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

3. When Jesus returns, we will never leave His presence again
1 Thessalonians 4:17 :: Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.